Anti-gay marriage rallies as NY ceremonies begin

[William769]

(Albany, NY) Thousands of opponents of gay marriage took to the streets in loud and sometimes tense protests Sunday, the first day that legal same-sex weddings were performed.
The National Organization for Marriage held rallies in New York City, Albany, Rochester and Buffalo, saying Gov. Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers redefined marriage without giving voters a chance to weigh-in, as they have in other states. Protesters chanted “Let the People Vote!” at rallies across the state.

A rally in New York City that started with several hundred people crowding the street across from Cuomo’s Manhattan office quickly swelled to thousands of people out in loud opposition to the new law, as NOM brought in over a dozen busloads of their supporters.

They waved signs saying “Excommunicate Cuomo” and “God cannot be mocked.”

Cuomo campaigned in support of gay marriage, which he called a basic human right, then lobbied the Legislature hard ahead of its historic June 24 vote to legalize it.

http://www.365gay.com/news/anti-gay-marriage-rallies-as-ny-ceremonies-begin/

[piratefish08]

1. fuck them. fuck their beliefs. fuck any god that would support this hate.

i am now at a zero tolerance level for intolerant, bigoted assholes.


yes, i understand the irony.

[KansDem]

2. I'm with you...

I use to respect "diverse" opinions and recognized the need for debate, but now I say to Hell with them and their hate mongering...

[RKP5637]

8. Yep, same here. Now I view them as deranged misfits in need of some serious

therapy. Case in point, the phelps family.

[Snotcicles]

16. Good sign material. " Do you and your God hate equally " ?

[jtown1123]

3. Fuck them. All you have to do is look at the pictures of the happy couples & you could care less

what a few nasty people do in their spare time...

[beac]

4. Go ahead, bigots...

and someday you too can have your picture in thousands of textbooks just like the nice white lady in one:

[TK421]

9. the face of stupidity n/t

[11 Bravo]

15. Sometimes a picture is worth WAY more than a thousand words. Thanks for posting this.

[Mz Pip]

5. They need to find something productive to do

These idiots have too much freetime. I do not understand the need to control the lives of people you do not know or ever will know.

I have no tolerance for the religious intolerant. People hiding behind religion to justify their bigotry deserve criticism. I am really sick of people who think their views should be tolerated because they are "religious" in nature; that having some BIble passage to fall back on makes you exempt.

[RKP5637]

7. Exactly! They wear religion as a shield and a badge of honor so they can

express their hatred. I saw one wacko here recently wearing a cross so F'ed big around their neck studded with fake jewels they practically needed a wheelbarrow to carry the damn thing, must have been 1/2 a foot long.

I can't stand hateful people, especially those that talk to god.
:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[Mz Pip]

10. So many of them

act as though their religious beliefs should not be criticized or questioned. They have the idea that they live in some untouchable bubble.

If a person or group takes their beliefs to the public forum then they should expect pushback. I have a big problem with people who use religion as an excuse for intolerant behavior and then whine that their beliefs are being persecuted when someone disagrees with them. It's hypocricy at its upmost.

[piratefish08]

12. i'll no longer bite my tongue when one person's beliefs override another's rights.......

i'm quickly falling into the 'New Atheist" category......

[RKP5637]

6. Some people just have to hate. They are just hateful people and the gay thing gives them

a target. They are just hateful F'ed up bigots. If they didn't have the gays, it would be something else, and some of them already have a list of things/people/groups they hate. They are "The Haters." They are not well people in the adjustment to life department. Throughout history there have been "The Haters."

[gratuitous]

11. "Let the people vote"

Ten years ago, that was a winning strategy for these bigots. Nowadays not so much, I'm thinking. Oregon passed its odious Measure 36 a few election cycles ago, and Basic Rights Oregon seems prepared to file a measure repealing that. I think they'll be successful.

Naturally, when a vote of the people goes against them, these bigots will drop that whole "will of the people" stuff (because they don't really believe in it, except when it goes their way) and fall back on their unassailable personal belief. Why are they so upset? Who can say? It's not as if they're being forced into a same sex marriage. Are they really saying that the incredibly joyful people in those photos from yesterday should be forced into marrying someone of the opposite sex? Is there not enough misery in the world that they want two people to be totally miserable in an opposite sex marriage, just so their fee-fees aren't hurt?

The National Organization for Marriage is constituted of very small people.

[Tesha]

18. Notice though, that they're never interested in calling a vote on women's rights or marijuana law...

...reform. They *KNOW* they'd lose those votes so in those
cases, they're not nearly as interested in following the will of
the majority.

And frankly, as others here have said, they're going to lose
their enthusiasm for votes on gay rights as they start getting
their holy asses kicked on that issue as well.

I can't imagine, for example, Massachusetts voting out equal
marriage; now that people have lived with it for a few years,
the reality of it is far too unexciting to get worked-up about
just because some religious asshole says it's "E-vil!".

Tesha

[David__77]

13. I actually think this is a bad tactic for their side.

In California, they were sure not to do that when marriages commenced - at least in no coordinated way. They wanted to avoid looking "mean-spirited." It won't help them in New York. Besides, they have no realistic chance of repealing this there any time soon.

[William769]

14. Funny someone would un record this.

Talk about closeted bigots! Don't even have the balls to show themselves. Typical.

[Tesha]

17. "My fairy tale trumps your rights!!!" (NT)