Re: Obama supports same-sex marriage

I assume that has been his personal opinion for a while but it has finally been affirmed and as far as i can recall we will in 2012 have the first ever presidential candidate in US supporting this.

Do you think it will affect the election much at all?

Im thinking it could push some religious democrats to support the republicans instead.

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I don't see a reason why Americans make such a big issue out of gay people.
Let them marry each other, they are not hurting anybody, infact they will support the US economy.

Maybe because Americans believe in fairy tails about god a made up fantasy character that will punish people because they live different than "normal"people do.
Letting a fairy tail control your life is more pathetic than being gay, just my opinion.

Mind you, there are many so called Heterosexual people out there who have sex with the same sex, much more than you imagine.

I think Obama did a good thing but im sure he will get punished by the people for saying something a fairy tail book sees as a sin.

3 (edited by [TI] ARFeh zee Frenchie 10-May-2012 21:52:21)

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Because their country is full of batshit religious mentalists.

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Well I guess this means he must be gay. Poor Michelle.

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I think forcing Religion through laws is unconstitutional so im ok with him supporting it.

What can i say i'm just that good.

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Marriage itself, should not be policed by the gov't. If you're going to claim civil-unions for tax information, fine, but then there is no discriminatory factors involved.

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Re: Obama supports same-sex marriage

I really dont see why marriage shouldnt be a state institution.

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so is Europe wink

> [TI] ARFeh zee Frenchie wrote:

> Because their country is full of batshit religious mentalists.

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To a much lesser extent, but yeah some countries in europe is also quite religious

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> Genesis wrote:

> Well I guess this means he must be gay. Poor Michelle.

No, she is a drag queen! That explains why he/she is so muscular and has to show it in the media wink

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I think the story here is that so many people are such uneducated, unsophisticated hicks that they think this is news. That we allow silly games like this to go on and pretend everyone shouldn't have known this all along is disturbing.

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15 Let death take my enemies by surprise;
    let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,
    for evil finds lodging among them.
16 As for me, I call to God,
    and the Lord saves me.
17 Evening, morning and noon
    I cry out in distress,
    and he hears my voice.
18 He rescues me unharmed
    from the battle waged against me,
    even though many oppose me.
19 God, who is enthroned from of old,
    who does not change

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13 (edited by The Yell 11-May-2012 21:38:09)

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"...52.  Domestic partnerships lack the social meaning associated with marriage, and marriage is widely regarded as the definitive expression of love and commitment in the United States.

...54. The availabilty of domestic partnership does not provide gays and lesbians with a status equivalent to marriage because the c ultural meaning of marriage and its associated benefits are intentionally withheld from same-sex couples in domestic partnerships.

...68.  Proposition 8 results in frequent reminders for gays and lesbians in committed long-term relationships that their relationships are not as highly valued as opposite-sex relationships.

...77. Religious beliefs that gay and lesbian relationships are sinful or inferior to heterosexual relationships harm gays and lesbians.

http://documents.nytimes.com/us-district-court-decision-perry-v-schwarzenegger

Each of these "findings of fact" used to decree that gay marriage must be lawful, refers to how people other than a gay couple, feel about homosexual marriage.   The judge (who just happens to be gay) decreed that gay couples are entitled to the respect and cultural legitimacy accorded to heterosexual marriage.

In other words, it's ENTIRELY a matter of what other people think about you.

BTW I look forward to a federal lawsuit by Justin Bieber to compel the same "cultural legitimacy and respect" to "Baby Baby Baby Whoa" as Mendehlsson's Wedding March.  I mean since the federal district courts are ladling that out, why not grab some?

PPS You know, no matter who you are, no matter what you do, there's somebody somewhere preaching you're gonna burn as an enemy of God.  I guess I should sue them.

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You can talk it down all you want, it is an important milestone tho

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So was George Hebert Walker Bush puking into the lap of the Prime Minister of Japan.  Never seen a President do that one before or since

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LOL @ Bieber reference. Scary, and true, but funny.

I think we should let them have it ("marriage") so they'll shut up. While it's disrespectful to the natural "marriage" of heterosexuals, it won't directly harm anybody nor force you to respect their mental disorder(s).

Ideally I say give them all the legal benefits [partnership] (or, better yet, remove all the legal benefits altogether) without abusing the word "marriage," but that's not enough for a bunch of people angry that they've got a mental disorder and can't create children. So give them "marriage." It's the only way they'll ever shut up. I'm tired of mentally [clucked]-up people whining.

They can't have children. Their "union" is not the natural one of heterosexuals which enables the creation and raising of functional, balanced children. Their "union" is not the natural one of heterosexuals which produces families, the fundamental building block of societies for thousands of years. But Jesus Christ, just make them stop whining.

I love how Obama was for gay marriage before he was against it before he was for it. Hey, Obama supporters: He thinks that so many of you are morons that he has to lie about his positions to get/maintain your support! He's the President of the United States of America, and he has yet to, as they say, grow a pair.

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I'm an Atheist. And I stand against gay marriage for two reasons.

1. I believe marriage should be privatized. Expanding the franchise is therefore a step in the wrong direction.
2. Homosexuals deserve to be punished for backstabbing sex workers after they won their important legal battles.

18 (edited by The Yell 12-May-2012 22:32:48)

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>>2. Homosexuals deserve to be punished for backstabbing sex workers after they won their important legal battles.<<

If I could only see Bill Clinton use that as a defense for signing Defense of Marriage Act into law, I would die fulfilled

i mean just imagine him squinting and wagging his finger "Just a minute...you betrayed a LOT of hard-working American women...now if you'll excuse me I have to go back to work"

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Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

19 (edited by Justinian I 13-May-2012 02:47:50)

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> The Yell wrote:

If I could only see Bill Clinton use that as a defense for signing Defense of Marriage Act into law, I would die fulfilled

i mean just imagine him squinting and wagging his finger "Just a minute...you betrayed a LOT of hard-working American women...now if you'll excuse me I have to go back to work">

LOL. I would so do that if I were President. On condition, of course, that social conservatives agreed to support decriminalizing prostitution.