Topic: Gay marriage
Quote: Murdock also wrote that "although tradition and societal values are important, they cannot be given so much weight that they alone will justify a discriminatory statutory classification." \nWithout doing any research I would think that this was the same justification given in freeing the slaves.\nBecause, at the time, many slave owners held that this was the way it had always been and because the Bible says its okay (the same arguments todays gay marriage opponents use).\nOh that slippery slope.\nemoticonXAngel
Response: And it also took an amendment to give the slaves rights, not a judge.
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