ok, i see the difference between a legal contract and so-called 'contraband' (which is a demonized word, itself). But, what you don't realize is gays CAN enter this legal contract, they have just as much a right to enter this legal contract as straight people. But as of now, this contract is only legal if it is being made between two people of a different sex.

So, what you Gay Righters are fighting for is changing the law to allow the contract to be made all across gender lines. What the Marijuarriors are fighting for is changing the law to allow Marijuana to be legalized. I guess theres kind of a difference but I don't like splitting hairs into thin sub-atomic particles...

But you are right about the hypocrisy of US drug policy. The FDA allows you to put another mans penis in your ass but they don't allow you to put THC in your lungs. what a bunch of hypocritical bastards!

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let me use a simpler line of reasoning for your feeble mind:

This issue boils down to America (more specifically, the American Government) accepting people with alternative lifestyles from the mainstream America. I think we can all agree that the American Government should tolerate all alternative lifestyle choices so long as they are safe choices*.

Now, lets look at two groups of people with alternative lifestyles from mainstream America: the Gays and the Stoners. Who has the American Government given more rights too? Stoners can't eat, smoke, vaporize, and (in most states) make fabric out of marijuana. The government will jail you or fine you for any of that. Gays, on the other hand, can fuck each other, fist each other, blow each other, the government allows them to do all that. The only thing they can't do is get married to each other. Now, I believe we should get this done....but it is extremely selfish and dangerous to push one alternative lifestyle so far ahead of another in the political spectrum.

*If you are dumb enough to argue that the stoner lifestyle is more destructive to ones health than the gay lifestyle, i would argue that way more people died from gay sex than weed.

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But you and pro-marijuana folks are really pushing it with this bullshit of taking gay marriage as a comparison point, which is just a desperate attempt to try to stay relevant, given the fact that they have made a lot of strides for medical marijuana and some for hemp, but have not gained much ground in general marijuana legalization. That said, I should just say that I support the legalization of marijuana and think that the US is incredibly hypocritical with its drug policies.

for what it's worth, i think it's too early to say we've gained much ground or taken many strides for medical marijuana, hemp, or other legalization

the Federal Government is still circumventing state law and arresting patients and providers rather routinely

i mean there's been millions of dollars spent on lobbying for medical marijuana in the past year alone and this year's Hinchey vote gained 2(!) more votes...i respect the idea of medical marijuana, but i'm not sure it's the most effective means in changing the perception of the drug in this country

i just don't see it getting very far when you're trying to defend the drug to the population as "not that bad" and "for medical purposes only"....the country is a slave to the pharmaceutical companies and people just aren't going to buy that a plant is all that's necessary when there's pharmaceuticals available for everything under the sun (not to mention the pharmaceutical companies sure aren't going to let that perception gain momentum)....plus, there's a lot of perception that the movement looks like a sneaky method of legalization in the population, and that's not going to gain it a whole lot of support

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