en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/205783 Comments by dla http://www.katu.com/politics/For-gay-marriage-to-happen-in-Ore-state-const-must-be-amended-139067379.html#IDComment288895676 What percentage of marriages are childless? If it is the majority, then you have a point. There are all sorts of minority deviations in heterosexual marriage but they don't invalidate the mean. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:09:23 +0000 http://www.katu.com/politics/For-gay-marriage-to-happen-in-Ore-state-const-must-be-amended-139067379.html#IDComment288895676 http://www.katu.com/politics/For-gay-marriage-to-happen-in-Ore-state-const-must-be-amended-139067379.html#IDComment288526736 Must suck to be a 6th grader nowadays.... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:05:45 +0000 http://www.katu.com/politics/For-gay-marriage-to-happen-in-Ore-state-const-must-be-amended-139067379.html#IDComment288526736 http://www.katu.com/politics/For-gay-marriage-to-happen-in-Ore-state-const-must-be-amended-139067379.html#IDComment288525170 Did you take an extra helping of stupid at dinner? Laws infringe on rights all the time. Can't drive till you're 16. Can't smoke till you're 18. Can't drink till you're 21. Can't be the POTUS till you're 35. Duh. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:02:55 +0000 http://www.katu.com/politics/For-gay-marriage-to-happen-in-Ore-state-const-must-be-amended-139067379.html#IDComment288525170 http://www.katu.com/politics/For-gay-marriage-to-happen-in-Ore-state-const-must-be-amended-139067379.html#IDComment288522933 Rights can be limited based on behavior. That is why some folks pay less for car insurance, and some folks are in prison. Oregonians wisely amended the state constitution to define marriage. Marriage, a civil contract, exists in all cultures to protect and encourage procreation. Homosexuals, a deviant behavior biologically, have no vested interest in marriage. Oregonians made it very difficult for a tiny minority activist group to lower the standards for marriage to admit homosexuals. Now that homos can't be married in Oregon, do you suppose they'll get it through their heads that they are NOT normal, and a heterosexual society will never accept them as normal? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:59:06 +0000 http://www.katu.com/politics/For-gay-marriage-to-happen-in-Ore-state-const-must-be-amended-139067379.html#IDComment288522933 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-gay-marriage-supporters-set-to-rally-in-Vancouver-139014029.html#IDComment288321052 "Many"? More like 99% of humanity believes homosexuality to be abnormal. Homosexuality is sortof like how occasionally a snake with 2 heads is found. Or someone has 6 toes. I.e. an aberration. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 23:25:23 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-gay-marriage-supporters-set-to-rally-in-Vancouver-139014029.html#IDComment288321052 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-gay-marriage-supporters-set-to-rally-in-Vancouver-139014029.html#IDComment288319373 You could've ignored it - right? Or could you... Thu, 9 Feb 2012 23:22:48 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-gay-marriage-supporters-set-to-rally-in-Vancouver-139014029.html#IDComment288319373 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-gay-marriage-supporters-set-to-rally-in-Vancouver-139014029.html#IDComment288318551 Not QED at all. The OP demonstrates a rather naive view of human nature and a fairy-tail notion of human equality - typical of a child. Since you QED'd it, I'm gonna assume you fit into that make-believe world view as well. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 23:21:41 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-gay-marriage-supporters-set-to-rally-in-Vancouver-139014029.html#IDComment288318551 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-gay-marriage-supporters-set-to-rally-in-Vancouver-139014029.html#IDComment288244049 YAWWWWNN! Thu, 9 Feb 2012 21:23:25 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-gay-marriage-supporters-set-to-rally-in-Vancouver-139014029.html#IDComment288244049 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-gay-marriage-supporters-set-to-rally-in-Vancouver-139014029.html#IDComment288218779 Really? So fat people are ok now? How about smokers? Bad drivers won't have to pay more for insurance now? Will stupid people get to become CEOs? Will white kids be allowed into the NBA? Thu, 9 Feb 2012 20:45:14 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-gay-marriage-supporters-set-to-rally-in-Vancouver-139014029.html#IDComment288218779 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-gay-marriage-supporters-set-to-rally-in-Vancouver-139014029.html#IDComment288217442 Why is it so hard to answer? Thu, 9 Feb 2012 20:43:27 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-gay-marriage-supporters-set-to-rally-in-Vancouver-139014029.html#IDComment288217442 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-gay-marriage-supporters-set-to-rally-in-Vancouver-139014029.html#IDComment288147880 I feel sorry for the children. Homo's are roughly the same as crack ho's in quality of parenting. You can't role model how to be a woman or a man if you can't figure it out yourself. I can see more and more messed up kids. