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Lost behind all of the bullshit rhetoric about Same Sex Marriage is the fact that REAL PEOPLE and REAL PEOPLE’S LIVES and HAPPINESS are at stake. That the unfairness of it all seems to be lost when people try and defend “traditional marriage.” And what is even more galling is that other than them making these two statements “it’s against god/the bible” and “because marriage is between a man and a woman” they never put forth any other argument. Relationships whether Gay or straight are the same. The only difference is sex. Just like there are striaght marriages that have been together for 20, 30, and 40 or more years, there are Gay marriages that have been together 20, 30, and 50 years or more. The late Del Martin and her WIFE Phyllis Lyon were together over 55 years are were only able to get married during that brief period in california when Lesbian marriages were legal. Let me repeat that. They were together 55 YEARS and were only able to get married in 2008 during that brief period when Lesbian marriages were allowed in california. I would hope that even those people whose underwear get in a bunge when Same Sex Marriages are brought up would see the utter travesty in a situation like that. If you think being in a relationship with someone for 55 years is not a marriage then you don’t really know what a marriage is. And more the pity for you!
We now have another situation where the fact that Lesbians can’t get married is affecting REAL PEOPLE’S LIVES. Shirley Tan and her WIFE Jay Mercado have been together for 23 years. They have twin 12 year old sons together. Shirley is from the Phillipines and is facing deportation. She came here seeking asylum because she was shot in the head as a result of an inheritance dispute. If Jay were a man, she could have, YEARS AGO, sponsored Shirley, and she would have already become an American citizen. But because they are both women, that is not possible. How can ANYONE say this situation isn’t just WRONG????
As a heteosexual man, and maybe a woman, I can go to a website and ask for a catalog to be sent to me. In this catalog there will be young women from different continents like Africa, Russia, Asia, Europe, and South America, who are willing to marry any SLUB who will bring them to America and make them citizens. And this is COMPLETELY LEGAL! Yet two lesbians who have spent 23 years together in a loving, crying, playing, fighting, bill paying, in sickness and in health relationship, getting married is ILLEGAL. There is something very wrong with this situation. And if you can’t see how WRONG this is, ALL THE MORE PITY FOR YOU!!!
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The Iowa Supreme Court has legalized Same Sex Marriage!!!! In a UNANIMOUS DECISION, the Iowa Supreme Court said, “We are firmly convinced the exclusion of gay and lesbian people from the institution of civil marriage does not substantially further any important governmental objective.” They also said, “The Legislature has excluded a historically disfavored class of persons from a supremely important civil institution without a constitutionally sufficient justification.” To re-phrase what the Iowa Supreme Court said, they said that excluding Gays and Lesbians from getting married has nothing to do with the government and serves no purpose. They also said that excluded a “disfavored” group of people is without constitutional justification.
For people who have been constant readers of this blog, they know my feelings about the MISERABLE COWARDS and POOR EXCUSES for HUMAN BEINGS in the HOMOPHOBIC state of california who voted against Same Sex Marriage. We are currently waiting for the california Supreme Court to decide whether to uphold or strike down prop 8, the Anti Same Sex Marriage proposition that passed in 2008. The only reason the proposition was even on the ballot in the first place is because the california Supreme Court had already ruled that excluding Gays and Lesbians from getting married is UNCONSTITUTIONAL!! So this should be a Slam Dunk Ruling! But from watching the two sides present their side of the debate before the Supreme Court, it looked like they are going to allow prop 8 to stand but for those 18,000 couples who were married during that brief 5 month period when getting married in california was legal, those marriages may remain legal. And if that is the case, that will set up another round of propositions, demonstrations, and UNGODLY amounts of money spent to fight BIGOTRY and by BIGOTS to justify their HATEMONGERING.
I have a GREAT IDEA for all those people who are against Same Sex Marriage ….. DON’T HAVE ONE!!!!
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I’m trying to wrap my head around this concept. For those people living in california, you know that every time you look around, there seems a new tax, a rise in food prices, or gas prices, or a loss of jobs. And now there is a San Francisco representative, Tom Ammiano, who wants to tax marijuana .
