Addendum

[eredien]

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. - Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence

Okay. So this new thing about how they want to create an amendment legally defining marriage and in effect blocking homosexual couples from marriage. (Rush has a good discussion on her journal).

Can I just point out that that would violate at least two out of the three for many people, and even the first, depending on how one defines "Life?"

I know, I know. The Declaration is not the Constitution, isn't the Bill of Rights. My opinons based on the Declaration aren't lawfully diddlysquat anything.

But it's sure emotionally, and intellectually, and--dare I say it--spiritually something.

We aren't guaranteed happiness by the Declaration. We aren't even guaranteed happiness by God. But we shouldn't be stopped from persuing it. That's all.

Comments

[rjtremor.livejournal.com]

Wow, Americans doing what we do best. Double-talking. Poor Thomas... if he knew his words would be ignored like they are right now, he'd be rollin' in his grave.

[eredien]

Hi! Who're you? Your icon is neat.

[rjtremor.livejournal.com]

*Chuckles* A random replier who's a wolf and a dragon and crazy and saying hello there! And it'a almost 2am for me, so that would explain the crazy part. Mind if I add you to my friends list?

Now I'm wondering which icon I used... o.o

[rjtremor.livejournal.com]

*Grins* Ahhhhh, that icon. Was a picture done for me by an artist named Sarah Combs a few years back, when RJ, the wolf in that picture, was a new character of mine... back in 2K... wow... ^.^ she's got art out there still yet... one of my all-time favorite pics... wish I could have had the original, but eh... =o)