[extropy-chat] Gay marriage in Spain, a world of change

Brent Neal brentn at freeshell.org
Wed Jul 20 23:50:26 UTC 2005


 (7/20/05 14:07) Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Racists and bigots have never opposed marriage licenses for interracial
>couples,

Your argument is absurd on the face. The fact that Loving v. Virginia happened at all, that there were antimiscegenation laws on the books meant that "racists and bigots" at some point did oppose marriage licenses for interracial couples.


>You don't become more free by demanding more chains.

But you do become free by demanding equal protection and equal treatment under the law.


B
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