Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: December 27, 2024, 3:34 pm

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Illinois to become 15th state to recognize marriage equality
RE: Illinois to become 15th state to recognize marriage equality
(November 14, 2013 at 5:26 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Judge in Hawaii...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/14...rriage-law

Quote:Circuit Court Judge Karl Sakamoto ruled today against same-sex marriage opponents and refused to issue a temporary restraining order to prevent the state from granting marriage licenses to gay couples starting on Dec. 2.

After hearing arguments for about an hour, Sakamoto said that while the plaintiffs had standing to file their request for a TRO, the state Legislature has the power to define marriage in the state of Hawaii. He said regulating marriage was "long regarded as the province of the state.

Some State legislatures are allowed to define marriage.
Others aren't.

Guess which 15 States ARE allowed.
Reply
RE: Illinois to become 15th state to recognize marriage equality
(November 14, 2013 at 5:40 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Think about some asshole who really deserves it! And suddenly, you have the power.

I could not be trusted with such power.

Ohhhhh, I've got a little list in my head. I do believe human trafficking would come to a complete, utter, sticky halt.

That's pretty much it, though. I probably wouldn't even harm anyone involved... just repair damages, and employ copious teleportation for when people are being horribly abused. Maybe slap them (traffickerz) on the wrist.

Guess that's one way to keep one's hands full for a long long time Undecided

(November 14, 2013 at 5:39 pm)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: That's what I can't really make these people understand. I'm not against people loving eachother. However marriage isn't something that is built on love, no it really is not, and never was. You don't need marriage to be in love, neither do you need love to get married.

I value marriage for practical applications of it... financial, political, and social reasons Smile I'm incredibly against a legally binding statement based on emotion (alone).

All sorts of game for them to have a good time without being ridiculous, though Big Grin
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
Reply
RE: Illinois to become 15th state to recognize marriage equality
Marriage is not based on love but I've yet to find two people who ever wanted to marry (in a voluntary situation) without it.

All gay couples want is equality. If straight couple want marriage, gay couples should get the same rights.
[Image: 0f5x.png]
Reply
RE: Illinois to become 15th state to recognize marriage equality
(November 14, 2013 at 5:52 pm)Sheather Wrote: Marriage is not based on love but I've yet to find two people who ever wanted to marry (in a voluntary situation) without it.

Ever seen a merger? Same idea.

Quote:All gay couples want is equality. If straight couple want marriage, gay couples should get the same rights.

Odd. Here I just wanted the legal benefits of marriage (mostly the whole, 'if she's in hospital, they let me be there for her' bit). I don't give a rat's left pinky toe about it for reasons of 'equality' XD If there were no specific legal/financial benefits to be gained by marriage: I can't see a damn reason to do it.

Ps: that's one 'gay couple' that wants something entirely unrelated to equality XD
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
Reply
RE: Illinois to become 15th state to recognize marriage equality
You're right, I shouldn't have assumed you were Christian. It was an honest assumption as I have only come across Christian opposition to this issue. You have taught me a lesson.
Reply
RE: Illinois to become 15th state to recognize marriage equality
(November 14, 2013 at 5:56 pm)Violet Lilly Blossom Wrote:
(November 14, 2013 at 5:52 pm)Sheather Wrote: Marriage is not based on love but I've yet to find two people who ever wanted to marry (in a voluntary situation) without it.

Ever seen a merger? Same idea.

Quote:All gay couples want is equality. If straight couple want marriage, gay couples should get the same rights.

Odd. Here I just wanted the legal benefits of marriage (mostly the whole, 'if she's in hospital, they let me be there for her' bit). I don't give a rat's left pinky toe about it for reasons of 'equality' XD If there were no specific legal/financial benefits to be gained by marriage: I can't see a damn reason to do it.

Ps: that's one 'gay couple' that wants something entirely unrelated to equality XD

That is equality. This couple gets to be in the hospital, this other doesn't because they're gay. It's a connected issue.
[Image: 0f5x.png]
Reply
RE: Illinois to become 15th state to recognize marriage equality
(November 14, 2013 at 5:43 pm)Lion IRC Wrote:
(November 14, 2013 at 5:26 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Judge in Hawaii...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/14...rriage-law

Some State legislatures are allowed to define marriage.
Others aren't.

Guess which 15 States ARE allowed.

Like I said, Lyin. They are telling you and your god to go fuck yourselves. How do you like it? You clowns have been getting away with murder for centuries and now you are finally getting your just reward. You superstitions are losing their hold on humanity. There is no getting that power back!

BWAHAHAHA!
Reply
RE: Illinois to become 15th state to recognize marriage equality
(November 14, 2013 at 5:39 pm)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: neither do you need love to get married.

No, but it certainly helps.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
Reply
RE: Illinois to become 15th state to recognize marriage equality
(November 14, 2013 at 6:21 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote:
(November 14, 2013 at 5:39 pm)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: neither do you need love to get married.

No, but it certainly helps.
And they deserve the tax breaks and acknowledgement of more than just 'partner' especially when their marriages outlast more 'socially acceptable' marriages
Reply
RE: Illinois to become 15th state to recognize marriage equality
(November 14, 2013 at 6:20 pm)Minimalist Wrote: You superstitions are losing their hold on humanity. There is no getting that power back!

And we keep moving ever forward: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_opin...ted_States.

Like mandatory prayer in school, this is one battle fundamentalist Christians are losing but will continue to harp on it for decades.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
Reply



Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Why don't Southern states outlaw interracial marriage? Jehanne 12 1495 July 26, 2022 at 7:55 am
Last Post: h4ym4n
  Ayn Rand blamed for current state of America Silver 61 4871 June 24, 2021 at 6:17 pm
Last Post: no one
  Has Mark Samsel Done A Good Job As A Kansas State Representative? BrianSoddingBoru4 11 1421 May 3, 2021 at 10:56 am
Last Post: Pat Mustard
  Transgenderism versus Interracial Marriage. Jehanne 3 758 April 18, 2021 at 1:09 pm
Last Post: Rev. Rye
  Separation of Science and State John 6IX Breezy 233 18526 November 19, 2020 at 7:44 am
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  Why is Vatican a state? Fake Messiah 13 1827 November 11, 2020 at 9:07 am
Last Post: Gawdzilla Sama
  Ukraine will become a developed country Interaktive 17 1232 August 10, 2020 at 5:18 am
Last Post: BrianSoddingBoru4
  Russia's Putin wants traditional marriage and God in constitution zebo-the-fat 17 2170 March 4, 2020 at 7:44 pm
Last Post: Fake Messiah
  Elizabeth Warren On Marriage Equality BrianSoddingBoru4 8 1799 October 15, 2019 at 11:47 am
Last Post: Gawdzilla Sama
  Satan and Flying Spaghetti Monster Unite for Church-State Separation AFTT47 2 781 September 23, 2019 at 8:29 am
Last Post: GrandizerII



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)