Comments on: New Hampshire House Approves Gay Marriage Bill

By: The_Livewire

The_Livewire — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:04:12 +0000

1. Then it’s the same as if they don’t. The system of government we live under worked.

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:20:56 +0000

#8 – Yeah, marriage is a â€œsacred bondâ€ all right. Tell that to JFK, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Antonio Villaragosa, Eliot Spitzer, James McGreavy, Teddy Kennedy, Gavin Newsome etc.

Checkmate.

More like a draw or stalement, Peter, when you throw in Henry Hyde, Bob Livingston, Larry Craig, David Vitter, and Neil Bush. But your examples bolsters Kevin’s point about straight people who find marriage sacred. Well, except McGreevey and Craig, I suppose.

V the K, the point I got from Kevin’s post is that for people who find marriage sacred and want to improve it, instead of concentrating on same sex marriage, perhaps they should look to themselves and change divorce laws.

Heck, if one doesn’t believe marriage means anything, why fight for it?

By: V the K

V the K — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:08:06 +0000

Kevin’s argument boils down to “marriage doesn’t mean anything, so why are you defending it.” It’s a very constructive insight into how gay activists really feel about the institution they’re storming.

By: Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:14:03 +0000

#8 – Yeah, marriage is a “sacred bond” all right. Tell that to JFK, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Antonio Villaragosa, Eliot Spitzer, James McGreavy, Teddy Kennedy, Gavin Newsome etc.

Checkmate.

Regards,
Peter H.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:36:05 +0000

5: I happened to be passing through the TV channels the other night and stopped for a couple of minutes on the movie “what happens in Vegas”. Ashton Kutchner and Cameron Diaz get married on a drunken binge, then attempt a quickie divorce. The judge (played by Dennis Miller) announces “gays aren’t a threat to marriage, people like you are”. Soooooo true.

and my usual favorite “marriage is sacred bond between 2 unwilling teenagers” – Sarah Palin (as played by Tina Fey).

If marriage is so sacred, then why is it all these people who support it aren’t screaming for a tightening of divorce laws? The sacredness of marriage has become the lamest of excuses to deny equal rights to all citizens. I still find it very funny that people are out there telling us what our morals and values should be, but they can’t follow those tenets themselves. (ie Newt “married 3 times, carried on an affair with number 3 while still married to number 2 and condemning Clinton at the same time” Gingrich)

By: V the K

V the K — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:21:18 +0000

or jib even.

By: V the K

V the K — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:20:59 +0000

NH Senator Judd Gregg --- I'm starting to like the cut of his job.

By: heliotrope

heliotrope — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:03:17 +0000

Norma Love of the AP in the linked article informs us:

Supporters say it is discriminatory to exclude gays from marriage. Opponents argue marriage is a sacred religious institution that would be cheapened by allowing gays to marry.

The succinct description of the philosophy behind opposing gay marriage is provocative, at least.

I wonder if Norma Love is some sort of pseudonym.

By: GayPatriotWest

GayPatriotWest — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:50:29 +0000

Jamie, ditto that.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:26:27 +0000

Ahhh… the legislative process. So smooth… so satisfying… so much more gosh-darned Constitutional than legislating from the bench.

By: ColoradoPatriot

ColoradoPatriot — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:59:12 +0000

Won’t have to worry about most of that. The governor’s going to veto it:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/us/26vermont.html?ref=us

By: Levi

Levi — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:43:48 +0000

And if it were overturned by a ballot initiative? What then?