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Strawman alert (Score:2)

by jordan (120)
- Opponents to gay marriage cite that homosexuality is an abomination before the lord. On that ground, it should be outlawed, and the mere idea of gay marriage doesn't even merit debate.
Oh? John Kerry is opposed to Gay Marriage, and I haven't seen him make this particular citation.
Nice strawman there. Shouldn't you have, perhaps, qualified your statement with "Some opponents...", or even, more accurately, "A very few extreme religious opponents...".
Actually, even extremely religious types generally do
- Re:Strawman alert (Score:1)
  
  by RobertX (3759) on 2004.03.29 10:43 (#29725)
  
  John Kerry speaks with a forked tongue.
  
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  - Re:Strawman alert (Score:1)
    
    by jordan (120)
    
    I agree. I think Kerry supporters believe that he just takes that position to get votes. This is yet another way John Kerry can be on both sides of every issue.

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