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I wonder ... if he were a wedding dress designer and promised to give away free wedding dresses to gay couples in atonement for his vote (an equally silly idea) ... would you have automatically used the phrase "scumbag wedding dress designer". Probably not - it just doesn't flow. You probably would have called him "your scumbag cousin".
We lawyers tend to notice little things like that.
That said, I haven't waded into this portion of the comments till now because I understand Helen's depth of feeling on the matter and the impulse to hurl strong words at such times. If you can't vent among friends, when can you? It didn't seem the time to bicker over words.
I'm not gay, but I understand having your rights violated feels very, very personal. Like an assault. And I do feel that organized political 'violence' is more harsh than verbal insults. Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes
http://www.aclu.org/lgbt/relationships/37706prs20081105.html Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes
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