Posted on 05/18/2008 7:36:17 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Sorry to rain on everybody’s parade, but this isn’t a good thing.
Of course, I have already explained why I believe that civil unions would be better for us than gay marriage. I have also explained why at this point I don’t want gay marriage at all. (For those of you who don’t want to click, I can sum it up: 1) no-fault divorce, 2) alimony and 3) Terri Schiavo.)
Had California’s state legislature passed a law, I wouldn’t be complaining. I still wouldn’t be getting married, for the reasons I referred to above, but I’d have no objection to the ruling. Yes, I think we’d be better off with civil unions instead of gay marriage, but after what’s been done to heterosexual marriage for the last several decades, that wouldn’t really make that much difference. With no-fault divorce, an abandonment of all traditional obligations of husbands and wives to each other, and outrageously unfair alimony settlements, queers getting hitched in a couple of states is the least of the problems marriage has.
But this is a case of judicial activism, which, in case you don’t know, is bad. The courts are not supposed to decide what the laws will be, they are supposed to apply the laws that have been made by the people who were chosen by the voters to make them. When judges start taking it upon themselves to decide what the laws will be, they might decide anything, like that corporations have the right to force individuals to sell their homes to them, or that sluts have the right to murder the children who result from their irresponsible behavior if they don’t feel like looking after them.
If we’re going to have gay marriage, let’s do it through the proper channels, please.
I’m glad they did it before this election. Maybe some of the conservatives out there will wake up a bit and take advantage of this gift that the arrogant Supreme Court of CA has given us. I’m not for either civil unions or gay marriage. It is unnecessary. If one wants to have a legal arrangement for the transfer of property etc. there are already legal options available. Also power of attorney can be granted to non-family members so that someone who is not your legal spouse can take care of your hospital concerns etc. So much of what the left demands is a smoke screen. Just give me this little bit and I’ll be happy. We’ll they are never happy and where they have gained the most ground they have forced their views on transexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality into the classroom and parents can not exempt their children in places like Massachusetts if they choose to let their kids attend public school.
weird.
LOL... Let me guess: it does no allow big animals during ‘intercourse’ or it limits the ‘marriage’ to only two of... Well... of whatever :)
And here I thought the homosexual community opposed legalized same sex marriage becuase they consider marriage to be a phony institutionalized construct to begin with.
“Why would I want one of THOSE?!!!”
Now their “accepting” parents are going to pressure them to get married and may even try to arrange them a partner (of same or opposite sex).
Is Tammy Bruce slumming?
Seriously, I’m with the conservative pundits who say that gay marriage is the last thing most gays would want. If and when it becomes legal, their employers would dump civil unions and force them to marry or else. For people who (notable exceptions notwithstanding) are notorious for ephemeral relationships exposing themselves to the joys of divorce and alimony this would be the end of the paradise.
The law california passed is akin to selling breeder mules.
"When judges start taking it upon themselves to decide what the laws will be, they might decide anything, like that corporations have the right to force individuals to sell their homes to them" (to private commercial intersests)", or that sluts have the right to murder the children who result from their irresponsible behavior if they don’t feel like looking after them."
That’s what I was wondering, is Tammy Bruce doing some freelance writing? I didn’t see an author’s name on the linked source-article, just “Brunette Republican Sex Kitten”.
A few Boy Toys getting alimony and large settlements from wealthy Chicken Hawks will slow this stuff down. Watch they will ask for special laws when it comes to divorce.
I get exasperated by the way the California ruling gets summarized in the news: "California today legalized gay marriage." No, California didn't. A handful of judges exercised legislative power -- that should sound like an oxymoron because it is. And we're the morons for putting up with it.
Well you know what they say, if you are old and liberal you have no head. Gays are getting old.
They want to get married, have kids, go to church and have lower taxes. OMG they are turning into Republicans!!!!
Gays want acceptance of their lifestyle as that of being normal; case closed. Ain’t gonna happen.
Uhh... TTIWWP.
I have a lesbian co-worker who is a democrat, I think would totally agree with this sentiment. Hard to believe there actually are any reasonable dems left in this country.
The most immediate impact is that CA employers will now have to provide health insurance to all the gay spouses. Insurance rates for all will go up.
“They want to get married, have kids, go to church and have lower taxes. OMG they are turning into Republicans!!!!”
Well, conversely, does it follow then that Republicans who are voting to raise taxes are turning into liberals and queers?
Because non-lesbians cannot possibly possess the intelligence to make the same arguments. What a travesty the Left has made public discourse in America today.
Unfortunately, I believe you are mistaken. In places, to include California, the homosexuals now propagandize our children as early as age 5 in our schools. By voting age they are fully committed to the homosexual agenda.
Godspeed
a dyke argues for the sanctity of marriage.Most homosexuals don't care about marriage per se. They want the benefits that come from it. i.e. the ability to visit your partner in the hospital, be on your partner's health insurance etc...weird.
There's also considerable opinion in the gay community that they don't *want* the normative aspects of marriage, just the benefits of a civil union. It's a remarkably contentious issue. Even in the gay community.
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