kenny|1336693876|3192535 said:Yeah! Another perspective from BJ.
Gypsy|1336697566|3192579 said:kenny|1336693876|3192535 said:Yeah! Another perspective from BJ.
So. After all that. Is BJ are you pro or against? I get that your against forcing the issue by packing the courts, don't like Obama, and understand the civil rights movement very well. But I'm still confused as to what you thinks should happen, and how it should happen to make it acceptable for you.
Imdanny|1336702006|3192640 said:So Obama has his big announcement and Romney is exposed as bullying gay students (plural) on the same day. At first I thought the headlines about Romney were some kind of a joke. You can't make this stuff up!
Imdanny|1336702006|3192640 said:So Obama has his big announcement and Romney is exposed as bullying gay students (plural) on the same day. At first I thought the headlines about Romney were some kind of a joke. You can't make this stuff up!
but what can he say after Joe Biden opened his big mouth?.the President wanted to strangle Biden after he made that statement. the Admin should keep quiet about this issue til after the election. IMO...this blunder will cost Obama his job.madelise|1336590490|3191337 said:http://www.gaypolitics.com/2012/05/09/breaking-obama-backs-marriage-equality/
Our president is the first president to officially support same-sex unions.
bean|1336693810|3192533 said:kenny|1336590879|3191358 said:OMG!!!
I just peed my pants.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18014102
9 May 2012 Last updated at 15:10 ET
Obama says same-sex couples should be able to marry
I'm actually very excited about this.
I do think it'll be after 2020, sadly.
Zoe|1336730038|3192817 said:Imdanny|1336702006|3192640 said:So Obama has his big announcement and Romney is exposed as bullying gay students (plural) on the same day. At first I thought the headlines about Romney were some kind of a joke. You can't make this stuff up!
I was watching Rachel Maddow last night and she was really funny when expressing her views on Romney and the things he did as a teenager. Apparently he has no recollection of bullying anyone and was laughing during an interview discussing it. Nervous laughter, perhaps?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp6qjI0j4b0
thing2of2|1336662460|3192067 said:slg47|1336593564|3191406 said:I think it will be a while. People who do not know gay couples personally may not realize that they can be in love and in committed relationships just like straight couples.
Someone posted this graph on FB
I think it may take another generation.
It is interesting to note that until 1973, homosexuality was classified as a mental disorder. (I do not believe that it is but I can certainly understand how someone growing up believing this may have an issue with gay marriage).
Another thing to note is that 'marriage' has two definitions. There is the 'government recognized marriage' and also the 'church recognized marriage (for some this is a sacrament). The two are very different but the same word, 'marriage', is used. I believe this may contribute to some people's objections to gay marriage.
I am not happy about the ban in NC but even less happy about all of the hatred I am seeing towards the NC voters.
Huh? Please elaborate on the bolded. You're more upset about people being angry at the bigotry and hatred of NC voters than you are at the actual bigotry and hatred of NC voters?
Does not compute.
Imdanny|1336702006|3192640 said:So Obama has his big announcement and Romney is exposed as bullying gay students (plural) on the same day. At first I thought the headlines about Romney were some kind of a joke. You can't make this stuff up!
beebrisk|1336831962|3193773 said:Imdanny|1336702006|3192640 said:So Obama has his big announcement and Romney is exposed as bullying gay students (plural) on the same day. At first I thought the headlines about Romney were some kind of a joke. You can't make this stuff up!
Ummm, yeah, actually you can.
“The family of John Lauber is releasing a statement saying the portrayal of John is factually incorrect and we are aggrieved that he would be used to further a political agenda. There will be no more comments from the family.”
ksinger|1336834045|3193789 said:Danny, I was looking too, and found this one.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/sister-of-alleged-romney-target-has-no-knowledge-of-any-bullying-incident/
Imdanny|1336834345|3193791 said:ksinger|1336834045|3193789 said:Danny, I was looking too, and found this one.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/sister-of-alleged-romney-target-has-no-knowledge-of-any-bullying-incident/
We posted at the same time.
Madam Bijoux|1336825401|3193724 said:Should have legalized it in 1776.
^^Cross that out, it should never have been illegal anywhere.
Will legalize it when it is politically advantageous for the majority of lawmakers to do so.
Well if that's the case, it's just sad.Imdanny|1336807823|3193676 said:Zoe|1336730038|3192817 said:Imdanny|1336702006|3192640 said:So Obama has his big announcement and Romney is exposed as bullying gay students (plural) on the same day. At first I thought the headlines about Romney were some kind of a joke. You can't make this stuff up!
I was watching Rachel Maddow last night and she was really funny when expressing her views on Romney and the things he did as a teenager. Apparently he has no recollection of bullying anyone and was laughing during an interview discussing it. Nervous laughter, perhaps?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp6qjI0j4b0
I watched the whole clip. Thanks!
I think you're giving Romney too much credit though. I don't think it's nervous laughter. I think Romney really thinks these things are funny- today.
Imdanny|1336837804|3193822 said:They probably feel stigmatized, you know, from the days when psychiatry said gays were mental defectives and the law said they were criminals.
beebrisk|1336874605|3194078 said:Imdanny|1336837804|3193822 said:They probably feel stigmatized, you know, from the days when psychiatry said gays were mental defectives and the law said they were criminals.
The family's loved one died at the relatively young age of 47, yet you mock them for not wanting his name dragged out 50 years later and 20 years after his death for some cheap, cynical, political ploy?
But you despise intolerance, right?