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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:12 AM Original message |
Marriage simplified: Straights can, Gays can't... |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. All men are created equal... |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. What makes you say that? |
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King Coal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. If we had universal health care we could get more of these gays cured. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." n/t |
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againes654 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. I don't believe |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It's the "sanctity of marriage" that they are all worried about. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. Does that dipshit know that they CAN get married in Massachusetts? |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. Just a question from a woman that has been married two times... |
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againes654 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I think, and I don't know for sure, but |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Frankly, if my mailman told me I couldn't do something I would show him... |
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againes654 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Oh, I agree |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. It's about civil rights. There are hundreds of things affected by marriage |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Ok now I understand... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. I believe the equal legal benefits is the critical piece, since anyone |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Well, every gay person has their own opinion on this matter. I'll offer mine. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. Just wait til one partner dies |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 02:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
47. Thank you, Hang a Left, for rasing a |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. Marriage is all about procreation, according to the Washington and Maryland courts |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. religion |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. MARRIAGE IN THE US IS NOT ABOUT RELIGION |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. yup, marriage is and has always been primarily |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Thank you. I agree completely. |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
43. No Shit |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 10:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Actually, the ass-hats *have* come up with a reason to oppose equal marriage not based on religion |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. In that case, should people be required to pass fertility tests in order to obtain marriage licenses |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. See Washington Initiative 957 |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Good for you! You are a hero. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. so a logical next change to the law should be: |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
14. ... |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
16. not quite that simple. nt. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Please elaborate. Why is it not that simple? n/t |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I'm not that familiar with the case in question. Just based on my experience... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Please do elaborate. We're standing by. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. elaborate on why I don't think its simple? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. So how do you decide who to vote for? Flip a coin? |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I vote Democrat simply because they will at least say they will do something. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. i hope that you don't actually believe that the judge didn't think it was discrimination? |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
29. It's discrimination, but it doesn't matter because they're just gays. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. But God didn't make Adam and Steve. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Well, She/He did, actually. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. LOL I ask the person saying that "Oh, who made Steve, then?" |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. On second thought, maybe it was S S S SAAAAATAAAAANNNNN! |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
38. I will never understand why this is so. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. Zen question for any member of a same-sex couple or other interested party |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. No cause you can't marry in HI |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. and there's a case to be made |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. OK, how about the same question with MA substituted for HI? |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. It would be ok to move to RI maybe Vermont |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
46. I'm so sick of this stupid argument. Let gays get married already! |
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