Because I want to rant about equal rights.

[jenarael]

Really -- I'm pretty busy today. But I'm in a bad mood because of Maine.

Yeah you, Maine.With your lobsters and hairy oversized cats and hairy oversized fisherman... YOU are a disappointment to those other New England states that've gotten on the ball to be modern

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[kittenpants]

Amen and pass the bordeaux, sister.

The other thing that chaps my ass about your second point? EVEN IF they find a chapter and verse that says "All you Christians, get off the gay marriage lawn!"...

Why, then, would we make legislation based on the Christian Bible and enforce it on Atheists, Jews, Pagans, Unitarian Universalists, Hindus, Pastafarians, Souix, etc.? (not to mention the liberal Christian churches)

IF it is a religious issue, it should not be a legal one. Period.

My religion says it's okay for gays to marry, but I can't officiate legal gay marriages for my co-religionists in my home state. The laws are preventing my people from having our religious sacrament of marriage be recognized when it doesn't match the Christian definition. AND THAT'S FUCKED UP.

If I had a couple willing to take it through the media circus to get it done, I'd be more than happy to make it a first amendment "establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" issue. ::sigh::

[jourdannex]

Amen. And I went to a fabulous male wedding at the Bel Air Hotel with swans and Gucci and it was gorgeous. Candles and flowers and love. Air kisses. Lots of dancing. So much love in that room...parents with tears in their eyes calling the other husband "my new son"....so beautiful to see when people like my sister say things like "I would rather my son have cancer than be gay."

And she's religious. And yet..that's a loving thing to say? What angers me the most is that they confuse religion with hatred. No tolerance. Just blind following.

[jourdannex]

And you did not invite me, that's just mean David. Really really mean.

[jasheffe]

I'm always amused at "the Bible tells me so" argument as the act of marriage is not a Christian concept. Pagans were doing it long before them as were other cultures. They may not have called it marriage but the ceremonies they performed were pretty much the same thing.

[suppi_the_great]

BEFORE I READ THE REST OF THIS:

Haven't I told you to stop picking on Maine Coons?!

[suppi_the_great]

PS, did you post this on facebook before? Because it feels like deja vu...

PPS -- I still love you. :D

[jenarael]

Yaaaar. I wrote it for Facebook, then remembered I HAVE A JOURNAL FOR THIS DUHHHH.

And I love you too. Especially when you forgive me for picking on the oversized hairballs you call CATS.

[demoneater]

As Nate Silver of 538 found, banning gay marriage destroys the sanctity of heterosexual marriage, apparently.

The states that have banned gay marriage outright have had divorce rates increase since enacting their bans. Most of the states that have allowed or remained indifferent to gay marriage have seen divorce rates drop.