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theodore rex
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 Posted - 09/24/2006 : 5:26:02 PM
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Originally posted by WICKED PISSA
Well, when I hear people who "think for themselves" quoting George Bush, I question whether they are capable of independent thought. Judges don't "Legislate from the bench". One of their roles is to interpret laws based on arguments made by those bringing forth complaints. When a constitution says, "equal" how can anyone, judge or not, say that any set of adults are not allowed the same rights and privileges as other sets of adults. Male/Female, Black/White, Jewish/Catholic and Straight or Gay. EVERYONE deserves the same access to everything. Other things Gay couples can't do without marriage?
Visit each other in intensive care, file taxes as married, get medical insurance coverage through an employer for the significant other, and as stated earlier, the will and estate protection. Not to mention, the families they raise together should be able to have the same family structure as anyone. I don’t get what the big deal is and feel like anyone that has in issue with this is living with their head in the sand. It's another form of bigotry, no matter how you slice it.
When did I ever quote G.W.B?Should someone beable to get married to there dog if he is of age?What in the world would John Adams think? |
Edited by - theodore rex on 09/24/2006 6:16:27 PM |
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Eyeontheball
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Posted - 09/24/2006 : 6:52:27 PM
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| And Theodore - that's exactly where the right wingers always go - suggesting that if gay marriage is legal then people will marry animals. Funny, that's what people used to say about mixed race marriages about fifty years ago - and it didn't happen. |
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theodore rex
Member
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Posted - 09/24/2006 : 6:57:19 PM
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| Did not take you long to pull the race card ow how did I know it was comeing hahahahahaha.So what would John Adams think? |
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Paul
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Posted - 09/25/2006 : 5:56:00 PM
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Typical BS answer to a simple question---
Why are you against voting on it ? |
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Court4Fred
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Posted - 09/25/2006 : 7:52:57 PM
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| Paul, Eye's got a point. Interacial marriages used to be against the law. If it had to be voted on, it would not have passed and that would have been wrong. |
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theodore rex
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Posted - 09/25/2006 : 9:51:43 PM
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I liked this so much im going to post it.
BOSTON - The state of Massachusetts’ decision to issue marriage licenses to homosexual couples, under the direction of Governor Mitt Romney, went directly against the state constitution and was in fact illegal, a Boston-based coalition of lawyers has charged.
“No argument for the legality of homosexual marriage in Massachusetts can survive an examination either of the state constitution or of the Supreme Judicial Court’s own case law,” said lawyers in a statement to the head of the Washington D.C.-based Family Research Council, Mr. Tony Perkins (pictured).
The state Supreme Court ruling in Goodridge vs. the department of Public Health, delivered on November 18th, 2003, declared that banning gay “marriage” was unconstitutional; that ruling, however, did not change the law.
“The Massachusetts Constitution emphatically denies the judiciary the power to strike down laws or to suspend their enforcement or to assume any of the policy-making responsibilities of the elected branches,” the lawyers stated.
“[A]nyone asserting that the [Supreme Judicial Court] decision ‘legalized’ homosexual marriage in Massachusetts is fundamentally wrong about one of the clearest and most forceful parts of the state constitution.”
In fact, the lawyers said, the Supreme Court ruling acknowledged the limitation of judicial power and left it to the legislature to strike down the original marriage statute which excluded homosexual marriage. “Only a constitutional amendment by the people would be allowed to change the constitutional meaning of the term marriage.”
The legislature did not take that step. Nevertheless, Gov. Romney ordered the state to issue homosexual marriage licenses, an order that directly contravened the existing marriage statute.
“How did Mitt Romney get the authority to strike down a law that he had sworn to uphold and that the court said would remain in force until the Legislature repealed it?” the lawyers said. “Is Mitt Romney a one-man legislature? The Executive has no legal authority to enforce laws that do not exist.”
The group pointed out that Gov. Romney’s Training Session for Town Clerks on implementing the SJC decision acknowledged that the law had not been changed, while at the same time calling for the implementation of the “new law” permitting homosexual marriage on May 17, 2004.
The lawyers called for an “immediate” change to the language used by pro-family groups opposing same-sex marriage.
“It must be repeated at every opportunity that homosexual marriage is not legal in Massachusetts and that under direct assault from all three branches of government, constitutional governance has broken down in this state and such behavior is spreading elsewhere.” |
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Court4Fred
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Posted - 09/25/2006 : 10:03:36 PM
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| Yeah? Post the link, big fella. I want to know where this came from. |
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theodore rex
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Posted - 09/25/2006 : 10:29:35 PM
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| Hey you dont have to get nasty im being nice ill find you the link hold on!!!! |
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theodore rex
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WICKED PISSA
Senior Member
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Posted - 09/27/2006 : 8:23:26 PM
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| even pedophiles have websites, do you reprint their propaganda too? |
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theodore rex
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Posted - 09/28/2006 : 04:00:42 AM
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Originally posted by WICKED PISSA
even pedophiles have websites, do you reprint their propaganda too?
Im sure you have read all that stuff allready so ill just stick to this!!!!!! |
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katmac
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Posted - 09/28/2006 : 9:32:12 PM
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| LOL, I think the point, t-wreck, is that you can find a link spewing all kinds of garbage - that doesn't make it credible, necessarily. |
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theodore rex
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Posted - 09/29/2006 : 04:07:37 AM
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| How did I know the name calling would start?I think your"lover"is calling you go away!!! |
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Fran
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Posted - 09/29/2006 : 08:17:26 AM
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| If you polled the Everett voter and asked what his top issues/concerns are do you even think gay marriage would be in the top 3? I don't think it would make the top 5. |
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Paul
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Posted - 09/29/2006 : 9:00:50 PM
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You may be right Fran--in that case, I wonder why someone running for office just wouldn't put his/her position out there.
The gay organizations are certainly spending big bucks to get their supporters elected but the flyers the gays are paying for says NOTHING about their agenda.
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Mass Equality - Who Supports Them?
