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  1. #141
    Excitement!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darsithis View Post
    Yes. If we can marry in the state we're in, we're afforded federal protection. If not, we can travel to a state that does, get married, and get the same protections on a federal (but not state), level in our home state.
    Wasn't DOMA also screwing over international same-sex marriages? The foreign, non-American partner wasn't recognized/protected and could still be deported?

    Anywho, this is wonderful news! I'm so happy and it's good to feel the positive momentum regarding gay rights.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darsithis View Post
    Even as a gay man I hate those stupid parades too
    Same. It's just there for people with hot bods to make other gays without hot bods jelly

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bavol View Post
    Wasn't DOMA also screwing over international same-sex marriages? The foreign, non-America partner wasn't recognized/protected and could still be deported?

    Anywho, this is wonderful news! I'm so happy and it's good to feel the positive momentum regarding gay rights.
    It screwed over all same-sex marriages.

  5. #145
    Quote Originally Posted by Felya420 View Post
    What is your opinion? He answered a question, that the person I asked was unwilling to. Right now, you are not giving your opinion, just attacking individuals as some representation of a whole. You think a gay marriage granted in Washington, should be ignored in other states?
    I don't disagree with supreme court decisions, pretty much ever.
    The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oblivionx View Post
    I don't disagree with supreme court decisions, pretty much ever.
    How about now? Other than how bad some of the reactions from supporters are, what is your opinion on this issue?
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    Quote Originally Posted by oblivionx View Post
    I don't disagree with supreme court decisions, pretty much ever.
    Corporations are people too my friends.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScottsdaleHokie View Post
    I don't get why the government is even involved in marriage. It's a religious ceremony/social union.

    Oh that's right, state and local governments want to extra cash from selling you marriage licenses.
    You are horribly wrong. I linked the video before and I will link it again. Watch and learn something.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oblivionx View Post
    I don't disagree with supreme court decisions, pretty much ever.
    I'm not at all surprised you don't hold opinions of your own.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ngc2440 View Post
    You are horribly wrong. I linked the video before and I will link it again. Watch and learn something.
    I didn't watch the video. But, it shouldn't take a video to see the distinction between marriage and a wedding. One is granted by a license issued by the government and the other is a religious ceremony.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arya Stark View Post
    Don't you think you should try to understand something before disagreeing with it?
    He didn't say he agreed or disagreed. He skirted the issue, by referencing his usual behavior, without noting if this case is unusual.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wikiy View Post
    Edit: In fact, I'd prefer to never get married, and that's because I hate conformity from the bottom of my heart. Sure, the legal benefits might be good, but in that case a civil union with equal rights is sufficient. I don't want to go through the entire social process of getting married. I don't need a wedding, I don't need a honeymoon and I don't need a ring to prove my love to someone, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. If I'm going to symbolically show my love toward someone through some sort of object then it's going to be on my own way, not the socially prescribed way.
    It comes down to rights.

    You don't have to have a wedding or a honeymoon or even a ring. Just the civil ceremony for rights. That's all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wells View Post
    I'm not at all surprised you don't hold opinions of your own.
    New signature material. Thank you, Wells. =D
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    I recommend shoulder surgery immediately... there's no way you didn't fuck it up with how hard you just reached.

  13. #153
    Can we please just give gay people the right to marry so we can move on to more important issues already. In any halfway decent run society this stuff would have been settled years ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Felya420 View Post
    I didn't watch the video. But, it shouldn't take a video to see the distinction between marriage and a wedding. One is granted by a license issued by the government and the other is a religious ceremony.
    The key word in there is "shouldn't".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arya Stark View Post
    Don't you get the sense that oblivionx opposes some opinions for the sake of opposing it?
    I'd hate to assume and just give him another reason to not state his opinion.

    Quote Originally Posted by Arya Stark View Post
    Well that's actually a typo, I meant to say "before agreeing".
    Sorry on my ninja edit, he isn't saying if 'pretty much ever', includes this case.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimlow View Post
    Can we please just give gay people the right to marry so we can move on to more important issues already. In any halfway decent run society this stuff would have been settled years ago.
    I'd rather we just get to the point, where the gay label only matters when you are searching for porn.
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  16. #156
    Over the years I have collected many Fabulous toasters for the men and children I have converted into homosexuality. Today is a great day for all of them, because now the prospect of marriage is much greater. On to phase 2 my pretties.

    This is pretty exciting news, all kidding aside.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darsithis View Post
    It comes down to rights.

    You don't have to have a wedding or a honeymoon or even a ring. Just the civil ceremony for rights. That's all.
    Don't get me wrong - just because I don't want to get married doesn't mean that it doesn't make me furious that I couldn't get married even if I wanted to. I'm just saying that going to a country with already better rights which I don't intend to use and don't really change a thing in my life wont accomplish anything for me. I'd rather stay in a place with worse rights (which I don't plan to use) and try to improve them in that case.

  18. #158
    Quote Originally Posted by jimlow View Post
    Can we please just give gay people the right to marry so we can move on to more important issues already. In any halfway decent run society this stuff would have been settled years ago.
    See the only thing that could cause the USA to ignore the Abortion Vote Fraud in Texas was this...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Felya420 View Post
    How about now? Other than how bad some of the reactions from supporters are, what is your opinion on this issue?
    If I had a problem with them overturning section 3 of DOMA I would have said so. I think it was obviously unconstitutional.

    I don't have an issue with gays getting married and never have, but I do recognize some of the objections to it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimlow View Post
    Can we please just give gay people the right to marry so we can move on to more important issues already. In any halfway decent run society this stuff would have been settled years ago.
    This IS the most important political issue, if not the most important issue in general, for ~10% of the population. That's not a small number at all.

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