Gay Marriage to Alfred: Your Thoughts

Dan Savage demurs.

tsk tsk, old man! have you killfiled me?

What, is Romney going to start calling the other guy a flipflopper?

https://mobile.twitter.com/BarackObama/status/200426078974640128

hi, i'm from australia and my prime minister is a pointless piece of shit

you just have to wait for her to evolve

It's awesome that Obama did this, but ... what did he do, exactly? States can (and will) continue to ban gay marriage, or more/worse. Once this gets to the Supreme Court, Obama has no sway, and likely anyone he would have appointed to the court would be at least somewhat sympathetic to the issue, anyway. Unless he actively campaigns on the issue, which I doubt he will, by supporting gay marriage Obama puts nothing at stake (anti-gay marriage peeps likely would have not voted for him anyway) and gets little in return (except some gay $$$, and maybe the renewed support of some hard-left people and libertarians somehow able to overlook all the other things about him they don't like). Right? And for those who think the decision will cost him any significant portion of the black vote ... please.

That's correct but here's where I might surprise you: I was impressed with the simplicity of the language used in that interview. In clear jargon-free sentences he explained how he as a father and husband approached the unveiling of a decision he had no doubt decided years ago. It does mean a lot that POTUS did it too.

as Dennis Perrin put it, "Liberals love voting for symbolism."

(even if it trails Dick Cheney)

true. not a lot more he can "do" (i don't think?) outside of directing the JD to stop enforcing DOMA

that said, i shamefully sent him $$ last night for first time ever. didn't even do that in '08. in my defense the grizzlies had just won and i was drinking heavily.

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I think he was simple just to get it over with so that he can stop talking about it. Like pulling a tooth.

true. not a lot more he can "do" (i don't think?) outside of directing the JD to stop enforcing DOMA

well, its not enforcement really, it's defending it in court. and not defending it in court means it will probably get overturned... however DOMA only applies to federal law. It's entirely possible that the SC, being composed as it is, will issue a narrow ruling that overturns DOMA but does not enshrine the rights of gays and lesbians to marry. Meaning state laws may have to be challenged separately. Legal scholars plz correct me if I'm missing something here.

Yeah, legal scholars, weigh in: I'm not sure what the Supreme Court can even do but bat down bad local laws, which are all discriminatory in different ways. Can the SC even give a close ruling that outright allows gay marriage, no question? Or would that take a constitutional amendment?

they'd have to rule that any law explicitly denying rights to gays and lesbians was unconstitutional.

I kinda don't see this current court doing that but I dunno.

Or would that take a constitutional amendment?

I'm pretty sure that the current court isn't going to find a right not enumerated in the amendments.

oops yeah, "defending", not "enforcing"

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haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=nMANMIe0ZZI

woah

I don't like Lady Gaga's new angle.

Can't watch youtube at work. What's the gist?

homiciders

deep conspiracy, unreason, newspaper clippings, the death of whitney houston

exhibit a) for why democracy doesn't work

anus licking causes sepsis

AIDS is a candida fungus disease

p-e-n-i-s goes into anus to rupture intestines

gays, bis, and orgiers

really wanted the incredulous dude behind her to hold up

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BlU5V5BaMjY/Sc0HHNeRDgI/AAAAAAAAEcI/Z_c9i9Ks1Lw/s400/Bugs_Bunny_Screwball.jpg

every corpse found without clothes has a partner that did away with them.

^prob the best line

also fyi:

Information No results found for "drag queen Candida Fungus".

"They cuss after coupling."

Love the moment when "one minute" from the mod nearly derails her. The "I have ... let's see" moment feels like a ray of sanity shining through, like she's just about to realize her brain supplied her with too much rope.

"They cuss after coupling."

well that's true

During.

winter wipeout

xpost As in "what the fuck do you think you're doing?"

Winter Wipeout might actually be produced by orgiers. It's ABC's best family night gangpile.

Published on May 10, 2012 by aksarbent

genius!

I can't even...

her anal rape of the English language is more offensive

I'd like to use this as an audition piece.

i'm half convinced that's what it was

can this be read into the congressional record

orgiers!

homiciders

orgiers is near tangiers iirc

It's a layover from Lesbos.

you simply must visit the bathhouses