[Vision2020] Reader's Opinion - Stable marriages, even gay ones, are what society needs

[mekt7 at netscape.net]

Blacks are overwhelmingly opposed to gay marriages because most Blacks come out of a Christian heritage. 
 
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From: Phil Nisbet <pcnisbet1 at hotmail.com>
To: tim.rigsby at hotmail.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
Sent: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:44:35 -0800
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Reader's Opinion - Stable marriages, even gay ones, are what society needs


Tim 
 
While I agree that uniform marriage code is needed for the sake of a just society, I did have a queation. 
 
Why is it that you think that a stance taken here is a 'progressive one? Did you consider that one heck of a lot of libertarian folks who are on the economic right are more likely to support uniform marriage law than many on the economic left? 
 
Take the example of Blacks. The majority view of our African American community is decidedly 'progressive' and tends to vote that way as a block, but the same group is decidedly against gay marriage by much wider margins than is common in the GOP. 
 
Instead of framing this as a progressive battle plan, have you considered that if it is framed as a matter of individual rather than societal rights, a more economic conservative/libertarian stance, there is a far better chance that full civil rights will be extended? 
 
Phil Nisbet 
 
>From: "The Idaho Statesman" <contact at idahostatesman.com> 
>Reply-To: tim.rigsby at hotmail.com 
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
>Subject: [Vision2020] Reader's Opinion - Stable marriages, even gay ones, >are what society needs 
>Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 08:16:42 -0500 
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>You have been sent the following article from Tim Rigsby as a courtesy of >The Idaho Statesman. 
> 
>"Reader's Opinion - Stable marriages, even gay ones, are what society >needs" 
> 
>To view this article on The Idaho Statesman website, go to: 
>http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006602250314 
> 
>The following is a short message from Tim Rigsby: 
>I agree with about 99% of what Father Foucher has to say here. A very >progressive stance for a Catholic priest. 
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