"Jesus would rather kill, not marry, gay people" - Franklin Graham

[RoadRunner79]

What rights and privileges where being withheld?  As a single man I want to know how I'm being discriminated against.  Should we re-define it, so I can be a married bachelor?

I think that some rights should be extended to all.   For instance, I think that you should be able to designate, who you can have visit you in a hospital.  Even if they are not family, even in spite of family.     But note, for the most part, I wasn't really talking about the marriage issue at all.

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Neither was I. 


I asked you what word or words you would use for those who would deny others equality under the law. I'm still waiting.

Ok good, I guess I made an assumption, because that is close to what I hear in regards to the marriage issue. 

Here is your original quote:

In the interest of not abusing language, what do you call it when a group of people, speaking on behalf of ancient traditions and a particular religious perspective, wish to deny some of their fellow citizens the rights, privileges, and responsibilities that come from a government-issued license? This always was a question of equal protection and equal opportunity under the law. Churches and other religious institutions are free to discriminate all they want. The government issuing the license may not.

To which the answer is... I'm not sure what you are talking about.   Do you mean "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"