tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post4481712653463995873..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: Loving (a movie review post)Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-14102252908263984452017-01-14T13:47:35.222-08:002017-01-14T13:47:35.222-08:00Briane: You don't ever watch documentaries?Briane: You don't ever watch documentaries?Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-31767109346717217462017-01-14T13:46:44.256-08:002017-01-14T13:46:44.256-08:00Alex: The problem is that there had to be a law to...Alex: The problem is that there had to be a law to make it legal in the first place.<br />And we're moving toward a place, right now, which could see those freedoms ended.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-74160007355470051862017-01-14T13:44:55.543-08:002017-01-14T13:44:55.543-08:00Jeanne: The main argument was about the children a...Jeanne: The main argument was about the children and how horrible it would be for the children... which is the same argument used against same sex marriages.<br />Of course, most studies show that children raised in same sex households (of either sex) wind up more well adjusted than traditionally raised kids.<br />Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-65956888097027437902017-01-10T04:51:57.124-08:002017-01-10T04:51:57.124-08:00Not my kind of movie either.
There are numerous in...Not my kind of movie either.<br />There are numerous interracial marriages at my church and it's hard to imagine any law challenging that.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-49465024436448982762017-01-09T13:13:22.627-08:002017-01-09T13:13:22.627-08:00Every law student learns about Loving v. Virginia,...Every law student learns about Loving v. Virginia, but you're right that the people behind the case are often ignored, and the story of WHY there is a case is often as important as the fact that there is a case in the first place. <br /><br />This doesn't sound like a movie I'd see (I'm not much into nonfiction, movie or book) but it's nice that they made it into a movie and nice that it made a good one, apparently.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-44290261881667757132017-01-09T12:53:56.009-08:002017-01-09T12:53:56.009-08:00It feels very appropriate for this time, when we h...It feels very appropriate for this time, when we have people like our soon-to-be VP who believe that two same sex people shouldn't be allowed to get married. There are more than a few similarities in the arguments they made about why interracial marriage should be illegal that are being used now against gay people.J E Oneilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.com