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Old 05-16-2008, 10:16 AM   #1
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Same-sex marriage now legal in California

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24665965/

Yay!
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Old 05-16-2008, 10:55 AM   #2
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Ellen de Generes and Portia de Rossi to marry.

Healthy genes act as team-players. They are teamish!
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Old 05-16-2008, 10:56 AM   #3
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Great! Good for her!
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Old 05-16-2008, 10:57 AM   #4
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Today: Gay Marriage!
Tomorrow: Gay Divorce!

Healthy genes act as team-players. They are teamish!
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Only a fraction of genes are selfish/parasitic (and they
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Old 05-16-2008, 11:15 AM   #5
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Today: Gay Marriage!
Tomorrow: Gay Divorce!
Apparently, it's been done before:

Who knew that Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were queer back in 1934?

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Old 05-16-2008, 12:10 PM   #6
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Good stuff!

The California Supreme court said:

"...no legally justifiable reason why the state should withhold the institution of marriage because of a couple's sexual orientation."

This is how law is supposed to work, where bullshit walks and reason talks.

"The 4-3 opinion written by Chief Justice Ronald George said domestic partnerships that provide many of the rights and benefits of matrimony are not enough."

Awesome part two! That whole "Civil Union" crap is just crap. It's RELIGIOUS MARRIAGE that should be taking the hind tit here, with marriage being defined as a "Legal contract between 2 persons for the purpose of establishing a domestic bond".

If you ALSO want your marriage recognized by your church, or the Rotary Club, or whatever... that's fine! They may impose additional restraints on you, (Like no same sex marriages for Christians) but that's secondary to the legal description.
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Old 05-16-2008, 12:31 PM   #7
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by the way, six of the seven judges were Republican appointees. I guess there is an iota of integrity in that benighted party after all.

Ccheck out pz myers place for the MN legislation, framed as family values.

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Old 05-16-2008, 01:24 PM   #8
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It's about fucking time.
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Old 05-16-2008, 01:32 PM   #9
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Calm down, bleeding hearts. It's all fucked anyway come November.

Equality usualy does get the opressors- I mean, republicans- to vote in record numbers.

Good on Arnie, though, for saying he won't support the amendment. Guy's got more moral fiber than I would have thought. Remember when he killed Bill Paxton for his clothes? Asshole.
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Old 05-16-2008, 02:54 PM   #10
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Apparently, it's been done before:
Brilliant

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Old 05-16-2008, 04:18 PM   #11
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YAY!!
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Old 05-16-2008, 04:25 PM   #12
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Fantastic news. How typical, though, of the religious/uptight right to claim that is the liberal judiciary that is imposing its will when the state legislature granted marriage rights on two occasions. As we well know on this forum, there is no sorer loser than a religionist.
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Now the butt-blasters can play house together.
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Old 05-16-2008, 09:46 PM   #14
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And you and your secret lesbian lover can sniff each other's coochies unmolested, Knupfer. See? It's a win-win all around.

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Old 05-16-2008, 09:56 PM   #15
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And you and your secret lesbian lover can sniff each other's coochies unmolested, Knupfer. See? It's a win-win all around.
At least I don't have to lie or make up stories to pass along my beliefs and you do. So again, you prove that the beliefs of atheists are based on lies. So you're either too stupid to see that you lie, or you love to lie which proves that Satan exists. Either way, you prove the bible right about you. So keep on posting.
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