Comments on: Would Harvey Milk Have Opposed Gay Marriage? http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/02/19/would-harvey-milk-have-opposed-gay-marriage/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:41:24 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Patrick Mulligan http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/02/19/would-harvey-milk-have-opposed-gay-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-76688 Patrick Mulligan Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:26:25 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=5446#comment-76688 It is indeed difficult to conceive that an ideologue with a sainted cause wouldn't want to pilot the bandwagon to co-opt a religious institution that has already been co-opted by the state on the assumption that marriage is a non-articulated right - and a fundamental human right at that. It is indeed difficult to conceive that an ideologue with a sainted cause wouldn't want to pilot the bandwagon to co-opt a religious institution that has already been co-opted by the state on the assumption that marriage is a non-articulated right – and a fundamental human right at that.

]]> By: aybeeNY http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/02/19/would-harvey-milk-have-opposed-gay-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-76682 aybeeNY Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:18:47 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=5446#comment-76682 While Milk himself may not have chosen to marry, it is inconceivable that he would oppose others' rights to do so based on their homosexuality. While Milk himself may not have chosen to marry, it is inconceivable that he would oppose others' rights to do so based on their homosexuality.

]]> By: Ivan Ivanovich http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/02/19/would-harvey-milk-have-opposed-gay-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-76678 Ivan Ivanovich Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:26:37 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=5446#comment-76678 My vote goes to Clint Eastwood for Grand Torino. What Sullivan should have written was "marriage is very hard for men, straight or gay." At least men in a gay marriage don't have to worry about child support and it's first cousin Alimony. In a heterosexual marriage "No Fault" becomes "Man's Fault" and if he objects he becomes a "Deadbeat". My vote goes to Clint Eastwood for Grand Torino.

What Sullivan should have written was "marriage is very hard for men, straight or gay." At least men in a gay marriage don't have to worry about child support and it's first cousin Alimony. In a heterosexual marriage "No Fault" becomes "Man's Fault" and if he objects he becomes a "Deadbeat".

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