Texans approve gay marriage ban - Page 8

cliffdweller · #**106** 11-09-2005, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by markolas

Well, you can't say it passed because of me.

I'm sure it failed in Travis County, which is a small comfort to me. I really need to start making plans to leave the state, though (and possibly the country

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I know. I won't venture outside of Austin if I don't have to!

DavidMn · #**107** 11-09-2005, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

Who said I was still a Republican?

a glimmer of hope...

Youre not still a Republican?!?!?!?!

WHat gives here. I cant handle this!!!

markolas · #**108** 11-09-2005, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by The Tower

Meh. Constitutional amendments aren't something that's necessarily permanent. Prohibition was repealed.

But it was only repealed by the passage of another Constitutional amendment. Can you really see an amendment being passed to *repeal* a gay marriage ban? I can't.

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There will never be a constitutional amendment prohibiting gay marriage. Three quarters of the states have to ratify it- and that will never happen.

I dunno...it's not like a huge turnout is necessary. The Texas marriage ban was passed with a wopping 16% voter turnout.

The wingnuts count on 2/3's of voters staying home. Meanwhile, they mobilize their Christo-fascist forces, and what do you have...?

(Yes, I'm being a little dramatic...but not much).

The Tower · #**109** 11-09-2005, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by markolas

But it was only repealed by the passage of another Constitutional amendment. Can you really see an amendment being passed to *repeal* a gay marriage ban? I can't.

Yes, I can. These kinds of social issues take time, but once they change- they change. I TiVo'd a movie called "That Certain Summer" and watched it the other day and you wouldn't believe the attitudes that were in that flick. And that movie was made in 1972.

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I dunno...it's not like a huge turnout is necessary. The Texas marriage ban was passed with a wopping 16% voter turnout.

The wingnuts count on 2/3's of voters staying home. Meanwhile, they mobilize their Christo-fascist forces, and what do you have...?

(Yes, I'm being a little dramatic...but not much).

Honey-pie... US constitutional amendments require 3/4 of the state legislatures to ratify them- it's not an election.

markolas · #**110** 11-09-2005, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by The Tower

Yes, I can. These kinds of social issues take time, but once they change- they change. I TiVo'd a movie called "That Certain Summer" and watched it the other day and you wouldn't believe the attitudes that were in that flick. And that movie was made in 1972.

Well, maybe in 100 years, when both of us are dead.

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Honey-pie... US constitutional amendments require 3/4 of the state legislatures to ratify them- it's not an election.

Oh, well we're definitely screwed in that case.

Brwn_eyes0511 · #**111** 11-09-2005, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidMn

Youre not still a Republican?!?!?!?!

WHat gives here. I cant handle this!!!

I didn't say I was a democrat either!

GateandGarden · #**112** 11-09-2005, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

I didn't say I was a democrat either!

But now you'll have to "unjoin" that Republican blogring on Xanga!

SuzeQuze · #**113** 11-09-2005, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

You're surprised? This is the man who once said that he denounced bigotry AND denounced interracial dating in the same sentence. That's my favorite one from him. EVER.

Did you hear that today he said Democrats are out of touch with every day issues Americans care about? I'll have what he's smoking!

dissention · #**114** 11-09-2005, 11:28 PM

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Did you hear that today he said Democrats are out of touch with every day issues Americans care about? I'll have what he's smoking!

When he was in Brazil the other day, he was shown a map of the country and he said "Wow. Brazil is big." I kid you not.

stargazer99 · #**115** 11-10-2005, 10:21 AM

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When he was in Brazil the other day, he was shown a map of the country and he said "Wow. Brazil is big." I kid you not.

Doesn't surprise me, considering that he supposedly asked the president of Brazil "Do you have blacks, too?" a couple years back.

Have you guys heard the "tribal sovereignity" one? I just heard a clip of it for the first time yesterday morning on Air America when I was driving to work. Democracy Now apparently did a show about it afterwards. They have the audio, as well as a transcript from the show:

http://www.democracynow.org/article....4/08/10/149259

The clip is about 30 minutes long, but you've got to listen to the first 3 minutes. They have the audio of Bush, as well as Jesse Jackson's take on it. The Bush part would be funny, if it weren't just downright pathetic. (How did this guy make it through grade school, much less become president?) But the Jesse Jackson part is hysterical!

cliffdweller · #**116** 11-10-2005, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by The Tower

Yes, I can. These kinds of social issues take time, but once they change- they change. I TiVo'd a movie called "That Certain Summer" and watched it the other day and you wouldn't believe the attitudes that were in that flick. And that movie was made in 1972.

I can't believe this **** is happening in my time. 20, 30 years from now people are going to look back on this, scratch their heads and wonder WHY gay marriage was ever banned-- kind of like how we, today, can't believe there was ever racial segregation.

SuzeQuze · #**117** 11-10-2005, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

When he was in Brazil the other day, he was shown a map of the country and he said "Wow. Brazil is big." I kid you not.

And I thought that I was geographically challenged! WTF

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Have you guys heard the "tribal sovereignity" one? I just heard a clip of it for the first time yesterday morning on Air America when I was driving to work. Democracy Now apparently did a show about it afterwards. They have the audio, as well as a transcript from the show:

http://www.democracynow.org/article....4/08/10/149259

I have heard this but will try to listen to your link to hear Jackson's remarks. In a vocabulary test Shrub would have failed. I couldn't write "Sovereignty means you are sovereign." on my test and pass!