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George W Bush
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| Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 2:25 pm Post subject: Marriage Amendment vote takes place this week. |
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News is not good for gay couples who want to marry:
http://www.politicalcrossfire.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56707
Go here to get the latest social vote:
http://ssl.capwiz.com/congressorg/home/
Results as of 2:30 PM EST May 31
Marriage Amendment to the Constitution: 996 messages
The Senate debates the issue this week. Should marriage be limited to only a man and a woman?
Support the Marriage Amendment 59%
Oppose the Marriage Amendment 41%
Go to Congress.ORG to see latest results and to cast your vote. |
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toddytodd
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| Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Done
With so many other issues at hand currently (Iran, Irag, Bin Laden, border/immigration, gas prices to name a few) I find this re-born attempt of banning gay marriage as nothing more but a ploy for GW to regain some of his lost conservative/religious backing. There more important things going on currently than two guys or two women wanting to get married. |
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The Grandmaster
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| A clear demonstration that it is simply more important to the administration to restrict how people can live their lives, than it is to improve the general quality of life for the country. |
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toddytodd
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The Grandmaster wrote: A clear demonstration that it is simply more important to the administration to restrict how people can live their lives, than it is to improve the general quality of life for the country.
I agree. I would go further to say that one reason why they do this is because it is easier. It is easier to tell someone what to do or not to do, without giving any intelligent argument as to why ('end of story'), than it is to demonstrate why it is right (or wrong). |
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Valdimar
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| Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:19 am Post subject: |
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This amendment will fail miserably - again.
Either way, in the end, I will continue to live my life happily and enjoy the relationship I have with my husband. It feels alot like a marriage to me and nothing is going to change that; therefore, the people who don't want us to legally marry have already lost the battle. |
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toddytodd
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Valdimar wrote: This amendment will fail miserably - again.
Either way, in the end, I will continue to live my life happily and enjoy the relationship I have with my husband. It feels alot like a marriage to me and nothing is going to change that; therefore, the people who don't want us to legally marry have already lost the battle.
Very well said. |
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Enoch
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| The GOP knows fully well that this won't get the 67 votes needed to pass the Senate, let alone be ratified by 38 statess. It is all just a ploy to galvanize social and religious conservatives for mid-term elections. |
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toddytodd
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UrielsFyre wrote: The GOP knows fully well that this won't get the 67 votes needed to pass the Senate, let alone be ratified by 38 statess. It is all just a ploy to galvanize social and religious conservatives for mid-term elections.
I agree with what you say about the GOP but I'm not sure about GW - he isn't the brightest....and some think delusional
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ToonArmyIsComing
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| Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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UrielsFyre wrote: The GOP knows fully well that this won't get the 67 votes needed to pass the Senate, let alone be ratified by 38 statess. It is all just a ploy to galvanize social and religious conservatives for mid-term elections.
I think it is rather designed to distract people from the war in Iraq where sectarian violence is now rampant, the soaring oil prices, conflict with Iran, rising interest rates, and the federal debt.
This may be a bit cliché and extreme, but the Nazis used the Jews to distract people, the GOP uses gays to distract people! :shock:
Valdimar wrote: This amendment will fail miserably - again.
Either way, in the end, I will continue to live my life happily and enjoy the relationship I have with my husband. It feels alot like a marriage to me and nothing is going to change that; therefore, the people who don't want us to legally marry have already lost the battle.
I don't mean to be rude or insensitive, but how exactly are you winning when you are subject of systemic discrimination and governmental prejudice? :-| |
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Valdimar
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ToonArmyIsComing wrote:
I don't mean to be rude or insensitive, but how exactly are you winning when you are subject of systemic discrimination and governmental prejudice? :-|
Figuratively speaking. They lose because I don't give a s**t what they do with their lives. I could be doing the most degrading thing on this planet ans still get joy by them being worrief about it because it pisses them off so much. That's what I mean :) |
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