Ok, first thing is that while californians have passed Prop 215 that allows for the growing and use of marijuana for medical purposes. Yet marijuana dispensaries are being raided on a weekly basis. And it is still against Federal Law. Second, and how I understand it, the state would put a $50.00 fee on an ounce of marijuana. L. M. F. A. O. !!! Why would I pay $150.00 for an ounce of marijuana when I can still go to the “neighborhood dealer” and get the same or BETTER marijuana for $50.00 less???? Why would a drug dealer pay $5,000.00 for a “franchise fee” and another $2,500.00, on a yearly basis mind you, when they don’t have to? How many legitimate business owners waited until they started making “real money” before they got all of the licenses, permits, and “legalese” worked out??? Many people want to keep the government out of their business. Why would I let them into something like this????
Lastly, and this is what really pisses me off the most. The citizens of this state voted against Same Sex Marriage. A decision that cost this state potentially $684 million dollars. The Williams Institute at U.C.L.A. predicted gay men and lesbians would spend alot of money on wedding cakes, photographers, tuxedos, hotel rooms, and related wedding trappings. So here we have an untapped market that has a “trickle down” effect and was voted away. Here is a market that would pull people from not only other states, BUT OTHER COUNTRIES as well, to add money to our state coffers. But noooooo! We would rather have the governor raise sales and income taxes, and have cuts to many social service programs.
Either way, the state of california loses. Because instead of people coming here to get married, they are going to Massachuttes, Vermont, and Rhode Island. Oh, and instead of californians staying here and getting married, we are “heading east.” Kinda puts a new spin on the “east coast, west coast” debate doesn’t it! To smoke or get married. What a dilema!
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As you know or may not know, Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage proposition passed 52% to 48%. Media reports state that minorities, both African American and Hispanics voted for the measure in large numbers. The reasons that have been given for this BIGOTED action range from “I don’t think it’s right”, to “It’s a choice”, to the old stand by of COWARDS that it is “God’s will, way, or just against God.” When you ask most of these so-called Christians to tell you EXACTLY where that is stated in the bible, most of them can’t even tell you. And the reason they can’t tell you is because it doesn’t exist! They say “it’s there” which is quite an ARGUMENT or DEFENSE to be a BIGOT.
If you can’t even say where the passage is in the bible that you HIDE BEHIND, then you are a POOR EXCUSE for a HUMAN BEING. That you would be a part of something so evil, hurtful, hateful, spiteful, DISCRIMNATORY, and BIGOTED, after experiencing the same things yourself is unconscionable. That you would deny spousal benefits to people who have been together for 15, 25, or even 30 years later is wrong, PERIOD! Are you aware of the fact that between June of 2008 and November 3, 2008, there were over 18,000 same sex marriages performed in california? And many of those 18,000 marriages came from people who don’t live in california or even America? And that many of those same sex couples brought family and friends with them when they got married? And those same sex couples, friends, and families stayed in hotels, ate at restaurants, and visited our many tourist destinations? That they needed flowers, limos, wedding cakes, wedding clothing, reception halls, and food, just to name a few things that you DUMBASSES just voted away? The Williams Institute at U.C.L.A. predicts gay men and lesbians will spend $684 million on wedding cakes, photographers, tuxedos, hotel rooms and related wedding trappings during the next three years. The institute estimates the State of california will haul in some $64 million in taxes and another $9 million in marriage license fees. For a state that has the third HIGHEST unemployment rate in America, 8.2% as of this writing, how much of that lost money could have provided jobs and services to our badly needed economy? When the economy goes bad, who are the very first people to feel it? African Americans and Latinos!
So instead of people spending that 757 million dollars in california, same sex couples will go to Massachuttes, Rhode Island, or Connecticut to get married. But those states have real winter seasons that might make people think of warmer climates when thinking of getting married. That is where california had an advantage. Our “winters” are nonexistent when compared to those states. We would have had money flowing into our govermental and business coffers year around. So when your water, gas and light, and trash fees get increased, don’t complain. When the libraries and youth recreation centers are closed, don’t say a word. When you get bopped on the head or have your house broken into, just SHUT the FUCK UP! You helped to create this situation? Gee, I didn’t think of that? I thought I was denying “them” their rights!
For all of you CLOWNS who want to say that a civil union is the same thing, I put this to you. Give up your marriage license and go down and get a civil union license. You won’t do that because you KNOW there is a difference!!!
No on Prop 8
And lastly, for you LOSERS who thought you could contribute money to that DISCRIMNATORY proposition in the dark, you were wrong. Below is a list of lists that name businesses and people who gave money to the WRONG SIDE! (Some lists might be duplicates. I wanted you all to have as much information as possible).
californians against Hate
Anti Gay Blacklist
Mormon Church businesses
Anti Gay Black List – xanga
Yeah, being outted is a BITCH, isn’t it!!!!!