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finnkveldulfr

Bigots and Religious Nuts in California

Nov 05, 2008 15:02

Well, well, well.... seems like 52% of the stupid f***ing sheep voters in California have proven that we too still deserve the title of "Bigot State"-- likewise too many of these morons voters seem to have no comprehension of the idea of SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE since their expressed opinion in voting on Proposition 8 (State Constitutional ( Read more... )

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carolf November 6 2008, 15:56:05 UTC

I'm waiting to see if some jokers are going to try to overturn a lot of issues regarding divorce, second (and subsequent) marriages, etc-- since after all from some points of view (Catholic, for instance) that's getting into MORE than ONE partner-- even if they are of the only acceptable gender.

[chortle]

I was just "talking" to another LJ friend who is (rightly, imo) upset that Arkansas wants to make it illegal for non-married people to adopt children. She believes this is merely an attempt to get "marriage defense" with language that will pass constitutional review.

I think she is correct. However, I hope their chosen petard is comfy. The language seeks to bar *any* non-married couple from adopting. I bet that somewhere in Arkansas, a group is working carefully to find the perfect heterosexual, cohabiting couple to star in a legal challenge. (In the day of the "Boston marriage," they might have found the perfect same-sex heterosexual couple. Hmmm. I wonder how hard that would be ..)

My LJfriend "blaurentv" has another

carolf November 6 2008, 16:01:26 UTC

No, 8 doesn't affect me personally

I am heterosexual and married to a spouse of the opposite gender, and this most definitely affects me personally. Just one of the ways : one of the many rationalizations for "marriage defense" is that marriage is specifically for procreation.

Yeah, I know. Procreation hardly relies on marriage. Birds do it. Bees do it. etc.

But, at some point, someone is going to put this into legal language which will seek to make my childless marriage invalid.

I posted other reasons why this affects me personally (and, I think, all of us) in my journal. Take a peek. 11/4 "Because I promised ..."

carolf November 6 2008, 16:20:52 UTC

This is one of those days that makes me ashamed of my country-- and really makes me regret the days I spent in the military defending it. When this is what the United States of America is coming to... it isn't worth defending when it won't stand up for the rights of its own people.I am deeply sorry you feel this way. I don't ( ... )