I am proud to say that NJ has joined the ranks on Massachusetts and Vermont in awarding couples the same rights as other couples. The Court has given the NJ legislature 18 months to rewrite the state laws. The Family First crazies are trying to amend the NJ constitution, but they have little chance in my state.
My Bolding
Yep, NJ has sent a big F.U. to all the oppressive religious nutters that are trying to dictate their med-evil morals upon the rest of the county.
So fellow dopers, what do you think?
This ruling is almost certainly a direct result of decades of accumulated organic toxins; something in the soil, maybe. New Jerseyans are clearly in the process of degenerating into a race of hermaphroditic lesbian salamanders. No doubt this was all predicted in the book of Revelations. We can only pray that an amendment declares these unions illegal before the state crumbles away and sinks under the weight of its own sin. Whatever happened to the wholesome, idyllic New Jersey of days gone by?
This election in Arizona there is a state-wide proposition to put no same-sex marriages into the constitution (There’s already a state law). This afternoon the biggest news-talk station (Not particularly liberal) held an informal phone-in poll on all the propositions and governor/senator elections. Callers would each get asked their opinion on two from that pool of queries, so the above proposaition wasn’t the particular focus of the poll.
The callers were about two to one against. I find this surprising and not a little heartening.
Woohoo. How fabulous.
(I wonder how people are going to feel about getting a gay marriage in 20+ years when it’s done everywhere and people cease to care. It just seems like there’s more emphasis on the symbolism of getting the same perceived “rights” as a male-female couple than there is on the importance of the union itself)
I think many people will be quite content when the day comes in 20 years that people cease to care. I hope you are right that it will be only 20. Terrifel: “hermaphroditic lesbian salamanders” is not an awesome band name but as DesertDog points out “Three eyed hermaphroditic lesbian salamanders” would be.
According to the articles there appears to be 20 states with Defense of Marriage acts, 2 with Constitutional amendments and 8 with Amendments slated to vote this year. This is a pretty important step as NJ “imposes no residency requirements”. Or I could be wrong. Or the Religious Righties with tighty mighty whiteys might get a National amendment passed. Thankfully I believe this plan of their’s is nearly impossible.
Jim {BTW, I am hetero but my BIL is not, I attended his not recognized wedding}
I love this state tonight. We may be corrupt. We may have the highest property taxes in the country. We may have a few thousand toxic waste sites. We may get laughed at on late night television at least once a week. But we clearly have no homophobic judges.
I say gay schmay. Let’s all get married and live happily ever after.
At the very least this will keep the Christian right wingers from moving here. So is the North Soddom and the South Gemorrah? Or is it the other way around?
Oh no! Bush, what the hell? I thought you took care of the gays back in 2004. Apparently they’re still around causing trouble…this is a rebellion! Oh well, I guess if we have to have a rebellion it may as well be a fabulous one.
Has Phred Phelps weighed in on this latest abomination? After all, the Amish schoolchildren were killed because something something the governor did and OMG WE’RE BEING PUNISHED BECAUSE WE DON’T TAKE GAYS OUT AND SHOOT THEM IN THE HEAD. How long before a blizzard snows in Trenton?
:smack: Thank you for the correction. I am dumb. I heard 180 days and somehow came up with 18 months. Good catch.
Wow, really, I am surprised by the attitude and heartened by it. Sometimes the man surprises me. Can you please link to where you found this and tell us where you heard it?
LavenderBlue: For everything that is wrong, we have just as much that is great and the easiest place to visit NYC, AC, Philly, DC & Baltimore from plus the Shore.
I haven’t known too many gay married couples (I’m 25 - I don’t know that many straight married couples either), but I’m pretty sure when they decided to get hitched, the importance of the union itself was pretty high up the priority chart. If I feel like sticking it to the man, I think I’ll go to a protest; it’s less time-consuming and I don’t need to secure a groom first.
