North Carolina approves amendment banning gay marriage

[Moriarti]

who said voters in NC are closet gays? What are you babbling about?

I did - homophobes are, by definition, latently homo. SEE: Taliban & Catholic Church. Therefore, all the homophobes in NC voted for banning the right to marry the ***** that you love.

[Nyusu]

I did - homophobes are, by definition, latently homo. SEE: Taliban & Catholic Church. Therefore, all the homophobes in NC voted for banning the right to marry the ***** that you love.

Is he on trolling spree today or what?

[AfterEight]

Is he on trolling spree today or what?

He broke out of the Euro thread, somebody stop him!!!!

[kamazz]

I did - homophobes are, by definition, latently homo. SEE: Taliban & Catholic Church. Therefore, all the homophobes in NC voted for banning the right to marry the ***** that you love.

homophobia, like any phobia, is largely based on fear of the unknown. I made a point that most homophobia in 'conservatives' states is based on religious tradition, especially Christian tradition that is blatantly anti-gay, especially in its basic Scriptures. Calling everyone in NC who voted against this marriage bill 'closet homos' is stupid and inaccurate.

[LineDoggie]

Very sad that there was any turnout of voters to destroy the rights of their fellow man.
When Proposition 8 (the ban on gay marriage) came up for vote here in California, there was a huge media blitz supposedly sponsored by out-of-state money, namely from religious PACS. Everyday there were endless commercials telling us how allowing same s e x weddings was going to destroy the sanctity of marriage and that our 5 year olds would be taught about gay s e x in school if Prop 8 failed. It was an insane sh!tstorm of bigotry and misinformation.

Dont forget Physical assaults on an elderly women who supported Prop 8 and the threats to firebomb businesses who donated, that was all tolerance too, right?

[LineDoggie]

The Taliban and Christian Right Wing are brothers in arms when it comes to homosexuals.

I havent seen reports of the Christian right wing executing Homo******s though.

[Laworkerbee]

Life, Liberty, And the pursuit of Happiness.

Unless you're queer - Which is this argument in a nutshell.

I havent seen reports of the Christian right wing executing Homo******s though.

And they lack "Boy Love Thursday's" but the principle is the same, denying the infidel equal rights.

[Moriarti]

OK - all you Euro-f@gs have a nice day - I have a free world to save.

[Spartan10k]

How does expanding the definition of marriage make government smaller? Quite the opposite.



The talking point stating that you must support gay marriage if you're anti-big government (in order to be ideologically consistent) is a pretty common one. I don't think it's particularly valid though.

Because the government has intruded upon our private lives and restricted the privileges of a group/class of people (I don't buy that marriage is a "right"). Why should the government get to define what is, and what is not marriage? Since marriage is a religious institution, they should leave it to the churches. I'm sure there'll be a "church" that will marry gays...I'm pretty sure there's an Episcopalian church in Atlanta with a gay pastor.

[LineDoggie]

Life, Liberty, And the pursuit of Happiness.

Unless you're queer - Which is this argument in a nutshell.




And they lack "Boy Love Thursday's" but the principle is the same, denying the infidel equal rights.

So not accepting their practice is the same as running them over with a tank like the taliban did? Disapproval same as Death?

[liberal cl]

not an issue of size of govt, its an issue of personal liberty and personal rights. Neither the gov nor the tyranny of majority should determine what rights you have as an individual.

But at the same time, it's entirely undemocratic for a tyranny of the minority to dictate laws.

If 2 gays want to declare themselves married and live together under the same law, taxation rate and other things that a man-woman married couple abides by, what right does the govt have in saying 'no' to this request?

What drives the pushback by 'conservatives' against gay marriage is religion, not any valid concerns for size of govt. Religious bigotry is why gays are denied basic rights that heteros 'enjoy' naturally.

Again... the people making the big government "argument" are liberals, not conservatives.

[Navel Lint]

So, how does not agreeing with something make you scared of it?

[Laworkerbee]

OK - all you Euro-f@gs have a nice day - I have a free world to save.

God Speed!

So not accepting their practice is the same as running them over with a tank like the taliban did? Disapproval same as Death?

We won't know until Christian Conservatives get some T-54's in their inventory so I'm withholding judgement.

Because the government has intruded upon our private lives and restricted the privileges of a group/class of people (I don't buy that marriage is a "right"). Why should the government get to define what is, and what is not marriage? Since marriage is a religious institution, they should leave it to the churches. I'm sure there'll be a "church" that will marry gays...I'm pretty sure there's an Episcopalian church in Atlanta with a gay pastor.

You're treading on dangerous waters my friend. If you're not careful you just might find your ass exiled to California, something neither of us want.

. Again... the people making the big government "argument" are liberals, not conservatives.

I always had a feeling Newt went both ways.

[Rattfink]

Anyone else think its weird that in North Carolina you can legally fvck/ marry your cousin on her 16th birthday, but its a big deal that homo******s don't get married?

[clean]

Anyone else think its weird that in North Carolina you can legally fvck/ marry your cousin on her 16th birthday, but its a big deal that homo******s don't get married?

I find it "weird" yeah. But that's only because my cousin was butt ass ugly when she was sixteen.