tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083883760117575042.post2612122504561829596..comments2023-09-04T04:38:19.868-07:00Comments on Conservative Cake & Liberal Icing: PoliticsCarson Calderwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714621901178413233noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083883760117575042.post-64062255336133659672008-11-02T15:37:00.000-08:002008-11-02T15:37:00.000-08:00It's Sunday, so I have time to leave a comment her...It's Sunday, so I have time to leave a comment here. A beleif is not worth very much unless you intend to act on it. The issue with Proposition 8 is the slippery slope argument. Sure, people should have the right to beleive what they want, but a myriad of academic studies support the assessment that legalized gay marraige would create such cataclysmic changes in the fabric of current society at large that it would impose great burdens on my personal right to participate in a heterosexual marraige. That is, once gay marraige is legal, then other "rights," many of which would affect me personally, would be next.Richard Taithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592841822454723995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083883760117575042.post-41920421572140999562008-10-23T23:56:00.000-07:002008-10-23T23:56:00.000-07:00I sometimes get raked a little for not being very ...I sometimes get raked a little for not being very clear or specific because I write these too truncated or don't have the skills to express my thoughts very well.Carson Calderwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10714621901178413233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083883760117575042.post-11321296837533181562008-10-23T22:36:00.000-07:002008-10-23T22:36:00.000-07:00Wow. Quite a difference in reading actual proposit...Wow. Quite a difference in reading actual propositions and reading personal experiences. <BR/>Thanks for the scriptures you pulled in, I appreciate having a reminder of how we can apply them in these matters. Do you feel like you have been raked over the coals?Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411761424434862497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083883760117575042.post-91348463633913283942008-10-23T22:28:00.000-07:002008-10-23T22:28:00.000-07:00I just had to google I-1000 to find out what it ev...I just had to google I-1000 to find out what it even was.<BR/><BR/>A few weeks ago a friend called me to tell me that her grandparents had both committed suicide. They were both getting really old and found themselves getting sicker and sicker, having difficulty moving around, and needed surgeries every several months just to keep them alive. After doing some research on methods, they called in their families, told them what they were planning on doing and had an opportunity to really say goodbye to them. A few weeks later when they felt the time was right, they put plastic bags over their heads filled with helium and moved on to the next stage in their eternal life.<BR/><BR/>Some may say it was devaluing the lives God gave them. I disagree. I see it as a celebration of their lives and a loving expression to each other and their families.the narratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774503436545764912noreply@blogger.com