OK, I’m from Iowa. I voted for the right of people of the same sex to marry, ‘cause, hey, why not. Now I find out from some TV spot that our judges took that mandate to “impose gay marriage”! Apparently I am, as an unmarried yet heterosexual Iowan, legally obligated to marry a gay person! Holy crow, I never thought others’ freedoms would so limit my own.
So naturally I have a few questions about my responsibilities under the law:
Does imposed gay marriage mean I have to marry a homosexual male? Can a bro and I do a Chuck & Larry arrangement and just get health benefits and stuff?
Does it count if I marry a lesbian? How about a bi woman? Giggity!
If I must marry a gay dude, can we do a “beard” thing where I get to see women more or less on the d/l?
How about if I marry a guy who just seems sort of gay? I know a lot of keyboard players, for one thing. I play reeds, we could get a combo going, maybe make some money.
The anti-gay-marriage group calls itself, ironically, “Iowa For Freedom”. Yes, freedom for the bigots not to have live in the same state as men married to men, or women married to women, I suppose. I love it when people think freedoms only apply to themselves, and not to others.
I have additional questions: does the other spouse have to be an Iowan? Which conditions are required in order for the marriage to count (do the spouses need to live together, does it have to last a minimum period, are children required before divorce proceedings can begin)?
Obviously impose in this case means to accept the concept, not the actual thing.
It means ALLOW men and men or women and women to marry should they choose. They are refering to the society as a whole not the individual.
For instance, the government imposes an income tax, but if you have no income you don’t pay it. If you are gay then you can be married, but if you’re not, you’re not effected by it.
I know you’re trying to a bit on the fun side, but you get a lot father with people in trying to correct them if, instead of making spoof of their beliefs, you show them why they’re wrong in a logical way.
As for political ads, well most of them BOTH Democrat and Republican (at least here in Illinois) are full of half-truths and things that are just wrong.
No, sometimes people say things that are so dumb that you’ve just got to turn it into a joke. “Impose gay marriage”? In that case, why can’t I say that the law and the courts impose Christianity on me, because they allow people to be Christian? Every Sunday, I have to go past churches, and know that people are worshiping their Christian God inside – and even make me look as signs saying things like, “Are you saved yet?”
As I said before, these bigots only see freedoms from their own point of view – so they have the freedom to marry who they choose, without anything imposed on them, but they want gay people to have a choice imposed on them, si they can’t marry whomever they want.
Shit, really? Is there going to be some kind of matching service, or am I on my own here? Because, if I have to figure this out, it’s going to be like gay musical chairs, and I’m going to be out in the first round.
That’s a serious concern since I can’t believe there’s a 1:1 parity. If Iowa just marries 2 straight people of the same gender can that be claimed as a defacto gay marriage? Seems like a loophole to me. Why, a couple like that wouldn’t be getting their court mandated gay sex! And then they’d probably just cheat on each other with the opposite sex.
Clearly the only solution is for the state to implement some sort of homosexual importation plan. So it’s not really about the gays, this is obviously just more liberal spending on Big Government.
The state mostly wants someone to be the responsible party if you get injured, so be sure to pick a healthy guy who makes lots of money and has good insurance.
We have a Rainbow District here in Davenport and if you can’t find someone there it’s only two blocks and a river (the Mississippi) to Illinois and you can import from there.
If you would have brought this up a week ago or so I would say we have small get together on the 31st for the Zombie Pride Parade and then hit the Rainbow District or the Rave to the Grave.
Crap. I finally get my son out of the house, he moves to Iowa to live with his girlfriend, and now this? She’s so good for him! She’s made him into a functioning adult! He can’t blow this all and marry a guy! Dammit, I don’t want him to have to move back in with me just so they can marry! I was enjoying being childless!
BTW, thanx to posting this thread, I am now apparently Googlegay. That’s when Google pushes ad content at you with the word gay in it. NTTAWWT, at least until the lavender helicopters come over.
