Is now the time for the U.S. Supreme Court to take on the gay marriage debate?
L.A. Times
2012/11/25 15:38:00
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The Supreme Court took no action Friday on a series of pending appeals involving gay marriage, putting off until at least next week a decision on which cases to hear.
The justices met behind closed doors to debate cases involving the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8, the voter initiative that limits marriage to a man and a woman. The court said only that it had agreed to hear two new business cases.
The justices met behind closed doors to debate cases involving the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8, the voter initiative that limits marriage to a man and a woman. The court said only that it had agreed to hear two new business cases.
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Dave The Canuck 2012/12/01 01:30:07Yes
+32In 2005, same sex marriage was legalized nationwide in Canada. I really feel the US should do the same.
Oh,and take responsibility for yourself as well,this isn't the Governments business period!!
Let's bring back some morals to society.
My post is saying that the laws should be changed so that you can give your entitlements to whomever you so choose, because they are YOUR entitlements. Thereby doing away with the argument over the definition of marriage...
Uneducated, ignorant religious zealots such as yourself trying to impose your fairy tales on others. Your hateful desert cult doesn't have any right to say who I can and cannot marry.
RANT: Marriage is a rite of usually religious or ethnic significance, not an item of government concern except as a way of getting into a control position, all we need is the government increasing or controlling every aspect of life, NOT. I would just love to see the elimination of marriange tax advantages, dependence support and so on, if you WANT a child, by damn, afford it. if you want a formal cohabitation arrangement, do it in accordance with your church or moral compass rules, do not involve the government.
Tough.
" americans don't agree with "Gay marriage".( Americans is always capitalized , by the way.) Odd, the last poll I looked at ,said 53% of Americans do agree with gay marriage ,with Catholics at 58%. On November 6th, 3 more states approved gay marriage and one turned back an amendment to ban it. That makes it legal in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Iowa, Maryland , Washington State and Washington DC,, with Minnesota, California , New Jersey, Rhode Island and Illinois soon to follow. Strange how so many Americans who you say disapprove ARE approving and granting legal status, along with adoption rights. Sorry, your wishful thinking and unabridged bigotry aside, my fellow citizens are ratifying my right to the same rights they have. And the courts are throwing more of your outrageous, prejudicial...
" americans don't agree with "Gay marriage".( Americans is always capitalized , by the way.) Odd, the last poll I looked at ,said 53% of Americans do agree with gay marriage ,with Catholics at 58%. On November 6th, 3 more states approved gay marriage and one turned back an amendment to ban it. That makes it legal in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Iowa, Maryland , Washington State and Washington DC,, with Minnesota, California , New Jersey, Rhode Island and Illinois soon to follow. Strange how so many Americans who you say disapprove ARE approving and granting legal status, along with adoption rights. Sorry, your wishful thinking and unabridged bigotry aside, my fellow citizens are ratifying my right to the same rights they have. And the courts are throwing more of your outrageous, prejudicial laws into the trash barrel of history faster than you can say " gay sex."
Once the Supreme Court overturns DOMA by next June. The barriers will fall even faster. And we 750 000 members of the Human Rights Campaign will continue to contribute our money to challenging every anti gay marriage law in the country.
You are on the losing side of history, just as you were on the losing side of the Presidential election. Demographics and increased tolerance will be your downfall. Those of you who have attempted to keep your jack boots on the necks of minorities all these years, are fading away into the fog of history as we gays,single women, blacks, Hispanics, Asians and other minorities become the majority in enough states to keep you and your right wing hatred out of the White House and out of majority power for decades to come. You represent the last gasping breath of a dying breed of Neanderthal. Throw all the stones you want. We will pick them up and throw them right back in your hate mongering faces.
Fads don't last centuries. And, thank God, neither do regressive ,passe, backward , second rate, intellectually deficient blithering idiots
like you.
I merely hope that you last just long enough to see gay marriage become the law of the land as it has in many Christian countries . Maybe, those of us who have been fighting against the bigotry, intolerance and hatred of misguided fools like you all our lives, will then have the pleasure of you being so shocked ,that your hate filled heart will give out on the spot.
I don't know why you think that you need to teach me an object lesson in how to deal with people. I haven't allowed anyone to attack me and I've defended myself vociferously for 32 years.
When I need to be tactful as a negotiator for the HRC with David Plouffe, I do so accordingly. When I'm on the most right wing site on the internet, I feel no such obligation.
I'll grant you one thing, you did have me fooled. I'm just not willing to congratulate you for doing so yet.