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Topic: Marriage Equality
singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Wed 06/26/13 07:51 AM
Good riddance, DOMA! DOMA has been struck down as being unconstitutional by the SCOTUS. Prop 8 has no standing. We now have 13 states plus DC that have legalized marriage equality. Today is a good day for those who support marriage equality.

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Thu 06/27/13 12:54 PM
So quiet in here! Either gay marriage opponents are so surprised by the outcome yesterday that they were speechless, or they agree it was a good day along with the rest of us.

oldhippie1952 Joined Mon 03/14/11 Posts: 22693	Thu 06/27/13 12:55 PM
Nope, just figured the SCOTUS would rule this way as otherwise it was discriminatory.

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Thu 06/27/13 12:57 PM
Nope, just figured the SCOTUS would rule this way as otherwise it was discriminatory. Good for you for knowing it would be discriminatory to rule another way.

willing2 Joined Sun 06/08/08 Posts: 20221	Thu 06/27/13 01:08 PM
Does that mean butt-sex laws are discriminatory?

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Thu 06/27/13 01:11 PM
Does that mean butt-sex laws are discriminatory? Who is going to police sodomy laws, willing? You? Are you going to go into everyone's bedroom (gay or straight) and make sure they're not engaging in anal sex?

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Thu 06/27/13 04:59 PM
R.I.P., DOMA.

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Thu 06/27/13 05:04 PM
I think most same sex opponents have probably tired of these types of threads and resigned to the reality that those in power are going to go through with endorsing and spreading this culture,,,

TBRich Joined Fri 11/07/08 Posts: 8232	Thu 06/27/13 05:15 PM
Does that mean butt-sex laws are discriminatory? No, you can go ahead and have all the butt-sex you like and no worries

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Thu 06/27/13 05:37 PM
I think its excellent news. When I heard it I almost burst out a cheer. I didnt have enough faith in our country to assume it would pass/be overturned. It was a happy surprise. Yay equality!

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Thu 06/27/13 05:37 PM
Does that mean butt-sex laws are discriminatory? No, you can go ahead and have all the butt-sex you like and no worries

Chazster Joined Tue 08/28/07 Posts: 6206	Thu 06/27/13 06:20 PM
Its also a victory for people who support limitting the federal governments power. I think its a state issue and not a federal one.

soufiehere Joined Sat 10/24/09 Posts: 45399	Thu 06/27/13 06:23 PM
I think its excellent news. When I heard it I almost burst out a cheer. I didnt have enough faith in our country to assume it would pass/be overturned. It was a happy surprise. Yay equality! I am so happy for those who can now enjoy the sanctity of marriage :-)

Chazster Joined Tue 08/28/07 Posts: 6206	Thu 06/27/13 06:31 PM Edited by Chazster on Thu 06/27/13 06:31 PM
Its also a victory for people who support limitting the federal governments power. I think its a state issue and not a federal one. Oh. I thought the supreme court overturned a state decision. Wasnt that prop 8? Im not so good at following political stuff. Pretty sure I read that the federal government can't deny them equal treatment under the law if the state allows them to marry. Such as taxes etc. Actually DOMA is a federal law

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Thu 06/27/13 10:23 PM
that's one way of looking at it , perhaps, more will marry in non state ceremonies, where privileges aren't the focus,,,,

Foliel Joined Thu 01/10/08 Posts: 1189	Sat 06/29/13 10:07 PM
Yes, why should only straight people get to have all the misery...err, i mean joy of marriage...it won't hurt anyone letting us gay men and women marry the person we love. I do believe that it should be done my a JP, UNLESS a religion person, priest, minister or such wishes to perform the ceremony. My cousin, an ordained minister, will perform my wedding if I ever wish to get married. As if that's gonna happen lol

William8 Joined Tue 09/25/12 Posts: 224	Sat 06/29/13 11:50 PM
Does that mean butt-sex laws are discriminatory? A rose by any other name is still a rose. Same sex marriage is a joke, it's no more a marriage then a man wereing a dress is a women. Sodomy is not sex either. Sex involves the sexual organs i.e. repoductive organs of both genders. Legalization of same sex marriage is just testament to the American dream world that just cannot deal with reality. I will never recognize same sex marriage.

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Sun 06/30/13 08:58 AM
Does that mean butt-sex laws are discriminatory? A rose by any other name is still a rose. Same sex marriage is a joke, it's no more a marriage then a man wereing a dress is a women. Sodomy is not sex either. Sex involves the sexual organs i.e. repoductive organs of both genders. Legalization of same sex marriage is just testament to the American dream world that just cannot deal with reality. I will never recognize same sex marriage. I agree with this statement,,,,,though I would not have worded it exactly that way

Conrad_73 Joined Sat 09/29/07 Posts: 22488	Sun 06/30/13 09:05 AM
Does that mean butt-sex laws are discriminatory? A rose by any other name is still a rose. Same sex marriage is a joke, it's no more a marriage then a man wereing a dress is a women. Sodomy is not sex either. Sex involves the sexual organs i.e. repoductive organs of both genders. Legalization of same sex marriage is just testament to the American dream world that just cannot deal with reality. I will never recognize same sex marriage. Bet they will take cognizance of your dis-approval!

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Sun 06/30/13 09:11 AM
Does that mean butt-sex laws are discriminatory? A rose by any other name is still a rose. Same sex marriage is a joke, it's no more a marriage then a man wereing a dress is a women. Sodomy is not sex either. Sex involves the sexual organs i.e. repoductive organs of both genders. Legalization of same sex marriage is just testament to the American dream world that just cannot deal with reality. I will never recognize same sex marriage. Bet they will take cognizance of your dis-approval! of course not, anymore than drunks take cognizance of those who disapprove of their behaviors,,,, its just a personal statement,, nothing more or less,, we do still have the right to choose our own values to recognize and validate...