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Missouri vote sparks action by gay activists
THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^
| August 5, 2004
| Cheryl Wetzstein
Posted on 08/05/2004 1:24:27 AM PDT by neverdem
The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com
By Cheryl Wetzstein THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published August 5, 2004
This week's vote backing a traditional-marriage amendment in Missouri has galvanized homosexual rights groups, which already were gearing up to work "as hard as we can" to put Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry in the White House.
The decision to ask Missouri voters to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman "was motivated by politics, pure and simple," said Cheryl Jacques, president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest homosexual rights advocacy group.
"This was part of an effort by President Bush to distract Missourians from the fact that the state has lost almost 80,000 jobs over the past 3½ years," she said, adding that the state's constitution "is now a tool for discrimination."
However, Ms. Jacques was heartened by yesterday's ruling from a Washington state superior court judge who said same-sex couples have a right to "marry" under the state constitution. The decision, which has been stayed until the state Supreme Court can consider the case, shows "there's no reason to deny any family the same rights and responsibilities as others," Ms. Jacques said. |
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: District of Columbia; US: Missouri; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: defenseofmarriage; dnctalkingpoints; homosexualagenda; homosexualrights; lyingliars; protectmarriage; samesexmarriage; statesrights; switchedarguments
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:24:27 AM PDT
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
LMAO! I guess half of the voters in St. Louis County are bigoted right wing evangelist homophobes. All those liberal Democrats who voted for Amendment 2 couldn't really stick it to the gay lobby. Naaaaahhhhhhhhh. Let the heterophobes live in their own dream world...
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:30:19 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: neverdem
A judge in Washington State has ruled that Gay Marriage is the law of the land. Where is the headlines?? He went further than Massachusetts did!!
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:31:36 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(geocities.com/geronl is back, or will be)
To: neverdem
I thought Kerry would leave that issue for the states to decide. Oh, he was for the states rights before he was against states rights...
Homosexual activists, Do you know what this guy believes?
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:31:51 AM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: neverdem
Frfom further on in the article:
"We need to find out why so many more people than expected turned out to vote," Seth Kilbourn, national field director for the Human Rights Campaign, told www.365gay.com, an online news magazine. "Was it because of the amendment or because of the primary for governor?"
Well, Mr. Kilbourn, you lose either way. If it's because Republicans are mad at your attempt to pervert the institution of marriage, then, according to the article, they mobilized against your agenda despite no other real reason to vote. And if the RATS came out to vote in their primary, even your so-called "party of inclusion" doesn't agree with your agenda.
So you lose either way.
To: neverdem
What idiots. Marriage between a man is a woman is now pure politics??? but Gay marriage is normal???
Upside down....
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:32:39 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(geocities.com/geronl is back, or will be)
To: GeronL
Its comes as news to the good people of the Show Me State...
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:32:56 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: neverdem
This week's vote backing a traditional-marriage amendment in Missouri has galvanized homosexual rights groups, which already were gearing up to work "as hard as we can" to put Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry in the White House. That's right, sweetie---do your best to equate Kerry with gay marriage.
You go girl!
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:33:49 AM PDT
by
Wormwood
(Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
To: Jet Jaguar
Let them make this election about gay marriage because half the Democrats don't agree with it.
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:33:57 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(geocities.com/geronl is back, or will be)
To: conservative in nyc
The amendment lost in St. Louis County by a 3,500 vote margin. It won big every where else in the state.
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:34:35 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
I was talking about a Superior Court Judge in Washington State.
Missouri shows that even Democrats don't want gay marriage, while the judge in Washington State shows that democracy is meaningless to the left.
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:37:10 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(geocities.com/geronl is back, or will be)
To: goldstategop
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:39:21 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(geocities.com/geronl is back, or will be)
To: GeronL
Of course. Liberals are such hypocrites. They say a constititional amendment isn't needed to protect marriage and lo and behold an activist judge trumps them by striking down a law to protect marriage. The voters of MO didn't buy into their lie.
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:40:51 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: neverdem
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:41:56 AM PDT
by
counterpunch
(The CouNTeRPuNcH Collection - www.counterpunch.us)
To: counterpunch
That one is GOOD.
Thanks.
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:44:12 AM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: Wormwood
Democrats - The Gay Party
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:45:41 AM PDT
by
Free Trapper
(ALF & ELF - Future Bog People)
To: neverdem; dansangel
"This was part of an effort by President Bush to distract Missourians from the fact that the state has lost almost 80,000 jobs over the past 3½ years," she said, adding that the state's constitution "is now a tool for discrimination."It's time to blame sun spots on Pres. Bush! Give me a break!!
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:48:40 AM PDT
by
.45MAN
("Vote for Life, Vote for Freedom ,Vote for Bush")
To: .45MAN
Its all President Bush's fault Missourians are a bunch of backwoods country rednecks. Good, let them keep insulting the folks in flyover country. Its a winning political strategery that will pay the Democrats AND heterophobe friends big dividends in November.
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:50:34 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: neverdem
The decision to ask Missouri voters to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman "was motivated by politics, pure and simple," said Cheryl Jacques, president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest homosexual rights advocacy group.No, Cheryl, it was motivated by the actions of the Supreme Judicial Court of YOUR state (and unfortunately mine) of MA, which YOU helped bring about, precluding MY chances to vote on the matter. Missouri was just out of the gate faster than our Democrate controlled Legislature who were so scared of YOU and your homosexual friends that they denied MA citizens the right to vote on the matter before the Court, again peopled sympathetic to your friends, made the decision for us.
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:54:53 AM PDT
by
SuziQ
(Bush in 2004-Because we MUST!!!)
To: SuziQ
That and Gavin Newsom's issuance of gay marriage licenses in California stirred up a hornet's nest. Its made people really fed up. I hope the Left is stupid enough to get their activist judges to keep forcing it on the country. They want a culture war, they'll get one they're bound to lose badly.
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posted on
08/05/2004 1:57:07 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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