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NC Marriage Amendment

2,651 476 May 8, 2012 at 08:40 AM in Debate (2)
I went to the poll today to cast my vote on the NC Marriage Amendment [politico.com]. As expected, there were a lot of lesbians against the amendment standing outside the polling place. None of them were hot. Not one. Just a whole bunch of greying, shabbily dressed, hairy legged women with signs. It seems like the lesbian community could have put on a much better display to influence public opinion outside the polls.

No lipstick. No kissing. All in all a big disappointment. Frown

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thikthird
05-09-2012 at 08:49 AM.
05-09-2012 at 08:49 AM.
Quote from Iaaaiws :
And I would like to see even one example where the government has taken money from an individual who earned it, in the form of taxes, filtered it through the government bureaucracy and waste and had it come out the other end where it was spent more efficiently than the individual could have spent it.
i didn't say it was more efficient.
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Zoe Moon
05-09-2012 at 09:25 AM.
05-09-2012 at 09:25 AM.
Quote from MsGal :
I don't care if it's two women, two men, or a pig and a wallaby, let 'em all marry, I say. Not because I'm pro gays or anti-heteros. I just believe in "misery for all". laugh out loud

Today is my 20th wedding anniversary .... and to a really great guy ... but here's the thing. If I have to deal with the snoring and the extra laundry and countless hours of sports on television and empty toilet paper rolls and taking the trash to the curb myself because he forgot, AGAIN! ..... then I think everyone should have a right to that "sweetheart deal".

If it's going to cost me $20,000 to get rid of him (if I ever choose to do so), then I think everyone should have to pay to play "chuck a spouse", too. No more of this "we want equal rights for our partners" crap and then changing partners 6 months later. You're either in or you're out. And if you're out, you should have to go through the baggage and financial screwing that the lawyers and judges bestow upon the rest of us.

Just sayin........
laugh out loud

Yeah, why should the straight couples be the only ones who are miserable and can't just walk away.
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OhNoItsDEVO
05-09-2012 at 09:28 AM.
05-09-2012 at 09:28 AM.
Quote from thikthird :
well the easiest example of who is suffering the loss is the housing or rental market. two people living together takes one person out of the market as far as buying a home or renting.

who should it be made up to is a much bigger scope of a question, but theoretically some of that extra money they're being taxed is getting filtered back in to the markets they're taking away from by living together.
You can't be serious.

I'm always amazed at how the liberal mind works....
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thikthird
05-09-2012 at 09:33 AM.
05-09-2012 at 09:33 AM.
Quote from OhNoItsDEVO :
You can't be serious.

I'm always amazed at how the liberal mind works....
how am i not being serious?
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OhNoItsDEVO
05-09-2012 at 09:36 AM.
05-09-2012 at 09:36 AM.
Quote from thikthird :
how am i not being serious?
Unfortunatly, I guess you are serious.
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05-09-2012 at 09:41 AM.
05-09-2012 at 09:41 AM.
Quote from OhNoItsDEVO :
Unfortunatly, I guess you are serious.
so you have no point?
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MsGal
05-09-2012 at 09:53 AM.
05-09-2012 at 09:53 AM.
Quote from Zoe Moon :
laugh out loud

Yeah, why should the straight couples be the only ones who are miserable and can't just walk away.
Exactly! laugh out loud
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MsGal
05-09-2012 at 10:07 AM.
05-09-2012 at 10:07 AM.
Quote from chewspam :
What does breeding have to do with marriage?
Nothing, these days. laugh out loud

Quote from trygve :
..... leaving you and the rest of the male population out of the loop?
I actually like that idea. laugh out loud

Quote from beanqueen :
Ugh...as much as I know you guys are all joking around...this thread still makes me twich with how little acceptance there is and how much people feel the need to dictate others lives and judge them.
Huh Are you not familiar with the history of human beings?

Quote from chewspam :
My only question is this.....if a person is gay, the only thing that separates them from a straight person -- in my opinion -- is their sex life right? I mean really....there's no other difference.
Have you never seen Elton John? Unsure

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And isn't everyone's sex life different?
Mine sure as hell is ... compared to 20 years ago. Annoyed
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OhNoItsDEVO
05-09-2012 at 10:16 AM.
05-09-2012 at 10:16 AM.
Quote from thikthird :
so you have no point?
My point was, that the way you think regarding taxes, is ridiculous.
But that's really not important here.

Here are couple things we can both agree on;
Keep religion out of government.
There is no logical reason to keep homosexuals from marrying.

For someone to claim moral superiority, by fighting to keep two people from expressing their love for each other through marriage, is truely reprehensible.
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Maleficent
05-09-2012 at 10:37 AM.
05-09-2012 at 10:37 AM.
Quote from OhNoItsDEVO :
My point was, that the way you think is ridiculous.
FTFY Wink5
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OhNoItsDEVO
05-09-2012 at 10:41 AM.
05-09-2012 at 10:41 AM.
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FTFY Wink5
You're right, that is much more accurate.
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thikthird
05-09-2012 at 11:13 AM.
05-09-2012 at 11:13 AM.
Quote from OhNoItsDEVO :
My point was, that the way you think regarding taxes, is ridiculous.
how is it ridiculous?

more to the point, how, exactly, do i think regarding taxes?
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Zoe Moon
05-09-2012 at 12:40 PM.
05-09-2012 at 12:40 PM.
'Same-sex couples should be able to get married': Obama changes his mind on gay unions

'At a certain point I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married,' the president said.

Obama claims the change is a personal one only, and that he he still believes the issue of gay marriage should be left up to the states.

Currently, six states allow gay couples to wed and 30 states have constitutional amendments explicitly banning it.

Obama said his daughters and their friends were a major reason he changed his mind about gay marriage.

'You know, Malia and Sasha, they have friends whose parents are same-sex couples. There have been times where Michelle and I have been sitting around the dinner table and we're talking about their friends and their parents and Malia and Sasha, it wouldn't dawn on them that somehow their friends' parents would be treated differently,' he said.

'It doesn't make sense to them and frankly, that's the kind of thing that prompts a change in perspective.'

Obama had been under intense pressure to clarify his view toward gay marriage after Vice President Joe Biden publicly supported it on Sunday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2142016/Same-sex-couples-able-married-Obama-changes-mind-gay-unions.html
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05-10-2012 at 09:07 AM.
05-10-2012 at 09:07 AM.
Quote from MsGal :
Huh Are you not familiar with the history of human beings?
That's the problem...I am familiar with it and it still bothers me. Just because our species has acted atrociously in the past does not mean that we can't change for the better. We should all be working towards a better understanding of each other with less judgement and more acceptance.
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05-10-2012 at 09:10 AM.
05-10-2012 at 09:10 AM.
Quote from beanqueen :
That's the problem...I am familiar with it and it still bothers me. Just because our species has acted atrociously in the past does not mean that we can't change for the better. We should all be working towards a better understanding of each other with less judgement and more acceptance.
Let's hope it still bothers you in 30 years. laugh out loud
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