Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment Re-introduced

I still don't get why a country with such "liberty" must still maintain such discrimination.

I personal hate saying I live in a country that can stoop so low as to come up with a rediculous thing like this...but...As much as I hate it being re-introduced, I personally feel it won't get anywhere. I think it will just become a dead issue. These stupid anti-gay people just need to get it out of there systems. And even if it were to get amended, I highly doubt it would last very wrong. It goes against EVERYTHING our country says. But I will say, even though I don't think it will get anywhere, I hate having to even hear about it. It makes me want to throw-up...aarrgghh...

Cats, that brings one of my favorite AinA quotes to mind.

"The cracker who wrote the national anthem knew what he was doing. He set the word 'free' to a note so high nobody can reach it"

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Updated On: 1/24/05 at 09:19 PM

I'm not surprised by this at all, it frustrates me beyond belief to know I'm living in this country that's supposed to be all "free" and "rights for all" but yet, the sweet, innocent gays (amongst other minorities) have it so hard here. Ironic how this pops up right after a certain inaguration of a certain someone...

Despicable.

That's all I can say.

As if it's not bad enough that the amendment has been re-introduced, guess who's responsible for that? Marilyn Musgrave, a COLORADO senator. Colorado: Home of James Dobson and Marilyn Musgrave.
I used to like my state.

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well, rose, look on the bright side... you still have great ski resorts (i recently pulled muscles i didn't know i had while visiting). but ew you spawned james dobson? [barfs off camera]

I'm confused. I thought Bush said recently he wouldn't sign the Amendment?

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I'm sure Tom Delay had his hand in this as well.

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even if congress (both house and senate) were to pass it by a 2/3 majority as required (which would mean that 57 or 58 democrat reps ok'd it and 11 or 12 democratic senators ok'd it give or take the token single independent in each branch) it would still need to go to the states for ratification where it would need to to pass in 38 states (the constitution calls for 3/4 of the states which is 37.5, i rounded up which i think they would do here even though the gop would try to round down) via either the state legislatures or a ratification convention. the president has no place in the process other than, in an ironic throw back to his harvard days, as a cheerleader.

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Do it, Beaverhausen. If more people came out and said stuff like that, maybe the fundamentalist Right would decide to fund their war instead of ransack their country.
And, Broadwayguy2, speaking as a Christian who feels like his beliefs' good name has been dragged through the mud for the last four years, lookie here:

http://www.comedycentral.com/mp/play.jhtml?player=realplayer&type=v&quality=high&reposid=/multimedia/tds/celeb/celeb_10009.html

There are those of us who are actively trying to tell people that Dobson, Falwell, Focus on the Family and Dubya do NOT have a monopoly on morality.

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See...here's the thing. I truly, in my heart of hearts, don't think Bush believes in any sort of Amendment. At all. I think he could really care less if gays and lesbians get married. If he cared so much, why back away from it when he has a supposed 'mandate.'

He just played politics. But now, politics is coming to bite him in the ass. The religious right it threatening to withhold support of his Social Security plan if he doesn't actively try to ban same-sex marriage.

Believe me, if this Amendment somehow comes to pass, I'm heading for Canada. And I don't say that lightly. Once you start enshrining discrimination in the Constitution, it's not a far road to complete dehumanization and untold violence.

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Updated On: 1/25/05 at 01:48 PM