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What were they supposed to do? They had to protect their God-given right to own black people.

From the readings I've done it seems like our thoughts on Nero are somewhat overly negative. Compared to other Roman readers he certainly doesn't seem that brutal.

Well I would certainly say that any schooling that would leave you open to thinking the statements you made were true failed you abysmally.

America was not founded on slavery, slavery existed in America during the founding of that country. But it would be ignorant to say that there was not disputes over this during the founding and continuously afterward until the Civil War. Compare this to the Confederacy, which by admission of...

If that was the only alternative to supporting a government founded on completely immoral principles then yes. I'd like to see actual evidence for the claim about civil unions. Many of the states that banned same-sex marriage also banned other unions that give the same rights as marriage...

There would be nothing to prevent this. Also I don't know how much of a problem the slavery thing would be for him since he's a Confederate apologist. This just seems to be the South (and Utah) being angry that whenever the rest of the country comes to their senses and makes progress on some...

I think this whole post has more to do with the fact that it is easier to act insulted than actually address the points. This meshes will with how you often ignore evidence about the reasons the South seceded and the racism that existed as a part of Southern culture.

No, the reality is that there have always been plenty of couples to marry who cannot or will not produce children. This is contradictory to the idea of marriage being about reproduction. If it is about reproduction then those people would not be let in until science advances sufficiently to...

Cornerstone Speech by Alexander H. Stephens Slavery had an economic element, denying that it had any relation to racism and that there is a connection between slavery and the racism of the South is ignoring history. I would also take issue with the idea that slavery was on it's way out in the...

Yeah, there was absolutely no racism in the South when they thought it was fine to enslave a group of people based on their race.

Except that we have couples who cannot not biologically produce children who marry and remain married now. If the only reason for marriage was to produce children biologically this would be the case. So no, still no valid reason against same-sex marriage.

Yes, minorities that are discriminated against tend to make progress over time. Blacks went from being enslaved to wanting "equal rights". Next thing you know they're going to be marrying our women. If you have an actual reason for something to be banned then it will stand the test of time...

The problem is that we commonly use a binary system for sexes. It may not be accurate, but I don't think there are more than two recognized sexes to create exclusionary categories for bisexuals.

Secular is not pro-atheist. Promoting atheism would be teaching kids there is no higher power, no soul, no afterlife, etc. Not making any statements for or against is neutral on the matter is the only way to have fairness. But of course it seems you don't want freedom of religion, you want to...

I think most bisexuals would accurately fit the definition of pansexual. But because the term bisexual is more commonly known, the binary concept of gender, and negative connotations that some have with pansexual the term bisexual is used. I realize it may not be the most accurate method, but...

I actually wonder though how many support a literal theocracy. I know there are some who I've even seen on this board that want a theocracy and sometimes even a theocratic dictatorship instituted. But I have to wonder if a great amount are just being led by their religious beliefs without...

It seems a bit hard to imagine that both Carthage and Rome would have been able to exist as the large Mediterranean powers they were without one eventually destroying the other as shown by their repeated conflicts. So if Rome didn't defeat Carthage and assuming that in this alternate history...

Yeah it seems that the only ones who really have the chance to be hypocrites with this subject are pro-lifers. They will consider conception to be the start of a life and say it can't be ended because life is sacred while cutting programs to support quality of life and supporting the ending of...

Because when they say religion they mean their own personal religious beliefs. They don't really want religion to be protected they want the beliefs of their particular religious group to be placed above others through the law.

No they don't. http://www.samesexmarriage.ca/docs/J...evelopment.pdf http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/policy/parents.html http://sexualhealth.e-healthsource.c...ews1&id=522343 Why? Marriage has been redefined multiple times throughout history and pretty recently in the US. This is wrong. Same-sex...