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[rivetgeek]

Ok, I need to get something out here.

I'm far from anything even remotely gay, and to be honest I only know maybe 2 gay people. However, I plan to vote no on prop 8 because it's a bigoted, fundamentalist-driven piece of crappy legislation that destroys the concept of equality

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[sickris]

i think you're gay.

[rivetgeek]

You know how I know you're gay? In the army you went on leave and got two blowjobs and came back to base and gave your buddy one.

[sonder]

you know how I know you are gay?

you are alive.

[rivetgeek]

You know how I know you're gay? You have a signed copy of Clay Aikens greatest hits and you keep it in the bathroom

[catalytic_kali]

Yes. :) Already voting no on that stupid POS, but I wanted to give you support. :)

[sixfiftytwo]

I'm pissed that originally, congress overturned California's vote on this issue.

But I fully support whatever people want to do with their lives. As long as nobody is forcing their opinion on anyone, I'm okay.

PC-ness is mandatory for having resided in Seattle.

[rivetgeek]

Congress had nothing to do with it. The California Supreme Court heard a challenge to the original law because it violated the states constitutional guarantee of equal treatment under the law.

The court rightfully ruled that the law was unconstitutional based on the wording of the constitution.

This wasn't "activist judges" as the far right keeps claiming. They simply upheld the constitutional requirements.

[sixfiftytwo]

K, so weird.

If it is unconstitutional, why is this stupid thing still on the ballot?

I'm so effing sick of politics... Where's the harmony?

[rivetgeek]

The ballot measure is to amend the state's constitution to only recognize or allow hetero marriages. So even if a legally married gay couple from MA moved here, their marriage wouldnt be recognized. Basically it's an end-run around the constitution

[inertiacage]

re: evolution
http://www.arcamax.com/technology/s-368155-806908

[rivetgeek]

Thats a completely flawed study. It makes assumptions that homosexuality is a hereditary trait. Nobody has isolated "the gay gene" or brought forth any genetic proof that homosexuality is a genetic predisposition.

Im not saying it isnt, just that the study is obviously flawed.

[inertiacage]

it's interesting to me b/c it addresses the question of what possible evolutionary advantage homosexuality could be connected to...

[rivetgeek]

well for there to be an evolutionary advantage, it would have to be a genetic trait. There is no conclusive evidence that it is. It could just as well be a psychological aberration, a learned behavior, or even environmental.