My grandpa always referred to cars as a black hole. Or an Evil Necessity.<br><br>~Lance<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List <<a href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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My late father, describing the expenses that come with car ownership,<br>
always said it was like having a second wife. And doesn't everyone<br>
refer to a car as "she"?<br>
<br>
greenBubble<br>
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Subject: [GCFL-discuss] California Dreaming<br>
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In case anyone wants to hear my opinion on the latest high-profile<br>
decision from the Supreme Court of California,<br>
<br>
or even if nobody wants to hear it at all (that's what DELETE buttons<br>
were made for)...<br>
<br>
It seems to me that the political operatives who wrapped themselves in<br>
some semblance of Jesus and made "The Homosexual Agenda" a loud, if<br>
hollow, political issue, have set up the current run of decisions, from<br>
Massachusetts to California.<br>
<br>
How?<br>
<br>
The debate was shaped to give credence to the existence of distinct<br>
classes referenced as "homosexuals" and "heterosexuals." In fact, there<br>
are no such classes. There are men, and there are women. Most men find<br>
women attractive mates. Most women find men attractive mates. Some men<br>
find men attractive, and some women find women attractive.<br>
<br>
Nobody wrote marriage laws to "allow" heterosexuals to marry, or<br>
"forbid"<br>
homosexuals to marry. These "classes" didn't even register on anyone's<br>
radar screen when marriage laws were written. Homosexuality was a desire<br>
or an act, not a class of people. Naturally, the nature of the act<br>
requires people who share the desire to find each other, but that does<br>
not make them a legally protected class.<br>
<br>
Once the notion of distinct classes is accepted, application of Equal<br>
Protection of the Laws is almost inevitable. If the notion that there is<br>
a class of people called "homosexuals" is demolished, then the whole<br>
legal argument falls apart.<br>
<br>
If anyone had asked me, this argument probably could have swung one or<br>
two justices, but nobody did. Next we will have an argument that men<br>
have<br>
the right to marry their cars, and women have the right to marry their<br>
cars too.<br>
<br>
Siarlys<br>
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