this is terrible and wrong

Yeah ive read it...the most effective action you can take is probably by contacting your senator. BUT REMEMBER, do NOT use a harsh tone when speaking to him/her. You will not get anywhere with that. Tell him/her the REASONS why they should vote down the amendment. Tell them that it is pure discrimination.

 

Sure, this amendment is horrible, but it will never pass because everyone realizes that it defeats the purpose of a Constitutional amendment. That is, the marriage amendment takes away rights as opposed to bestowing rights--amendments by design only do the latter! These right-wingers are just making a statement before Election Day.

 

Yeah... it makes for good fear-mongering in time for the election, a useful way to mobilise the unthinking hivemind fundamentalist Christian base that sadly makes up the bulk of voting Republicans in the US at present.

It's kinda like here in Canada where that fuckwit Harper campaigned on "re-opening" the issue of gay marriage. Even if he does (and recent reports show plummeting political will to do so), few people remotely believe it will end with the un-legalising of same-sex marriage. Makes for great press, though. Gods I hate conservative demagogues.

 

It's a travesty that Bush is still in office and this is a prime example of why. As Nk1114 already indicated, write your Senator and Congressman and tell them how disappointed you are in the Middle Ages posture that is intolerant of diversity in sexual orientation and then intends to pass a law to make the discrimination legal.

Just the attempt is already unconstitutional. You might want to add that countries like Canada, England, and Germany seem to have figured out that the "sanctity" of male-female marriage is not endangered if gays are given the same rights.

Yeah, it pisses me off. I used to think the US was a progressive and liberal country. Where the hell did it go? We have a good chance in November to win back the House & Senate which makes Bush the lame duck he should have been all along. Register & vote. And talk to those who can vote if you're not old enough to register.

Lorenz:eusa_booh

 

Boy im glad to live in Canada. Bush should go have a heart attack so we can all have a great big party. I dont think the law or w/e will pass. Even if it does, hey you can always come over our way lol. Its all a load of rubbish.

 

Since I turn 18 this month, I'll be able to vote this November. I'm so excited!

 

Isn't it the government's responsibility to protect all it's citizens? I don't understand why they're throwing such a shitfit over marriage. In my dictionary, I define marriage as a binding legal/religious and sacred contract between two loving partners. Whether they're male/male, female/female, or male/female. The beef that most citiziens have with marriage, however, is the term marriage. I know lots of people who support Gays but do not support gay marriage. I don't think this is right and I find it hippocritical- but that's my standpoint. The entire issue of gay marriage is ludicrious- why is it an issue in the first place? The tentents of America are liberty and justice for all. FOR ALL. Not for straight people. Not for white people. Not for christians or Irish or reblicans- FOR ALL.

i've always hated bush....and his views...

''"The president firmly believes that marriage is an enduring and sacred institution between men and women and has supported measures to protect the sanctity of marriage," White House spokesman Ken Lisaius said.''

So what exactly do you define as the sanctity of marriage? and furthermore, why can't two people of the same gender form an 'enduring and sacred bond'?

RAAAWWWRRRR!!!

with each day that goes by, I believe more and more that Bush should be assasinated...

heh...maybe not assassinated. But yeah. Maimed.

 

You know what's funny? You could force two (straight) people who absolutely despise each other into marriage, and it isn't considered mutilating the sanctity of marriage. But you get two completely loving gay partners, and it's disturbing the sanctity of marriage. Makes absolutely no sense...

 

The funny part about all of this was when I was talking to my rather conservative uncle today when this came up on the news.

He said I'll be damned if anyone from the White House speaks of anything about sanctity of marriage, when over half the presidents in his lifetime have been cited for having affairs while in office.

I'm sorry, but I have real issue with the federal government ever talking about protecting the sanctity of anything, they should not be able to use the word sanctity when their daily work emerses their hands in secrets, lies, conspiracy, and affairs.

 

something else thats quite funny...while the US divorce rate is at over 50%, the state with the lowest divorce rate is that state which homosexuals can marry--Mass. Ironic isnt it?

 

Lol and he is the one banging hot gay male models behind the scenes in the white house.

Maybe initially the illuminati only wanted to limit the pleasures of gay sex to their own people...

Or maybe the effects of heterosexual marriages and the negativity thereof provides the food for the reptile scum.

 

I know this is a damned old thread, but I think dragging it up shows just how far we've come. When this thread was posted, only one state had gay marriage, gays could be kicked out of the military if discovered, and our "leader" was pushing to ban it in the Constitution. Now, 7 1/2 years later, we have 17 states with gay marriage, including fucking UTAH, a "leader" who at least says he supports it, the Supreme Court struck down any restrictions at the federal level, and gays can serve openly in the military. It's almost like night and day.

 

This thread is indeed damned old (nice phrasing, Necromancer). Please check the dates before you post, peeps. Locking.