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Trayvon Martin's final phone call: 'He said this man was watching him'
Tue Mar 20, 2012
- The flaw is the law that this guy is hiding behind. So yes, we as a society have "flaws". Don't jump on that "Anyone who says anything is wrong with America is anti-American" bandwagon. Citizens are supposed to stand up and complain about unjust (or plain old wrong) laws.
Trayvon Martin's final phone call: 'He said this man was watching him'
Tue Mar 20, 2012
- Citizen's arrest for what crime would be my comeback if I were the D.A. The kid hadn't done anything wrong. You can make a citizen's arrest, but you have to have witnessed a crime and you are also responsible for any injury to the suspect during your arrest.
Is Congress coddling the super-rich, as Warren Buffett says?
Mon Aug 15, 2011
- Their fair share is significantly larger than ours, and it should be considering they take the most benefit from the system.
What irks you the most about customer service?
Tue Jun 7, 2011
- For me the biggest issue is salespeople/phone centers where they just don't seem to give a crap. Why should they bother to help you when they just don't want to be there?? I've taken my business away from multiple retailers/service providers for this reason.
Southwest tells woman, mother they are 'too fat to fly'
Wed May 11, 2011
- I can see both sides of this issue. I was on a flight with my wife once when we got seats next to a woman who needed at least 1.5 seats. I have VERY wide shoulders, so there was no way my wife and I could sit together in the same row with this woman.
Is this ripped-up flag tank top fashionable or a faux pas?
Mon Apr 25, 2011
- While I believe it's a person's right to wear it, anyone who pays that much for it is simply showing how stupid they are.
How do you plan to celebrate Star Wars Day?
Wed May 4, 2011
- I'll do the entire Darth Vader speech from Empire to my son Luke! :)
Hate airlines? Let us count the reasons ...
Tue Apr 26, 2011
- I only fly on SWA for a reason. While I realize the airlines need to make a profit, this crap with fees is garbage. They advertise a low fair and then jack you with added on fees. If I have to pay for my share of the fuel, that's fine, add it to the fare and let me compare apples to apples.
Is it ever right to withhold potentially life-saving medical treatment from your child?
Fri Apr 15, 2011
- You give him the medicine and speak to the doctor about your concerns. You don't just stop giving him the meds.
Do you support U.S. involvement in an international military force against Libya's Gadhafi?
Mon Mar 21, 2011
- As long as it doesn't involve ground troops I'm okay with it. We need to stop getting involved in every country when they have issues.

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I don't believe that gay marriage will "ruin" marriage; however, I don't believe that gay people should be "married".

I do believe that gay couples should have the same rights as straight couples...and they do (in California).

California Law found at www.leginfo.ca.gov
Family Code 297.5. (a) "Registered domestic partners shall have the same rights, protections, and benefits, and shall be subject to the same
responsibilities, obligations, and duties under law, whether they
derive from statutes, administrative regulations, court rules,
government policies, common law, or any other provisions or sources
of law, as are granted to and imposed upon spouses."

Gay couples are not the same as straight couples, biologically speaking, naturally. Because gay couples have the same rights as straight couples, I don't understand why they are fighting for the right to call their love, their union, their commitment for one another "marriage".

Straight couples have marriage.
Gay couples have domestic partnerships.

I don't understand why this is so bad? Like it or not, gays are different...which is why their union is titled "domestic partnership" instead of "marriage". The term marriage is, to many, a "holy" union, and you have already heard the "holy argument" about God and church and such.

I understood why gay couples fought to have the same rights as straight married couples. I think it should have been given...not fought for. (Referring to things such as property rights and health insurance and the right to visit hospitalized partner and other rights).

I was glad when California created "Domestic Partnerships" for gay couples to legally say "we love each other and are together", and I was even happier when they were granted all of the legal and financial rights as straight couples.

As registered domestic partners, they have all the rights and responsibilities as married couples...including the right to a divorce (in California it is called Dissolution of Marriage and Dissolution of Domestic Partnership.!

I was dumbfounded when they fought for the word "marriage". I thought they wanted equal rights, so fighting for the title of "married" really confused me.

Perhaps you could explain it to me?? No one else can. I truly want to understand!! THANKS!!
— bgamel