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Hmm … Do you carry? What is your favorite piece?
If the Man is going to Afghanistan (You might need to wait till after the dep to actually say as much. I on the other hand can tell you, I am headed that way and would be happy to know his name and unit so I can say hi if the op arrives.)
Can you make a convincing argument FOR the legalization of giving marriage licenses to gays?

I do not currently own a gun. This is not because I don’t want one, but is because I cannot afford one, which sucks a lot. Picking a favorite is difficult. The M1 Garand I thought was a lot of fun to shoot. So was the Mosin-Nagant. My favorite handgun was the Colt 1911. I think the first gun I get, though, will probably be a shotgun of some kind.

No, I cannot make an argument for the legalization of gay marriage. The problem with the pro-gay marriage argument is that it is solely an emotional argument. I understand why gay couples would like to get married — truly, I do. But I would not be willing to overturn a social institution just because there are people out there who want to… just because they want to. Gay marriage is not a civil rights issue. There is no right to marriage in the Constitution. Marriage always has been and hopefully always be defined as between one man and one woman. The issues that many gay marriage supporters bring up — like the ability to leave property to their partners or visit them in the hospitals — are red herrings. Ann Coulter really summed this one up best:

The classic formulation was given by John Kerry in the Democratic debate earlier this week: “What we’re talking about is somebody’s right to be able to visit a loved one in a hospital, somebody’s right to be able to pass on property, somebody’s right to live equally under the state laws as other people in the country.” You would think there were “Straights Only” water fountains, the way Democrats carry on so (as if any gay man would drink non-bottled water). Apparently, health care in this country is better than we’ve been led to believe if so few Americans have ever been to a hospital that they think there’s a guest list. In case you don’t know: Gays already can visit loved ones in hospitals. They can also visit neighbors, random acquaintances and total strangers in hospitals just like everyone else. Gays can also pass on property to whomever they would like, including their cats. Every few years you read about some daft rich widow leaving her entire estate to a cat. It’s perfectly legal. You just need to write a will. Liberals have figured out how to get abortions for 13-year-old girls without their parents’ permission. But we’re supposed to believe that they just can’t get their heads around how a gay guy could leave property to his partner. As for “living equally under the state laws as other people in the country,” unless Kerry is referring to the precise thing he claims to oppose – gay marriage – gays do live equally under the state laws as other people in the country. There are no special speed limit laws or trespassing laws or murder laws for gays. There is, however, some evidence of gay profiling with regard to the enforcement of fashion “don’ts.” What gays can’t do is get married – something all Democrats swear up and down to oppose. Instead, the Democrats demand “civil unions” and then throw out a series of red herrings to explain why. In fact, the only difference between what the Democrats claim to support (civil unions) and what they claim to oppose (gay marriage) is the word “marriage.”

I think that about sums up the gay marriage argument.