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Offline RageBeoulve

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Re: Prop 8, shmop 8
« Reply #15 on: June 27, 2013, 09:18:22 AM »
Quote from: Possum on June 27, 2013, 09:04:32 AM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on June 26, 2013, 07:10:26 PM
And because these stupid rules are gone now, gay people that WANT to get married can.

in california anyway.  and 12 other states.

They got ground to fight on now in the other states.

Plus, I guess i'm the only one that's gonna say it. This is great and all, but doesn't this seem like a sort of distraction?
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Re: Prop 8, shmop 8
« Reply #16 on: June 27, 2013, 09:21:48 AM »
Took long enough.  :thumbup:

Personally I think the only benefit of marriage is that from a legal standpoint, but if someone wants to go for it, let them.
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Re: Prop 8, shmop 8
« Reply #17 on: June 27, 2013, 12:14:27 PM »
Quote from: Possum on June 27, 2013, 09:04:32 AM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on June 26, 2013, 07:10:26 PM
And because these stupid rules are gone now, gay people that WANT to get married can.

in california anyway.  and 12 other states.
by 2020 all states will be cool with same sex marriage.
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Re: Prop 8, shmop 8
« Reply #18 on: June 27, 2013, 01:50:33 PM »
Quote from: McWorker on June 27, 2013, 12:14:27 PM
Quote from: Possum on June 27, 2013, 09:04:32 AM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on June 26, 2013, 07:10:26 PM
And because these stupid rules are gone now, gay people that WANT to get married can.

in california anyway.  and 12 other states.
by 2020 all states will be cool with same sex marriage.

30 of them have to overturn constitutional amendments first and for that to happen within 20 years of them being added in the first place seems unlikely to me, but I sure hope so.
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Re: Prop 8, shmop 8
« Reply #19 on: June 27, 2013, 02:54:52 PM »
I'm guessing that since DOMA was ruled unconstitutional that the marriage equality activists will initiate a test case in each state that has amendments that prohibit same sex marriage.  And within the next dozen years we will watch them fall like dominoes in circuit courts and some states may change their constitution as a preemptive strike.
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Re: Prop 8, shmop 8
« Reply #20 on: June 27, 2013, 03:12:05 PM »
OMG it's the end for the USA we are all going to HELL :GA:

Honestly I never understood why so many people were against it.  I am going to a gay wedding in Maine in August for one of my wife's relatives not sure how many other relatives of her's are going they were from a rather conservative branch of the family so we thought it was important to go.  I can add it to my reasons I am going to Hell list right after the listing for going to a Wiccan wedding, that was fun it was at an SCA event and everyone was in middle age gard
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Re: Prop 8, shmop 8
« Reply #21 on: June 27, 2013, 04:11:52 PM »
Wiccan handfastings are cool.  :thumbup:

Now if they would only get in gear and legalize pot.

I'm not getting any younger here. I need something to medicate those aches and pains with. :zoinks:

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Re: Prop 8, shmop 8
« Reply #22 on: June 27, 2013, 04:19:12 PM »
I think the most hilarious part is all of the politicians who are celebrating who passed the bill in the first place.
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Re: Prop 8, shmop 8
« Reply #23 on: June 27, 2013, 05:22:58 PM »
Quote from: Icequeen on June 27, 2013, 04:11:52 PM
Wiccan handfastings are cool.  :thumbup:

Now if they would only get in gear and legalize pot.

I'm not getting any younger here. I need something to medicate those aches and pains with. :zoinks:

Don't let it get you all comfortable. Its a long road ahead to make things right.
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Re: Prop 8, shmop 8
« Reply #24 on: July 05, 2013, 04:39:44 PM »
It's not so much about "wanting to get married" as wanting the RIGHT to get married.

Plenty of people don't bother voting, but you can bet your ass they'd pay attention if you took away their right to vote.

Well... you would hope so... but a lot of people probably wouln't even notice actually lol
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Re: Prop 8, shmop 8
« Reply #25 on: July 05, 2013, 05:25:20 PM »
Similar point to Adam. I have no interest in getting married. TBH, I'd prefer not to. I would only want to be with someone because we want to be together. I sometimes feel that marriage is used as an excuse for people who dont really want to be together, to stay together. I would hate to be with someone, just because we were married, knowing that if we weren't married, we'd have called it quits ages ago.

The point is though, we deserve the right to make that choice, just as straight people can. You can't claim that gay people have equal rights, when they are forbidden from marrying the person that they love.


I honestly cant see any justification for anyone to oppose marriage for gays. I think it is purely homophobia. I think that in years to come, the people who opposed gay marriage will be seen in a similar light to those who opposed equal rights for blacks during the civil rights movement.
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Re: Prop 8, shmop 8
« Reply #26 on: July 05, 2013, 05:27:45 PM »
They will be, yes.

And there is no justification for being against equal marriage. I keep hearing these people say, "we're not homophobic... we're not bigots... stop calling us homophobic just because we're against gay marriage"

LOL

Sorry but if you want to deny a group of people equal rights, then yes, you are homophobic (/racist / sexist / xenophobic / whatever)

You can't justify it just because you quote some shitty fucking religious text
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Re: Prop 8, shmop 8
« Reply #27 on: July 05, 2013, 06:12:13 PM »
Quote from: Adam on July 05, 2013, 05:27:45 PM
They will be, yes.

And there is no justification for being against equal marriage. I keep hearing these people say, "we're not homophobic... we're not bigots... stop calling us homophobic just because we're against gay marriage"

LOL

Sorry but if you want to deny a group of people equal rights, then yes, you are homophobic (/racist / sexist / xenophobic / whatever)

You can't justify it just because you quote some shitty fucking religious text

I can't even begin to see the point of the people who use religion as a justification for denying marriage for gays. They claim that because of THEIR religion, marriage should be "defined in our nation as a moral and legal bond between a man and a woman." Why the hell should the religious have a monopoly on deciding who can be married. Marriage aint just for Christians :thumbdn:
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Re: Prop 8, shmop 8
« Reply #28 on: July 05, 2013, 06:13:33 PM »
Yeah I can't get my head round these people either. Fucking lunatics.
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Re: Prop 8, shmop 8
« Reply #29 on: July 05, 2013, 07:02:29 PM »
Rage: Yeah man, to hell with that shit.

Rageclone1: Yeah! To hell with that DAMN shit!

Rageclone2: Yeah! To hell with that DAMN, FUCKIN SHIT!

Rageclone3: TO HELL WITH THAT GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKIN BULLSHIT!!!

Rage: Relax.  :o So um. What should we do with the old rules?

Rageclone1: How bout, lets smash it with a hammer? ;D

Rage: Naww that's not good enough.

Rageclone2: How about we drop it out the window?

Rage: Cmon you nigger, be creative!

Rageclone3: I say we take a shit on it!

Rage: Yeah good! Empty your ass all over it!

Rageclone3: I don't gotta take a shit tho, you take a shit.

Rage: I don't gotta either. Hey anybody gotta take a shit?

Rageclone2: I gotta take a shit!

Rage: Then take that shit!

Rageclone2: *throws rules on the floor, pulls pants and boxers down, pops a squat* Bombs away! *shits on it*

Rage: Oh man, fucking diarrhea fiend!


Fuck inequality.
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