<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16890" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That you don't understand comes as no big suprise.
In the first instance an existing right, the right to indulge in a legal
activity on private property, is stripped away at the insistance of a small
group of zealots (I recall no mention of communist influence on my part) In
the second, the government is NOT taking anything away. (from a slightly
different small group of zealots) They are also NOT telling anyone who to marry.
To claim they are is, as usual, silly, blatantly false, and makes no
sense.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>g</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=philosopher.joe@gmail.com href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">Joe
Campbell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=jampot@roadrunner.com
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com">g. crabtree</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com>"><vision2020@moscow.com></A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 14, 2009 7:12
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Why I Support
Gay Marriage</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I don't understand someone who gets worked up because the local
government won't allow smoking in bars, who thinks that that is some kind of
communist influence, but who thinks the government CAN tell folks who to
marry, and anyone who says otherwise is acting like a child. It makes no
sense.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Your pal, Joe <BR><BR>Sent from my iPhone</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On Aug 14, 2009, at 6:51 AM, "g. crabtree" <<A
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com">jampot@roadrunner.com</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"<FONT size=3>Are you suggesting that if one
doesn't have and answer to this question, then the state need not allow the
marriage?"</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=1>No. I was suggesting that it would make for a
more useful and interesting discussion than falling back on the same tactic
that most 5 year olds use when told no. "But I want it!" and "That's no
fair" followed by a stomp of the foot quickly become tedious and really do
very little to further the conversation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=1></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=1>g</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=philosopher.joe@gmail.com
href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">Joe Campbell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=jampot@roadrunner.com
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com">g. crabtree</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com>"><<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>></A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 14, 2009 6:22
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Why I
Support Gay Marriage</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469)">Gary
wrote: "Why don't you explain to me all the myriad ways in which you
being able to marry your partner is a benefit to me and/or society?" Can
you answer this question, Gary? Are you suggesting that if one doesn't
have and answer to this question, then the state need not allow the
marriage? Should this be the standard for what the state allows and what
it doesn't e.g. whether it is a benefit to society? Funny this didn't come
up in the smoking issue!</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.289062); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.222656); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.222656)"><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.226562); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.226562)">Your
pal, Joe<BR></SPAN><BR>Sent from my iPhone</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On Aug 13, 2009, at 7:14 PM, "g. crabtree" <<A
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com"><A
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com">jampot@roadrunner.com</A></A>>
wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Why don't you explain to me all the
myriad ways in which you being able to marry your partner is a
benefit to me and/or society?"</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
<HR>
<P></P>=======================================================<BR> List
services made available by First Step Internet, <BR> serving the
communities of the Palouse since 1994.
<BR>
http://www.fsr.net
<BR>
mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================
<P>
<HR>
<P></P><BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG -
www.avg.com <BR>Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.55/2301 - Release
Date: 08/13/09 18:16:00<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>