Mass. Supreme Court Rules - Gay Couples have the Right to Marry

FoxNews | 11-18-03 | FoxNews

[Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh]

Mass. Supreme Court rules that illegal for state to deny marriage license to gay couples.

[Sir Gawain]

It's closer to 2% to 4%. The 10% number was debunked as pro-gay propaganda. That's the way I remember it anyway.

[netmilsmom]

>>The gay lobby in this country wanted everyone to believe that 10 percent of the population was either gay or lesbian.

Try about 4 to 5 percent... <<

I stand corrected and greatly relieved!

[Happy2BMe]

"Mass. Supreme Court Rules - Gay Couples have the Right to Marry"

Hmmm... wonder who in the world could ever be the inspiration for THIS perversion (besides the people of Mass. for putting them in power and allowing it to happen).

Yes - I think mairrage between two men is perfectly natural. In fact I . .

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[chachacha]

Let me add. Just as vulgar as the act itself. Agreed???????????????????????

[GeronL]

hunting or eloping? LOL

Maybe in the mountains of Arkansas a new kind of Hillbilly is being born!

[kidd]

If they throw rice after a marriage ceremony symbolizing fertility, what would they throw after a gay marriage?

Gerbil turds

[billbears]

Which is why you need one (if you need one at all) that clearly outlines the power of the states. Else you're going to end up with Constitutional Amendment CXXXIV, the right of the national government to make sure we're all wearing our seat belts..

[Not now, Not ever!]

Check your six O'clock until Jan 1

[Happy2BMe]

ping on post #123

[ken5050]

Nice pic of Rep Gerrald Nadler...

[cajungirl]

I thought we were done with this. I said my comment, you said yours. I don't think we need to get into the rest of it. Frankly other adults sex lives don't give me much interest unless of course they scream in the nite and disturb my sleep. To get preoccupied with whether what people do who are grown ups seems to me to be some perversion in and of itself. But that is just my opinion.

[jwalsh07]

Well I hate to disagree with you BillyBob but stare decisis plays no role in American courts when the lefts agenda is at stake. I offer you Bowers as non precedent for Lawrence v Texas as proof of that assertion.

It is time for Congress to act because Kennedy's "transcendent liberty" penumbral thesis garnered from European precedent and mores is now the law of the land.

[Guenevere]

From what I understand, IF this holds and gay couples are sanctioned in Massachusettes, and IF the gay couple is from, say, Florida....

...Florida has to recognize the marriage....UNLESS...

...Florida is one of the 37 states that has already passed the Defense of Marriage Act...and therefore, would NOT recognize, nor under law have to recognize, these marriages.

Does anyone know which are the 37 states that has passed this law?

[Terriergal]

It's funny how so many people in the east, where so much thinking went on at the founding of this nation, have now lost their minds.

[Graybeard58]

How about two women and a dog? How about three men and a sheep? It could be endless!

How about an adult and a child? I think that is the ultimate goal of the homosexual agenda.The ACLU is also part of this agenda, hence their support of NAMBLA.

I'd like to see a comparative study of the incidence of pedophilia between straight and homosexual men. Since it is predominately a "man" crime I wonder if it's also more of a crime among the homosexuals.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Now you are just being judgemental. /sarc off/

[rintense]

That's why I ignored that remark. Some act as though oral/anal sex is something strictly for gays.

[xzins]

It amazes me that some people simply don't understand that combining male/female is a unique arrangement unlike any other combination.

Woe to those who call good evil and evil good.

[netmilsmom]

>>Just ordinary young professionals, not your crazy Gay Pride types<<

Sounds good, but the problem is this.
When I was in my twenties, I lived with my widowed mom. I wanted to put her on my health insurance. I could not. If all the gays wanted was the ability to share insurance and the right to say what happens in a health crisis, I would say ok. They want a marriage. That offends me. The gays have the money behind them to be in my face. And my kids' face.

[jwalsh07]

What is the rational basis for denying any two or more people the right to "marry" under your notion of marriage? Why can't two sisters, a mother and daughter, two friends or a group of friend in platonic relationships marry under this system of jurisprudence?