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Title: DUmmies bemoan gay marriage loss in Maine
Post by: jinxmchue on November 04, 2009, 12:07:36 AM
Lots of threads.  Too much to cut and paste, so I'll just give you the links to Skin's Total Drama Island.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6921935

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6922094

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6921991

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6922321

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6922369

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6922200

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6922220

Summed up:   :overreaction: :ohnoes: :overreaction: :ohnoes: :overreaction:

Incidentally, when did marriage become a civil right?
Title: Re: DUmmies bemoan gay marriage loss in Maine
Post by: The Village Idiot on November 04, 2009, 12:23:21 AM
That ain't all they lost today.

Maybe no health reform vote till next year or even after next November.

The DU blood letting and bed wetting shall be awesome
Title: Re: DUmmies bemoan gay marriage loss in Maine
Post by: Carl on November 04, 2009, 04:48:23 AM
Read through some of those threads folks if you want to see what the definition of drama queen is.
Title: Re: DUmmies bemoan gay marriage loss in Maine
Post by: TheSarge on November 04, 2009, 05:09:03 AM
Gay marriage got rejected here in Virginia too.
Title: Re: DUmmies bemoan gay marriage loss in Maine
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on November 04, 2009, 05:42:19 AM
Gay marriage got rejected here in Virginia too.
Yes, but that's a southern racist christo-fascist state.

This is Maine we're talking about!
Title: Re: DUmmies bemoan gay marriage loss in Maine
Post by: USA4ME on November 04, 2009, 07:51:27 AM
Quote from:
Skittles

20. hey - we're making progress

gay folk and those of us who support our gay brothers and sisters will win in the end and I think I'll live to see it.......

Oh, you'll live to see it.  Your reward will last for all eternity, but I'm absolutely positive you won't consider it a win.

.
Title: Re: DUmmies bemoan gay marriage loss in Maine
Post by: TheSarge on November 04, 2009, 07:59:09 AM
Yes, but that's a southern racist christo-fascist state.

This is Maine we're talking about!

What I like...as pointed out by the local Fox channel this morning...is that gay marriage has lost in every state where it's been put on the ballot.
Title: Re: DUmmies bemoan gay marriage loss in Maine
Post by: Odin's Hand on November 04, 2009, 09:12:18 AM
Well...there's always Canada, DUmmies. *hint*
Title: Re: DUmmies bemoan gay marriage loss in Maine
Post by: BadCat on November 04, 2009, 09:14:14 AM
Well...there's always Canada, DUmmies. *hint*

And Saudi Arabia.
Title: Re: DUmmies bemoan gay marriage loss in Maine
Post by: AllosaursRus on November 04, 2009, 11:51:30 AM
And Saudi Arabia.

Heh, heh! Now THAT"S funny!
Title: Re: DUmmies bemoan gay marriage loss in Maine
Post by: TheSarge on November 04, 2009, 11:54:36 AM
Gay marriage has been put on the ballots in 31 different states and all 31 times it's gone down in flames.

To everyone BUT teh Dump that would be a clue to stop trying to force it down our throats.
Title: Re: DUmmies bemoan gay marriage loss in Maine
Post by: Splashdown on November 04, 2009, 12:08:54 PM
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Skittles

20. hey - we're making progress

gay folk and those of us who support our gay brothers and sisters will win in the end and I think I'll live to see it.......

are you allowed to say "win in the end" in a gay-rights thread?


 :lmao:
Title: Re: DUmmies bemoan gay marriage loss in Maine
Post by: Chris_ on November 04, 2009, 12:43:18 PM
Gay marriage was already legal in Maine.  This bill reversed the decision.  However, the wording of the bill was convoluted and did not specify that the previous bill would be reversed.  It went like this:

Do you want to reject the new law that lets same-sex couples marry and allows individuals and religious groups to refuse to perform these marriages?  

Nowhere in the wording does it suggest that the old law would be repealed.  It seemed to focus on allowing individuals and religious groups to refuse to perform these marriages, which I'm all for.  Everyone should be allowed to exercise their freedoms, on both sides of the fence.

However the wording of the bill was sketchy and misleading, and I won't be surprised if it's repealed.  
Title: Re: DUmmies bemoan gay marriage loss in Maine
Post by: thundley4 on November 04, 2009, 01:10:51 PM
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Do you want to reject the new law that lets same-sex couples marry

Seems pretty straight forward to me. You're right though. The left looks down on people and will claim that they were too stupid to understand what they were voting on.
Title: Re: DUmmies bemoan gay marriage loss in Maine
Post by: Chris_ on November 04, 2009, 02:13:03 PM
Seems pretty straight forward to me. You're right though. The left looks down on people and will claim that they were too stupid to understand what they were voting on.

Naw, I do agree that the left does normally whine about things like this, but this law really did employ tricky wording and obfuscation.