Stage set for possible showdown on gay marriage

[kddani]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

with regard to full faith clause or whatever....don't vegas marriages already not count even though that is there?

ummmm... no. Legit Vegas marriages are legal and valid in every state. As long as it was a valid marriage according to Nevada law, every other state has to accept it as a valid marriage.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by kddani

ummmm... no. Legit Vegas marriages are legal and valid in every state. As long as it was a valid marriage according to Nevada law, every other state has to accept it as a valid marriage.

Thanks Dani.


I don't really think that's right. If I want to start my own state, and declare that marriage is only between a rattlesnake and an oaktree -only rattlesnakes and oaktrees can marry- then that is that state's right.

State of Sillyness, to be sure.

[valkyrie]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

If I want to start my own state, and declare that marriage is only between a rattlesnake and an oaktree -only rattlesnakes and oaktrees can marry- then that is that state's right.

State of Sillyness, to be sure.

If you start your own state, I'd visit for the drugs alone.

[shinerbock]

DeltAlum, you didn't understand what I was saying. When I mentioned the lack of difference between a church marriage and simply a state one, I was referring to the fact that I would have preferred marriage remain solely a church function. Thus, it is all intertwined now, which presents us with problems like gay marriage.

[KSigkid]

There's a whole bunch of people from both sides demonstrating out in front of the State House. The Mass Equality people have better signs, but the "Let the people vote" folks have catchier chants and better balloons.

The best part is watching the tourists and school groups walking through. I guess they didn't expect this on their trip to Boston.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

There's a whole bunch of people from both sides demonstrating out in front of the State House. The Mass Equality people have better signs, but the "Let the people vote" folks have catchier chants and better balloons.

The best part is watching the tourists and school groups walking through. I guess they didn't expect this on their trip to Boston.

This is the kind of review that should be on the news. Are these people going to be there all week? I want to go watch a protest.

[tunatartare]

Here are my views on this. I am pro gay marriage. I think that marriage is a basic right that should be allowed to any human being. It's not fair to treat gays as second-class citizens and tell them that they're not allowed to marry because you don't support/approve of their lifestyle but demand that they pay taxes and do everything else that citizens are supposed to do.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

This is the kind of review that should be on the news. Are these people going to be there all week? I want to go watch a protest.

They will proabably just be there today. The weird women in favor of slot machines are due back to their picketing places any day now.

I stopped counting the number of little kids asking "What's that?" to the big red "Jesus is our Lord" balloon floating around.

It would be slightly entertaining, except this (and the Big Dig accident) are making Boston look like a Monty Python sketch right now.