Wyoming House Passes Anti-Marriage Bill (Holds back government intrusion in tradition and culture)

[WillParkinson]

Wyoming House Passes Anti-Marriage Bill

Thanks to a newly-elected Tea Party-backed GOP majority, the Wyoming House today passed a bill banning the recognition of out of state same-sex marriages and civil unions. Similar bills had failed twice in recent years.

State Rep. Owen Petersen, R-Mountain View, the bill's sponsor, said the legislation is needed to resolve a conflict in Wyoming law, which defines marriage as a contract "between a male and a female person" but also recognizes any valid marriage performed outside the state. Other supporters have said the bill will help to hold back government intrusion into Wyoming traditions and culture.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/01/wyoming-house-passes-anti-marriage-bill.html

[Ken Burch]

1. "Wyoming traditions and culture"? You mean, like nailing gay people to fences?

[Fearless]

7. +10000

[RKP5637]

2. Lovely place not to be from or ever plan to be in ... n/t

[RetiredTrotskyite]

3. The "Equality State"...

Only if you are white, Christian, and straight. Otherwise you can forget about any rights.

[jody]

4. Those who oppose the enumerated unalienable right to keep and bear arms for self-defense protected

by the 2nd Amendment should support this bill that opposes the unenumerated unalienable right to individual freedom protected by the 9th Amendment.

[RetiredTrotskyite]

6. I Agree...

that they should, but they want this freedom to be able to fight for bigotry and ignorance.

[Fearless]

8. A very farsighted analysis.

[FiveGoodMen]

5. Tradition and culture: Two of the worst ideas the human race ever came up with

Tradition: Doing something stupid because your parents did it.

Culture: Doing something stupid because your peers are do it.

[urbuddha]

9. Go to the city-data forum and pay the rednecks there a visit...

http://www.city-data.com/forum/index.php

You'll need to register and there are many topics. Go to Wyoming to chime in on the Equality State post or start your own. These people think they have probably never met a gay person and don't have a clue.