mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:

> Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
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>>mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
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>>>>>>>Among other things, the current group seems bent on changing the
>>>>>>>constitution to preclude a civil right, 
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>>>>>>Which civil right would that be?
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>>>>>I would imagine even Florida could be expected to keep up with the news,
>>>>>Mr Gowen. 
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>>>>Quite an imagination you have there if you think marriage, let alone 
>>>>same-sex marriage, is a right
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>>>Marriage is indeed a right, Mr Gowen.
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>>Sorry, but it is not. 
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> Sorry, but it is.

No, it is not, as I have explained in the text that you have snipped.

>>It is a privilege. 
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> Like freedom of speach, etc.

Freedom of speach [sic] is not a privilege. It is an enumerated right 
and civil liberty, which is not to be confused with a civil right.

> No, it's a civil right, 

No, it's a privilege. Where do you get the idea that marriage is a civil 
right, let alone a right?

> and that the state sets rules to bestow benefits
> does not change that.

Who said anything about benefits? I only wrote about a license 
discretionarily granted by the state. Benefits are irrelevant.

- Kevin