On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:31:44 -0400, Kevin Gowen
<kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:

>mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
>
>> Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>>>>>>>many rights can you name that are predicated on a license granted by the 
>>>>>>>>>state?
>> 
>> 
>>>>>>>>Voting, among others.
>> 
>> 
>>>>>>>Wrong. The right to vote in an inherent right.
>> 
>> 
>>>>>>Sorry, it's a civil right, and you must register to be allowed to vote
>>>>>>legally.
>> 
>> 
>>>>>Yes, it is a civil right.
>> 
>> 
>>>>(Gowen takes on Gowen in a battle of mental midgets.)
>> 
>> 
>>>>Then why did you write
>> 
>> 
>>>>"Wrong. The right to vote in an inherent right."?
>> 
>> 
>>>The "wrong" is an rebuttal to your claim that the right to vote is 
>>>"predicated on a license granted by the state." You see, you have to 
>> 
>> 
>> Which it is, in the same sense a "license" to marry is granted.
>
>No, it is not a license, as I have already explained repeatedly.
>
>> Both are civil rights.
>
>No. Voting is an inherent civil right. Civil marriage is a discretionary 
>creation of the state's police power. If you cannot understand this 
>distinction, I don't know what to tell you. You'll just continue to 
>repeat your mantra "marriage is civil right" even though nothing of the 
>kind is true and you offer no support for this position except to point 
>out the irrelevant fact that voters are registered.
>
>You still haven't told me what you think a civil right is. I wonder why.

Goddamnit, Kevin, you irritating prick! He has REPEATEDLY told you it
is a civil right. That's all you have to know about it. He doesn't
have to tell you what he thinks a civil right is. He just has to keep
saying it is one.





--

Michael Cash

"I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of
a high school transcript."

                                Dr. Howard Sprague
                                Dean of Admissions
                                Mount Pilot College