Proposition 8 Passed?! You gotta be kidding me...

[pk-]

hope it doesn't get passed. incredibly backwards legislation

[did]

I just don't understand why people have such a problem with it. If they weren't constantly passing shitty laws about gay marriage then they probably wouldn't even notice.

[adikt]

as an american, i cannot understand how this law is not anti-gay.

it would be like saying: Black people should be free...but i support slavery.

apparently preaching to the chior, but seriously...wtf.




and in case people were not aware, this law affects straight people as well. If you have a child with someone & have lived with them, supporting yourselves & each other for years...you have no rights to each other. In other words if your baby's momma goes to the hospital, you do not have the right to see her or even find out if she is alive. seriously.

Good to hear about decriminalization in Mass, but if some other people feel thats wrong they will just pass a higher law stating something different. Our system needs to be changed. Homosexuals should fucking riot. I'm hopeful about a president that isnt an old white guy for ONCE...EVER...but its all the same government.

Learn To Swim.

[-djz-]

Prop 8 bans only gay marriage. SO WHAT.
It doesnt say that gay people cant be together or shack up, or even raise children. It protects the God given right for a man and a woman to marry and have children. A sacred thing that we have had since religion. Dont gay THAT up IMO.

[djshiva]

Prop 8 bans only gay marriage. SO WHAT.
It doesnt say that gay people cant be together or shack up, or even raise children. It protects the God given right for a man and a woman to marry and have children. A sacred thing that we have had since religion. Dont gay THAT up IMO.

oh do fuck off. marriage traditionally was never a religious arrangement. it was a financial arrangement. religion only came into the picture later. you should read up a bit on that one, buddy.

and if gay people "shack up" and have children, they have no rights to keep property if one person dies, or rights as far as childcare arrangement goes should they separate. or any of the legal rights that you enjoy just because you happen to couple with someone of the opposite sex.

prop 8 also TOOK AWAY rights that had already been granted.

don't be ignorant. it's ugly.

[surface_tension]

prop 8 also TOOK AWAY rights that had already been granted.

don't be ignorant. it's ugly.

Point of order, I disagree that the rights were granted. We are BORN with rights, endowed by our creator(at least in this Country). That means you were born with rights. If they are granted, they can be ungranted by law. If you are born with rights, they are yours to give or take away, not the State.

That said, everyone is born with inherent rights, among them being life, liberty, happiness.

Liberty and Happiness means to be able to join in any kind of binding contract you want with another person, regardless of any protected status. Gay being protected, it cannot be taken away without DUE PROCESS. Or as we like to call it, Habeas Corpus. Present a legal complaint in court saying that YOUR rights as a Straight Person are being violated by Gay marriage and Gay marriage should be banned. If you can't prove that harm is done, then Gay marriage is legal.

This isn't hard to understand. If someone is hurt by it = illegal. Not hurt = legal.

Gay Marriage, Constitutionally protected.

Signed,

More Conservative than the Bush Administration

[-djz-]

Prop 8 bans only gay marriage. SO WHAT.
It doesnt say that gay people cant be together or shack up, or even raise children. It protects the God given right for a man and a woman to marry and have children. A sacred thing that we have had since religion. Dont gay THAT up IMO.

oh do fuck off. marriage traditionally was never a religious arrangement. it was a financial arrangement. religion only came into the picture later. you should read up a bit on that one, buddy.

and if gay people "shack up" and have children, they have no rights to keep property if one person dies, or rights as far as childcare arrangement goes should they separate. or any of the legal rights that you enjoy just because you happen to couple with someone of the opposite sex.

prop 8 also TOOK AWAY rights that had already been granted.

don't be ignorant. it's ugly.

all the more reason that gay couples shouldnt raise children. Humanity wouldnt last long if they were all gay would they!
Rediculous as it may be, you know its true.

[tacospheros]

Prop 8 bans only gay marriage. SO WHAT.
It doesnt say that gay people cant be together or shack up, or even raise children. It protects the God given right for a man and a woman to marry and have children. A sacred thing that we have had since religion. Dont gay THAT up IMO.

oh do fuck off. marriage traditionally was never a religious arrangement. it was a financial arrangement. religion only came into the picture later. you should read up a bit on that one, buddy.

and if gay people "shack up" and have children, they have no rights to keep property if one person dies, or rights as far as childcare arrangement goes should they separate. or any of the legal rights that you enjoy just because you happen to couple with someone of the opposite sex.

prop 8 also TOOK AWAY rights that had already been granted.

don't be ignorant. it's ugly.

all the more reason that gay couples shouldnt raise children. Humanity wouldnt last long if they were all gay would they!
Rediculous as it may be, you know its true.

dude this is now 2 forums that i regularly check that you are spewing this ignorant bullshit on


pleaseSHUT THE FUCK UP AND JOG ON WITH THAT SHIT


honestly , dude , think about it . how does gay people getting married ENDANGER "the God given right for a man and a woman to marry and have children" ???? straight peopole can still do whatever they want !! nothing would change !!



