# Forget Texas-Bashing...Virginia's On A Roll! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 7, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658 "2005-01-07T23:11:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/21 "2005-01-08T01:19:12Z")
As a recovering Texan, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude as well. Thank you, Virginia! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/22 "2005-01-08T01:54:42Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > No no no. A Lingamfelter sounds like a device rather than an act. Maybe something like a double-ended Fleshlight? A lingamfelter is the key operational device used in pegging. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/23 "2005-01-08T02:26:21Z")
lingamfelter sounds like that maneuver Jerry did that “ends with a swirl”. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/24 "2005-01-08T02:34:44Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > I propose that we invent a new term for some homosexual act (to be determined at some future date), and that it shall be known as “The Lingamfelter.” Or better yet, the Felterlingam, because if you felt her lingam, then she’s a he! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/25 "2005-01-08T02:37:00Z")
Methinks a new cliche is in the works. Ok, maybe just a funny username. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/26 "2005-01-08T02:46:43Z")
Someday people will look at one of those traditional marriage license plates like we look at old photos of “colored drinking fountain” signs today. I fear it won’t be in my lifetime, though. ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/27 "2005-01-08T02:47:53Z")
Oh man. I just heard about the miscarriage thing today, but this is the first I’ve heard of the special license plate. I’ve lived in a few states, including 21 years in Texas, and I don’t think I ever saw any anti-gay bumpersitckers until I got here. The first time I saw someone with the “male symbol” + “woman symbol” = marriage sticker, I thought it was just one hateful person, but I’ve seen many more since then. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/28 "2005-01-08T02:51:47Z")
“Fralin” sounds kind of kinky to me, but then, I’m straight so maybe I’m not the best judge. Thankfully, [Tennessee’s pro-life](http://66.195.16.55/state723.html) tag is held up in court, so we don’t look like complete boobs. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/29 "2005-01-08T03:07:11Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Thankfully, [Tennessee’s pro-life](http://66.195.16.55/state723.html) tag is held up in court, so we don’t look like complete boobs. Yeah, [we got that, too](http://www.prolife.org/state437.html). But just keep in mind: > [@Bill ponsor Jack White](#): > > It’s not about abortion or an abortion debate; it’s about helping women, kids, and parents. I’m not out crusading; I’m out to help families in my district. Y’see, it’s not about homosexuality or being anti-gay; it’s about helping married couples and families. Lingamfelter isn’t out crusading; he’s out to help the families in his district. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/30 "2005-01-08T04:09:47Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > So now Fred Phelps and his cult, the Westboro Baptist Church, have managed to get enough signatures on a petition to have the Council either reconsider the change, or to have the issue put to a public vote. Democracy in America? The horrors I mean what do they think this is ancient Athens? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/31 "2005-01-08T04:46:01Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Democracy in America? The horrors I mean what do they think this is ancient Athens? Personally, I’m surprised that little **Bricker** hasn’t been in here yet to say something equally stupid. **treis** , as long as we can get enough votes to get negroes bumped back to 3/5ths a vote, that’s cool too, right? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/32 "2005-01-08T05:42:50Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Democracy in America? The horrors I mean what do they think this is ancient Athens? Exactly. Seems you’re being facetious here, but I the last thing I would want is direct democracy in America. Thank God for the Constitution. If the majority ruled in Eden Alley, my lily white ass would be on the first boat to Canada! ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/33 "2005-01-08T06:11:12Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > **treis** , as long as we can get enough votes to get negroes bumped back to 3/5ths a vote, that’s cool too, right? Yes, I don’t stop believing in the democratic system when I get a result that I personally don’t like. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/34 "2005-01-08T06:52:16Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Yes, I don’t stop believing in the democratic system when I get a result that I personally don’t like. Then I would politely recommend that you go find a truly democratic nation and go live in it. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/35 "2005-01-08T06:55:36Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > Then I would politely recommend that you go find a truly democratic nation and go live in it. ? I do live a truely democratic nation. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/36 "2005-01-08T07:12:26Z")
> [@treis](#): > > ? I do live a truely democratic nation. Thank God, we do not. We live in a Constitutional representative democracy, where the minority has some protection against the tyranny of the majority. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/37 "2005-01-08T07:13:43Z")
Then again, I’ve been assuming from your posts that you live in the USA. Am I wrong? ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/38 "2005-01-08T07:36:40Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > Thank God, we do not. We live in a Constitutional representative democracy, where the minority has some protection against the > tyranny of the majority. Right and all of those protections were voted upon by the electorate and at any time the electorate can repeal or change them. The only quasi-permanent protection the minority has is that the constitution requires more than a simple majority to change it. Frankly I would have no problem if the electorate in this country voted slavery back into existance, made homosexuals tatoo ‘fag’ on their foreheads or any other similiar measure. I would choose to no longer be apart of this country but if thats what the people want then thats what the people get. Obviously these are extreme examples but in a more realistic sense why shouldn’t the electorate choose who gets a protected class? If the electorate gets together and decides that they don’t want to give protection to gays, you and I may think its wrong but that does not make it so. No matter how wrong I feel something is and no matter how convinced that I am right I will not nor will I support circumventing the democratic process to impose my moral code on someone else. > [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > Then again, I’ve been assuming from your posts that you live in the USA. Am I wrong? No you are correct. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/39 "2005-01-08T08:01:03Z")
> [@treis](#): > > I would have no problem if the electorate in this country voted slavery back into existance, made homosexuals tatoo ‘fag’ on their foreheads or any other similiar measure. There are no words allowable on this board, even in the pit, to express my reaction to that. Some things are worth fighting for. Some things are worth dying for. I’m unsubscribing now, so you need not reply. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658/40 "2005-01-08T08:23:03Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Frankly I would have no problem if the electorate in this country voted slavery back into existance, made homosexuals tatoo ‘fag’ on their foreheads or any other similiar measure. Please do me the courtesy of never being an elector in a jurisdiction in which I reside. Thank you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-texas-bashing-virginias-on-a-roll/283658.md?page=3)