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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:48 PM
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Name 1 issue more important than stopping gay people from getting married
I dare you.

(Dedicated to reminding everybody about the REAL ISSUES and why the GOP, if it has ANY decency, should drop any and all pursuit for a Federal Marriage Amendment)
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:48 PM
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1. i got nuthin.
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central scrutinizer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:57 PM
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19. I do - flag burning!!!
Edited on Wed May-31-06 05:04 PM by central scrutinizer
We got to stop the rash of flag burning.

Then there is allowing prayer in the schools, as well.

And while we are at, we need a constitutional amendment mandating that the Ten Commandments be posted in every public building.

I almost forgot - making English the official language and prohibiting singing the National Anthem in any other language.
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:49 PM
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2. Whether my dog should get a 'cookie' before I leave to go to work.
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:42 PM
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47. Darn. Beat me to it!
I was going to say that!
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:49 PM
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3. I can't. There is nothing more important. Granted, they can't get married
now, so the amendment wouldn't really do anything, but still, we gotta be ever vigilant...
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Rockholm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:56 PM
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17. We CAN get married now. In Massachusetts. And I Did.
To paraphrase dear old Charlton Heston..."They can rip that marriage certificate from my cold dead hands."
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:59 PM
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21. Oh, damn. Well, then, my friend, you gotta be stopped
you are dangerous...
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movonne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:50 PM
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I can't think of anything...I mean who cares if the world is going
to hell, the gays can't get married..
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movonne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:50 PM
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4. I can't think of anything...I mean who cares if the world is going
to hell, the gays can't get married..
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:50 PM
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5. Duh. Easy. Tax cuts for Millionaires. Silly question. It is so OBVIOUS.
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Jigarotta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:51 PM
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6. nothing I can think of.
it would be at the bottom of a huge googleplex list.
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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:51 PM
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7. Wait... wait.... it's on the tip of my tongue .... .
:P
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:51 PM
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8. Flag burning!!!
The smoke from all those burning flags is causing the polar ice caps to melt!! I could hardly find my way to work today because of all the flag smoke.

And porno. Them fucking people are ruining America.

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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:53 PM
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9. I know! I know! Father/daughter chastity pledge prom dates!
:rofl:
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theHandpuppet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:53 PM
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10. I'm already breaking some laws in WV and should be in jail!
Y'all get to guess which ones. These are matters of vital importance!

http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/west-virginia/
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distantearlywarning Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:54 PM
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11. Banning the sale of sex toys.
Now THAT's a pressing world issue! :eyes:
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:56 PM
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16. I think the sex toy prohibition should be
"inserted" in the Anti-porn bill.

sorry. I couldn't help myself.
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TygrBright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:54 PM
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12. ummmmmmmmmmm.... "Tastes Great" vs. "Less Filling"?
(Sorry if that's a bit out of date, I haven't watched commercial TV in an awfully long time....)

helpfully,
Bright
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Minnesota Libra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:54 PM
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13. Having verifiable voting methods, with verifiable voting nothing.........
.....else matters and the representatives of our choice don't get elected.
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liberalitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:55 PM
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14. Stopping a woman's access to contraception/abortion
.... now that's what really counts
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:00 PM
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24. True. Stop all birth control. Except condoms. But that's all we will allow
because, you know, men gotta be protected...

:sarcasm:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:55 PM
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15. Paper or plastic? nt
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:56 PM
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18. Iraq
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 04:59 PM
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20. Do you want a serious answer?
If you do, I'll get back to you with a list; a very long list. :hi:
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:01 PM
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26. I'm thinkin' that's not where this thread is going!
But it's been a good belly laugh anyway!
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:00 PM
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22. Human-animal hybrids maybe?
I am really, really concerned that someday illegal immigrant human animal hybrids might be allowed to marry and totally ruin traditional marriage.
Oh, missing white women in Aruba way up there also.
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:01 PM
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25. Illegal immigrant, interracial, human-animal hybrids wanting gay marriage
Edited on Wed May-31-06 05:02 PM by ComerPerro
EDIT: I forgot to lay, they are atheists.
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titoresque Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:16 PM
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34. first cousins by chance?
:rofl:
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Mikimouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:00 PM
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23. That's easy...Finding Natalie Holloway, of course! n/t
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:03 PM
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27. Fair & honest elections
If we can have those, we can throw out the idiots who think gay marriage is an issue that hurts anybody. And throw out the idiots who all ran back to D.C. to pass a law to make life hell for Terry's husband who just wanted to do what she wanted...

