The allegations of hatred of those who oppose gay marriage...that's a tough one. I don't think that those who oppose marriage equality hates gay people the fact is that most of them don't believe that gay relationships should be validated and thus a part of public policy. They believe it's sanctioning behavior that they are against.
I somewhat call this BULLSHIT! Most of those who do oppose marriage equality often spout anti gay rhetoric that has been dis-proven scholastically as well as practically. That I believe qualifies as hate speech, and inflammatory which a lot of this tends to be. I sometimes say: Stay out of their bedroom and focus on your third marriage--let that gay couple marry so they can experience the joy of being together for life. I don't know what else to say on this
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From: Jake <jakewest_tn@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Peckers_Pics] Muscle Wars; Dec 22, 2010 - Safe PICS For All Ages, Rated G
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Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 5:02 PM
Muscle Wars; Dec 22, 2010 Safe PICS For All Ages, Rated G Diet & Fitness: -
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It is our hope that our male fitness photos shall inspire you! Today's Health - Wellness / Exercise / Reflections: Tone Your Back With a Swiss Ball Row Today I want you to ditch your same-old, tired workout and try a new exercise: the Swiss ball row. It's an advanced exercise that may feel a little awkward at first, but I promise it'll yield great results. Your lower back muscles, called latissimus dorsi, will firm up in no time with this fun move.
Step 1: Hold a pair of dumbbells and straddle the ball at your waist. Raise your head and chest, creating a slight arch in the back.
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Step 3: Return to the starting point through a count of 10 seconds.
Step 4: Repeat three times without resting. Consider joining: Take Action: And Now, Our War of the Fittest! This group is called "Peckers PICS." The English - slang definition of "pecker" is to pluck at the truth. Therefore, we peck at items such as Gay Men's Health, Male Fitness, Gay (LGBT) Politics & Issues. In this section you may peck at each photo in order to decide the winner of the "war of the fittest!" Whereas, you should select the guy that may inspire you to exercise and "get fit!" Warning: This may stoke you! Remember your participation in discussion of health / news articles - appearing in this message is greatly appreciated. In the passionate debate over gay marriage, supporters sometimes accuse those who disagree with them of spreading hate. It raises a difficult question: Where do you draw the line between what constitutes fair debate, however spirited, and what can be appropriately deemed as hate speech? In a piece for The Washington Post, Matthew Franck, director of the William E. and Carol G. Simon Center on Religion and the Constitution at the Witherspoon Institute, argues that "the charge of 'hate' is not a contribution to argument; it's the recourse of people who would rather not have an argument at all." "I've been seeing over the course of the last year a number of episodes," Franck tells NPR's Neal Conan, "in which one sees people holding the traditional view of sexual morality, or simply opposing same sex marriage ... being tarred with the hate label." He cites the Christian Legal Society's exclusion from campus recognition at the University of California's Hastings College of the Law and the Manhattan Declaration app, which was "chased out of the iTunes store" due to a number of complaints "that it was a 'hate-fest.'" Franck acknowledges that "there are people saying hateful things, and perhaps the label 'hate group' might be accurately applied to some of them." But he thinks "playing the hate card" prematurely ends the debate over gay marriage, when he believes there are legitimate legal arguments against it. 
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