DISCLAIMER: This is just a poll about the coming election. NO debating or flaming or arguing please!
Here in Georgia, we will have the option to vote on Amendment 1. It asks whether or not there should be an amendment to the state’s constitution that defines marriage as that relationship between a man and a woman.
No. In Washington State, we’ve got initiatives about the structure of our primary system, a tax increase for education, a rule change to expand slot machines, another attempt to start up charter schools, and a demand to get Hanford cleaned up once and for goddamn all. Pretty standard stuff.
The way our courts have been angling, we will probably be getting a decision to legalize gay marriage within the next two years, at which point the conservative campaign will come to town. But until then we’ve got other fish to fry.
It was measure 36 on the Oregon ballot and, out of the eleven states proposing a constitutional amendment, we’re one of two (Michigan is the other) that is thought to have a reasonable chance of defeating it.
No, that’s already been done and it’s already being fought in the courts AFAIK. Some folks from HRC came to my school’s pride meeting this past Monday and talked some about that.
The following states have anti-marriage initiatives on their ballots next week: Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon and Utah. All are expected to pass easily.
Louisiana passed one earlier this year. It has been struck down by a state judge but the state is appealing the decision. Missouri also passed a ban this year.
This site lists states with anti-marriage laws and amendments but is out-of-date.
In my state, Wisconsin, there is no specific law barring SSM but references in the statutes to “man and woman” and “husband and wife” have been construed to mean that SSM is illegal. Our legislature passed an anti-marriage law but our governor vetoed it. There was an attempt to pass an amendment, which failed.
It got struck down for technicalities of some sort, but yes. I’m sorry. I think the whole idea is disgusting. Unfortunately, I’m apparently in a small minority here.
The most disgusting thing is the Conservative Republicans who are opposed to the bill for all the wrong reasons. They don’t give a damn about our rights or equality or fairness. All they care about is the tax revenue we generate. With friends like these . . .