And the idiots who think it makes America safer to let Alberto gut the Constitution

And the idiots who sank this nation in a sea of red ink that our grandkids will still be swimming against

And the idiots who think the poor and working class should bare more tax burden than the ultra rich

And the idiots who think selling off chunks of National Lands is a good plan

And the idiots who do not demand an immediate withdrawal from that war for, by and of war profiteers

Yep, I sorta think honest elections might be a tad more important than fiddling with the Constitution to make sure we can all take a peek under the bride's skirt to make sure she has the official state approved equipment. There might be one or two THOUSAND issues more critical for Congress to deal with.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:04 PM
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28. Flag desecration
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:04 PM
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29. Our nation's ongoing refusal to adopt and embrace the Metric System
:beer:
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titoresque Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:20 PM
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36. .....
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: This one has me rolling!
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:57 PM
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49. I've found it to be the perfect answer to a lot of questions
It always drives pollsters up the wall.
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Eugene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:07 PM
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30. An English-only national anthem? n/t
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titoresque Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:09 PM
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31. stopping the subsequent masses from marrying their dogs!! n/t
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:11 PM
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32. American Idol, duhhhhhhhhh!
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:13 PM
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33. Save the Fetus!
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:18 PM
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35. Stopping gay people from getting DIVORCED
Divorce makes Jesus cry.
:cry:

Where are the family values?

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:
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titoresque Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:23 PM
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37. I just can't get onboard with this one
I live in Az. where we're experiencing a really nasty drought.
Sorry.

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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:28 PM
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40. That's why the metric system is so important
Liters are, like, MORE water than what you get with pints.

You'd have more!
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:25 PM
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38. um counting the drops in the ocean?
.... finally cleaning out the "junk drawer"?

.....hunting for the missing socks?
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Lady President Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:26 PM
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39. English as the National Language
This one will resurface with a vengenance soon. Think what would happen to our children if they hear Spanish?!? (Maid and gardner are obviously excluded.)
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:30 PM
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41. Global warming
'cause if the freeps keep ignoring The Mother, She has a way to deal with them....and, sadly, the rest of us as well....
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:30 PM
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42. Evolution: Spitting in God's Eye
As the FReepers so clearly point out on the 10 million evolution threads they have so far started, "Intelligent Design" is what should be taught (anything with "FReepers" and "Intelligent" in the same sentence is unique, indeed). And the Bible is the right science textbook.

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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:31 PM
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43. All things either Brangelina or Britney.
Yup, those are my choices.
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Jersey Devil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:33 PM
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44. Solving the age old riddle of where paper clips go
They're there and then they're gone!
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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:33 PM
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45. Dueling? Witch Burning? Injun Shooting? Slave owning?
Oh wait, those are our founding principles :yoiks:
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:36 PM
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46. Keeping brown people from becoming citizens?
I know it may be too close to call, though.

Mz Pip
:dem:
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Tiggeroshii Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 05:51 PM
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48. My nuts
Edited on Wed May-31-06 05:51 PM by Tiggeroshii
...
they hurt sometimes :shrug:
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brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-31-06 06:28 PM
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50. A law
requiring all snails to be clad in small Pampers thus putting an end to the gooey trails they leave everywhere which we know presents a clear threat to peoples' sense of propriety.
Anyone who fails to 'pamper' their snails shall be made to clean snail trails with a Qtip for a 6 block radius of their dwelling place.
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