Posted on 01/28/2014 2:42:09 PM PST by tcrlaf
Edited on 01/28/2014 3:29:27 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
INDIANAPOLIS
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Right. In 2012 the radical Left was allowed to turn an electoral corner, because A) the Left poured all their resources into forwarding their immoral agenda in four states. And B) The GOP, under the control of the Romney Republicans, for the first time completely ignored the issue.
Prior to that surrender though, we beat them every single time at the ballot box. More than thirty times in a row, in fact.
"Civil unions" = "gay marriage" with a different label.
Common law marriage for instance, if it is legal, then all states and the federal government recognize it, that goes for the rest of the minor variations among states.
The federal government also has to deal with marriage, and has had it's own laws dealing with it since 1780, the military, immigration families, federal employment, are all areas where the feds have to deal with marriage law.
If Wikipedia can be trusted (a big if), here is how Indiana’s House is divided:
69 Republicans, 31 Demon-Rats
The Indiana House is divided:
39 Republicans, 13 Demon-Rats (apparently 1 vacancy)
Would they also ban same sex marriages between people who are not “gay”?
? What’s your point?
This is a defeat for those that fight for sanctity of marriage. Law had to be passed two years in a row without amendment. By passing an amended law, the cowards both left a door open for civil unions AND delayed the vote by another year making sure it does not go on the ballot in 2014. Dems and RINO’s doing what they always do.
We have gay marriage supporters?
we even have “abolish legal marriage” supporters here, unfortunately
I disagree, if we could ban it federally (can’t currently of course) we absolutely should.
the Constitution guarantees each state a Republican Form of Government ...
that has long gone by the wayside ...
1. One-party rule
2. state Supreme Courts, like CT, declaring gay marriage
over the will of the legislature. Hardly a Rep. Form of Gov
I see now what I left out of post 2.
We do have libertarians/rinos here who support and promote gay marriage, but that isn’t what I meant.
I meant the ones who try to turn these threads into arguments for somehow erasing marriage and divorce law in America, to them it becomes up to each individual and church, and Mosque, and cult, and gay assembly, to just make up their own marriages.
Some of those people also seem to believe that their argument means that THEIR church makes the rule, but the fantasy is that there be no law, no government.
It is a very confusing and politically useless argument, setting the GOP off on that campaign is not going to have any effect on stopping gay marriage and polygamy, besides, the GOP would never adopt such a fantasy anyway.
I’m for fighting it at city hall, at the county seat, at the state level, at the federal level, at every agency, in immigration, in the military, at the UN, and for parachuting leaflets over countries that are succumbing.
Point #1 Gay marriage and same sex marriage aren’t even close to the same thing. Point#2 I didn’t ask you anything
Thank you...hope it passes...
I heard a couple radical gay activists on TV say that they would like that just fine.
and I don’t want to be on the same side as that.
if religious people start forgoing marriage licensing, that’s one thing, but wanting to basically abolish the institution of marriage is insane
People can already make up their own marriage rules as long as they don’t mind it not being legal.
In America religion means any and all religions, for instance polygamous Islam.
Besides, not many people want to not qualify as legally married, that works for short term shacking up, but not for people who intend to build extended families and estates and join the military, or so many other things, and when divorce came, most people would want to go to court and fight under law.
FINALLY!!!! Go Indiana!!
Indiana has a very long, drawn out process for amending their constitution. Two consecutive legislatures must approve the change (every two years), before it can go before voters. This is the second time it has to be approved by the legislature.
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