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 18:59:16 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-gay-marriage-supporters-set-to-rally-in-Vancouver-139014029.html#IDComment288147880 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-gay-marriage-supporters-set-to-rally-in-Vancouver-139014029.html#IDComment288146416 What will the homosexuals do when they discover that they're still not "normal"? Even worse, when they discover that nobody really cares? Thu, 9 Feb 2012 18:57:35 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Wash-gay-marriage-supporters-set-to-rally-in-Vancouver-139014029.html#IDComment288146416 http://www.katu.com/politics/Washington-lawmakers-pass-same-sex-marriage-bill-138973024.html#IDComment287986621 What will homosexuals do if nobody cares? Thu, 9 Feb 2012 15:31:42 +0000 http://www.katu.com/politics/Washington-lawmakers-pass-same-sex-marriage-bill-138973024.html#IDComment287986621 http://www.katu.com/politics/local/Speaker-Boehner-swears-in-Rep-Bonamici--138869909.html#IDComment286496959 So many wasted votes. So much wasted opportunity. Oregon 1st District really screwed by electing a know-nothing freshman Democrat into a solidly Republican House. Pretty much guarantees that 1st district issues will not get a hearing at all and Oregon issues in general will be passed over. Voters had an opportunity to do something smart, but screwed up. Sortof like reelecting wash-out Kitzhauber. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 20:59:12 +0000 http://www.katu.com/politics/local/Speaker-Boehner-swears-in-Rep-Bonamici--138869909.html#IDComment286496959 http://www.katu.com/politics/House-committee-advances-Wash-gay-marriage-bill-138791949.html#IDComment285954859 Wrong! The Government IS mandating that you consider homosexual marriage "acceptable". In fact, you err in your understanding of why this bill exists - an openly gay legislator is pushing it so that homosexual couples MUST be considered normal. It is blatantly obvious that the Government is shoving its beliefs down people's throats. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 05:55:14 +0000 http://www.katu.com/politics/House-committee-advances-Wash-gay-marriage-bill-138791949.html#IDComment285954859 http://www.katu.com/politics/House-committee-advances-Wash-gay-marriage-bill-138791949.html#IDComment285926252 You err in your understanding of marriage. Marriage is NOT a Christian creation - it exists in all cultures, secular and religious. Marriage has a primary purpose - to encourage and protect the procreating family unit. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 05:08:19 +0000 http://www.katu.com/politics/House-committee-advances-Wash-gay-marriage-bill-138791949.html#IDComment285926252 http://www.katu.com/politics/House-committee-advances-Wash-gay-marriage-bill-138791949.html#IDComment285924732 I contend that gay couples CANNOT be proper gender role models for children and therefore will produce children stunted much like those from single mothers. And studies show it. If the goal is "for the children", homosexual couples are NOT the best choice. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 05:06:03 +0000 http://www.katu.com/politics/House-committee-advances-Wash-gay-marriage-bill-138791949.html#IDComment285924732 http://www.katu.com/politics/House-committee-advances-Wash-gay-marriage-bill-138791949.html#IDComment285844155 Do you know why marriage exists? Tue, 7 Feb 2012 03:01:33 +0000 http://www.katu.com/politics/House-committee-advances-Wash-gay-marriage-bill-138791949.html#IDComment285844155 http://www.katu.com/politics/House-committee-advances-Wash-gay-marriage-bill-138791949.html#IDComment285826077 Has nothing to do with monogamy - there are plenty of cultures that have polygamous marriage. It has everything to do with enforcing a commitment between a man and women to raise up children. Islam allows polygamy (4 wives) and strictly enforces marriage vows to protect children. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 02:31:40 +0000 http://www.katu.com/politics/House-committee-advances-Wash-gay-marriage-bill-138791949.html#IDComment285826077 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Police-Wife-shoots-up-husbands-SUV-after-fight-138795004.html#IDComment285767404 "domestic harassment"? What is that? Sounds like a made up charge, or this electro-cageliner made it up on the spot. She should get attempted murder and he should be set free. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 01:03:11 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/Police-Wife-shoots-up-husbands-SUV-after-fight-138795004.html#IDComment285767404