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English - Definition of pedophile n. pedophile, person who suffers from pedophilia, person with an abnormal sexual attraction to young children
Originally posted by Maslo
reply to post by Nosred
If you formulate it as having the right to have union with those who you are sexually attracted to recognized by the state, then they are not equal.
Originally posted by Nosred
Originally posted by Maslo
reply to post by Nosred
If you formulate it as having the right to have union with those who you are sexually attracted to recognized by the state, then they are not equal.
Then the same thing would apply to pedophiles and incestuous relationships.
Originally posted by The Old American
/sigh
I know what a hate crime is defined as. Please don't be condescending. I'm attempting to hold an intelligent debate with you. If you have an "inability to get it", then admit to it.
Hate crimes legislation is a tool for special interest groups to right the perceived wrongs against them. The U.S. "justice system" has a long-standing tradition of ignoring the basic rights of all citizens due to some of them being a different color, living a different lifestyle, being the wrong sex, or age. So the term "hate crime" was created in order to prosecute those violations.
But with the creation of these new laws if I, a white, straight, mid-40s male, gets beaten up by a group of Asian, homosexual, 20s females, they get an assault and battery charge. The likelihood that they will be charged under hate crime legislation is slim.
Speaking only to the U.S., "gay rights" are rights a straight person doesn't have. "Women's rights" are rights men don't have, and so on. Had the U.S. enforced its laws equally those rights only afforded to certain groups wouldn't be needed. Now they are extant, and exclusive in practice.
I think Operation Restore Hope would like to disagree with you on that point.
/TOA
Originally posted by Thwax
Why should I have to walk away? Why should I have to change my plans to avoid these people? Walking away is what cowards do. I deal with the situation head on and tell them to pack it in.
Originally posted by dolphinfan
Were Obama willing to do that and risk the political capital and confrontation with Congress he would go a long way to solving this issue.
Originally posted by Intelearthling
... so my question is what rights are gays denied that is granted to the rest of society?
Nowhere in the constitution does it state that marriage is a right.
I'm really ignorant on the issue of "Gay Rights' because I do have much more important things to do than to learn about a behavior what I consider 'abstract'.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
The right to marry the consenting adult of their choice.
Are you under the impression that the Constitution is a grocery list of our rights that the government grants us?
Are you aware that the 9th Amendment states that "the enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."? That means that just because some rights are explicitly listed, it doesn't mean that those NOT listed (like marriage) are not rights. Marriage does not have to appear in the Constitution to be a right. We don't get our rights from the Constitution. It's there to PROTECT our rights, not issue them.
If you have more important things to do, feel free to go do them.
Originally posted by Bixxi3
reply to post by buster2010
This is a interesting side of this u.n resolution.Now i don't know much about this but the definition of a pedophile is
English - Definition of pedophile n. pedophile, person who suffers from pedophilia, person with an abnormal sexual attraction to young children
So it sounds like a sexual orientation towards children soo would they now be "protected"?edit on 18-6-2011 by Bixxi3 because: (no reason given)
Pedophilia is a type of paraphilia—a category of recognized mental disorders defined by unusual fantasies, urges, or behaviours that are recurrent and sexually arousing. In order for pedophilia to be diagnosed clinically these thoughts or behaviours must be present for at least six months and must cause distress to the affected individual or impairment of the individual’s ability to function socially or occupationally. A clinical diagnosis of pedophilia also requires that the affected individual be at least 16 years of age and at least 5 years older than the child (or children) at the centre of the individual’s sexual fantasies. Pedophilia is distinguished from hebephilia and ephebophilia, which involve sexual obsessions of postpubescent children or late-stage adolescents, respectively. In many countries an individual who is convicted in a court of law for child sexual abuse, which involves sexual abuse of a prepubescent or postpubescent individual up to age 18, is known as a sex offender; some of these individuals also are later clinically diagnosed with pedophilia.
Originally posted by Intelearthling
An amendment declaring marriage to be between man and woman would void same sex marriage.
Roe vs. Wade was based on the 9th Amendment stating that a woman had the right to kill a defenseless and unborn child. It had nothing to do with the womans body.
Marriage has never, since the beginning of time, ever been a right...nowhere in any society including the United States.
The Court found Virginia's law to violate the Equal Protection Clause because it invidiously classified on the basis of race, but it also indicated the law would violate the Due Process Clause as an undue interference with 'the fundamental freedom" of marriage.
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The Court reasoned that marriage was "a fundamental right" triggering "rigorous scrutiny" of Wisconsin's justifications under the Equal Protection Clause.
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The supreme courts of three states (Massachusetts, California, and Connecticut) have, as of 2009, found bans on gay marriage to violate state constitutional provisions.
What I was stating in my last quote was that there is no great imporatnce in the issue and certainly doesn't have anything to do with the national security and/or economic growth.
I can't understand why people are in such an uproar about when there are other issues that should take precedence over this one.
No one is saying that someone can't be gay.
Give the gays the 'right' to same-sex marriage today. What kind of right will they want tomorrow?