And their passing of the same sex marriage ban.
Soon or later motherfuckers, the Feds are going to wake up and realize it ain’t the government’s business what adults do in the privacy of their own homes, and I can’t wait to see the looks on your faces when you’re forced to repeal that amendment.
Ohio passed their similar amendment, too. Damn it.
Sheesh - here it is 2004 and it’s hard to believe intolerance is alive and well. (And so is ignorance for that matter).
By the way, I’m from Massachusetts and once same-sex marriages were legalized here … well things went on pretty much as they always did. :rolleyes:
What the Hell are people so afraid of?
I voted against the ban, but I have a feeling it will pass here in Ohio.
How pathetic this is going to look in a few decades. Students will ask “Were they going to make gay marriage mandatory? Why would they ban something you can simply not take part if you don’t like it? Were these people on crack, or what?”
Hey, you should live in Alabama. One of the things we were voting on today was if we wanted to amend our state constitution to no longer support segregated schools and a poll tax.
Really.
So we should get around to the whole gay marriage thing in about 40 years :smack:
Sigh.
(Note: If the amendment doesn’t pass, don’t jump to conclusions as to what it means, as (1) the language was altered from the original bill and there is a good deal of confusion over if something was “slipped in”, and (2) the AL state constitution is the worst in the US and a number of folks are so fed up they vote “No” to ANY amendment until we get a new constitution.)
“No, students, it was a very complex and nuanced issue, having nothing at all to do with civil rights, prejudice, bigotry, or fear. It was about states’ rights and the role of government and federal judges. Now, go back to eating your baby so you can defecate on a crucifix, as all students are now required to do. I want to get back home to have sex with my governmentally-recognized life partner, a Norwegian elkhound.”
On the other hand, I am slightly heartened to see that Cincinnati has voted to repeal its law which (watch all the double-negatives here) made it illegal to pass any law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation.
A nice pro-gay-rights, or at least anti-pointless-discrimination vote.
Well, the fucking bass-ackwards idiots in Georgia have approved Amendment 1. This doesn’t ban gay marriage. Yet. If the amendment DOES pass, it will do just that and strip gays of of the right to make medical decisions for their gravely ill partners.
I say if you’re going to ban gay marriage, you should ban divorce.
Now some people say, “What if one of the spouses is abusive?”
I say, “Tough. The abusive spouse goes to jail and when s/he gets out, s/he gets counseling and you try again.”
No divorce. No exceptions. You want to protect the sanctity (excuse me, I have to go vomit now) of marriage, you go whole hog.
You swore to stay together before God and goddammit, you’re going to do just that.
Fucking idiots.
Imagine how pissed I’d be if I were gay?
As a born and bred Kentuckian, I’m more than a liitle insulted by this thread. I voted against the amendment, as did my wife and a goodly portion of the people I know. I thinks it’s ridiculous and a waste of time. Apparently, not enough of my neighbors did. That’s democracy for you.
[Kent Brockman]I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Democracy simply doesn’t work.[/KB]
Seriously, though, good on you for voting against the asshatted measure. Forgive me though if I’m a little shocked that such an amendment could get on the ballot, muchless pass in any state.
No, it’s not just Kentucky. It’s Arkansas, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Ohio. All voted in favor of a ban against same-sex marriage.
But hey, that’s no reason to get angry!
But you forget, treating us like subhumans is really showing us Christian love.
I’m in Texas, and it wasn’t on our ballot (hmmmm). I would have voted against banning same-sex marriage, and came back in with someone else’s registration card to vote again if I could. How pathetic that in this day and age the moral/religious right could still make this an issue.
Looks like the measure is passing easily in Michigan.
Does this really surprise anyone? I predicted some time ago that this measure would pass overwhelmingly everywhere it’s on the ballot.
All of this is part of a massive backlash against overreaching Massachusetts judges. By making this radical change there, they’re setting back civil partnerships for gays all over the country, let alone marriage.
This has been today’s lesson in the Law of Unintended Consequences. Fail to learn this law at your peril.
How pathetic that you’re willing to discard the law and impose your opinion on your fellow citizens. I guess voting is good only when the voters agree with you, huh?
And yet you seem to be OK with the bigots imposing their opinions on gay folk. Voting is good, but I’m not happy with the result.
There’s an acre of difference between what you just said – which is a sentiment I respect and acknowledge – and “I’d go commit voter fraud to change this if I could.”
FWIW, I am not wild about this result either. While I hold to the idea that this is properly a state decision, it’s an UNWISE one. Had this been on the ballot here, I’d have voted it down.
Yeah? Tell me why there has to be a “law” against same-sex marriage, as in how it would affect YOU personally. Don’t we have a lot of other issues to worry about? Do you wake up every morning and fret about homosexuality? I don’t - and I believe a fair share of U.S. citizens share that “opinion.”