ALSO did you even know that this bill was drafted and supporeted by the MORMONS !?!?!?! the people who formed their own society OUTSIDE of normal american society so that they could practice POLYGAMY !?!? do you even know what that is ??? 1 man , MANY WIVES !

how does that go hand in hand with TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE BETWEEN 1 MAN AND 1 WOMAN



sorry for the capslock but this kind of ignorance is beyond my comprehension

[surface_tension]

all the more reason that gay couples shouldnt raise children. Humanity wouldnt last long if they were all gay would they!
Rediculous as it may be, you know its true.

Ridiculous* coming from RIDICULE, to heckle... worthy of heckling as it may be...

and yes, it is worthy of heckling, this idea you are spewing.

You act as though having 2 heterosexual parents has something to do with being gay or straight. I know for a fact that Lisa wasn't conceived through some immaculate conception. She had a male and female who fucked at some point, thus she exists.

Assume for a second that a gay couple cannot adopt children... who will adopt them? There are millions of orphaned children around the world, and believe it or not, I know someone with 2 Mothers and a gay father as a sperm donor. She has 2 kids and is a lawyer, married to a man who is a doctor.

In her case, having 2(3?) gay parents didn't make her gay, anymore than Lisa's straight parents made her straight. Your logic is flawed. Even though I'm 100% opposed to what you are saying, I'd never try and take your PROTECTED right to say it. Likewise, I expect you to look the other fucking way and ignore gay couples, because the hate you spew is contagious, and I'm already starting to catch it... I hate you.

[djshiva]

Prop 8 bans only gay marriage. SO WHAT.
It doesnt say that gay people cant be together or shack up, or even raise children. It protects the God given right for a man and a woman to marry and have children. A sacred thing that we have had since religion. Dont gay THAT up IMO.

oh do fuck off. marriage traditionally was never a religious arrangement. it was a financial arrangement. religion only came into the picture later. you should read up a bit on that one, buddy.

and if gay people "shack up" and have children, they have no rights to keep property if one person dies, or rights as far as childcare arrangement goes should they separate. or any of the legal rights that you enjoy just because you happen to couple with someone of the opposite sex.

prop 8 also TOOK AWAY rights that had already been granted.

don't be ignorant. it's ugly.

all the more reason that gay couples shouldnt raise children. Humanity wouldnt last long if they were all gay would they!
Rediculous as it may be, you know its true.

there are six billion people on this planet. there doesn't seem to be a lack of reproduction, does there?

[hera]

don't be ignorant. it's ugly.

[djshiva]

[slim]

i do take issue with everyone jabbering on about "god given rights" when your country was founded by secularists, but fine.

And surface tension, while you are making a lot of sense, the whole "in this country anyway" thing with relation to "god" giving you rights smacks of nationalistic crusaderism, which is NOT a good look. Even if god were to exist, he/she/it is hardly going to recognise arbitrary borders drawn on his "creation" is he(/she/it)?.

You are only born with rights if the government where you were born says so

I straight up don't get homophobia, DJZ really, are gay people really causing any problem to you or anyone else? No? then shut the fuck up

[pk-]

your country was founded by secularists, but fine

where, the US? if anything it was founded by fundamentalists

[djshiva]

your country was founded by secularists, but fine

where, the US? if anything it was founded by fundamentalists

uh, no. if anything, it was founded with enlightenment ideals and a heapin' helpin' of deism.

[legend4ry]

eeeeeeeeeeesh this is a bit deep.

what people do behind closed doors is up to them really.....

I think some people have this image in their head that if someones gay then they're gunna come and want to give em one...When straight men are probably more likely to be more 'upfront' to women haha..


Kinda makes me laugh how you can take away something for one group of people and not the other, swear you have that thing on the big bit of paper whats all about free rights and stuff in American? the bill of rights or wahtever, what happened to that?

[surface_tension]

i do take issue with everyone jabbering on about "god given rights" when your country was founded by secularists, but fine.

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is in the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient Causes; and accordingly all Experience hath shewn, that Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future Security.

- United States Declaration of Independence from Great Britain

In short, our founding documents list them as INHERENT rights, meaning they aren't given. WHAT IS GIVEN CAN BE TAKEN AWAY. Who can take away GOD GIVEN rights, but God. Ok, you claim God doesn't exist. So that means that NOBODY can take them away. See how that works? We are ENDOWED BY OUR CREATOR... that could be Jesus, Allah, Buddha, your mom and dad, or even yourself... but one thing is for certain, it's not the governments rights to take away. THEY ARE YOURS TO RELINQUISH!

And I'll relinquish mine after taking a few cops with me.

[dubsteptim]

as barry goldwater once said

stay out of my wallet, and stay outta my bedroom.

i dont understand this so called percieve "threat" that gay marriage poses? im straight & married. when I was up in MA where its legal, i wasnt threatened. what kinda threat is it anyway? it isnt. jesus.

i really think most ppl who are scared/against gay married prolly have never spent, know, or have any gay friends. seriously, they are just like you, want the same things in life, goals, etc. why deny them the same thing we have?

meh. hopefully the lawsuits when strike this down.

[kamala]

sign this petition


http://petitiononline.com/seg5130/petition.html

[diss04]

everyone should have equal right to do whatever the fuck they please, just as long as no one gets hurt

i mean gay marriage is fine, but imagine a gay divorce bitchy would not even be the word