• US Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage nationwide
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[QUOTE=Coyoteze;48063620]With this flag the south really will [I]rise [/I]again. ;) [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] I'm sorry, that was terrible[/QUOTE] this has got to be the title of a porn parody
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;48064004]Could you explain to me, without bringing in religion, why this is a bad thing?[/QUOTE] Something something gay agenda. Something something Western European indoctrination. Oh and my favorite "If we allow the gays to marry, next thing you know people would want to marry dogs."
Don't forget how a gay couple just can't raise a kid because they NEED a MOTHER and a FATHER who also go to church
[t]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States.svg/959px-Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States.svg.png[/t] As of today, this is the official map of Same Sex Marriage in the US. The states that aren't blue are soon to become blue. It's about damn time
It's funny and sad at the same time, there's all sorts of people bitching about this ruling, saying that it's destroying our country, etc. etc. Most of these people are, naturally, Conservative Christians. What they fail to realize is that this ruling is the culmination of what the founding fathers of this country were working towards, whether or not they would've agreed with it.
[QUOTE=LoganIsAwesome;48064303][t]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States.svg/959px-Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States.svg.png[/t] As of today, this is the official map of Same Sex Marriage in the US. The states that aren't blue are soon to become blue. It's about damn time[/QUOTE] What? Shouldn't it be every state?
[QUOTE=NixNax123;48064433]What? Shouldn't it be every state?[/QUOTE] Probably still trying to fight it, but obviously the federal government will win in the end.
I came home yesterday from work and my facebook feed was nothing but a barrage of rainbows with a bunch of people all celebrating. :v: This came out of nowhere.
[QUOTE=NixNax123;48064433]What? Shouldn't it be every state?[/QUOTE] The "ruling" technically doesn't take effect until the ruling is passed down and they are mandated by the lower court this all started in. Also: SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS FIRED! [URL="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/328728bb97/coheed-and-cambria-sing-antonin-scalia-s-dissenting-opinions?_cc=__d___&_ccid=dihrfu.nqm2rw"]Coheed and Cambria Sing Scalia's dissenting opinions.[/URL]
[QUOTE=paindoc;48063673]Washington was one of the earliest states to legalize. What no one tells you though is that it's King County (Seattle) that carried the vote. Nearly every other county voted sharply against it, especially on the eastern side. Guess which side all my friends and family are from? :D[/QUOTE] Western Washington in general is quite gay friendly. Not so much with eastern (It's practically a different state) I'm really surprised that they legalized it nation wide so soon, can't wait to hear certain family members raise shit-fits at gatherings while the rest of us glare at them!
wow i cant believe straight people are illegal now. cant wait to recieve my free government-assigned-mandated husband
[QUOTE=Meme It Up;48062932]Our gov't is made up of moronic ragheads who think homosexuality causes earthquakes, floods, etc. You won't see us coming to the 21st century until Islam is completely purged from our government. Zoroastrianism needs to be brought back. I still wonder how a 16th century B.C. religion can be more tolerant and progressive than a 7th century A.D. one. Actually, you know what, just completely purge Islam from the earth. Its a backward thought process and the earth would objectively be better off without it.[/QUOTE] Islam isn't the problem, fundamentalism is the problem. Islam is just as capable of being a progressive religion as Christianity is.
[QUOTE=Helix Snake;48064925]Islam isn't the problem, fundamentalism is the problem. Islam is just as capable of being a progressive religion as Christianity is.[/QUOTE] And in a lot of cases, it is. Most of the Muslim people I know are probably more progressive than most of the Christians I know. I have to wonder if that's because I'm in the Southeast, though. It's not exactly hard to be more progressive than the Southern Baptists.
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;48064004]Could you explain to me, without bringing in religion, why this is a bad thing?[/QUOTE] Because he's a latent homo.
[QUOTE=Helix Snake;48064925]Islam isn't the problem, fundamentalism is the problem. Islam is just as capable of being a progressive religion as Christianity is.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=woolio1;48064960]And in a lot of cases, it is. Most of the Muslim people I know are probably more progressive than most of the Christians I know. I have to wonder if that's because I'm in the Southeast, though. It's not exactly hard to be more progressive than the Southern Baptists.[/QUOTE] Let's also remember that the majority of Muslims live in SE Asia, far from the sectarian-violence plagued Middle East, where they have different problems.
God bless America.
[QUOTE=Swebonny;48063736]Gay status in China is a bit weird. It's not disaproved by the government and it's not approved either. So there's no gay marriage there. Nowadays places like Beijing will grant you a residency status no matter the gender of your partner, it's more aimed to people that have married each other outside of China and expats. There have been a lot of symbolic gay marriages that have got a lot of news coverage in China and have always been painted in positive light. Gay marriage bills have been proposed but has never gained any traction.[/QUOTE] In N.K. It's legal to like anyone as long as you love dear leader more.
I decided to brave the waters of my Facebook feed. This was the worst I got: [img]http://i.imgur.com/OKOzreI.png[/img] all things considered, it's not that bad in comparison to a lot of other shit I've seen. Still, it's enough for [img]http://i.imgur.com/0lwYCmM.png[/img]
[QUOTE=gk99;48065241]I decided to brave the waters of my Facebook feed. This was the worst I got: [img]http://i.imgur.com/OKOzreI.png[/img] all things considered, it's not that bad in comparison to a lot of other shit I've seen. Still, it's enough for [img]http://i.imgur.com/0lwYCmM.png[/img][/QUOTE] "Our president"? Does he/she know it was a supreme court decision or is everything always Obamalamadingdong's fault?
Some fresh pickings from Facebook article comments. If you don't have any fucking idiot Facebook friends, there's plenty of them replying to Fox News articles. [IMG]https://41.media.tumblr.com/84b8fdbef101d0d0020de810c579dc8d/tumblr_nqm9ttr9tS1qg226zo2_r1_500.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://36.media.tumblr.com/2f15624a4f999bac0a82685f96d1d484/tumblr_nqm9ttr9tS1qg226zo3_r1_500.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://41.media.tumblr.com/0a11fe5cd71fcf81a9413cc7bc530b04/tumblr_nqm9ttr9tS1qg226zo4_r1_500.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://40.media.tumblr.com/f8868bb808a590b1ba30bde0d451317c/tumblr_nqm9ttr9tS1qg226zo1_r1_500.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://36.media.tumblr.com/1a7dc60bc627123c06503f1f4f5bb39b/tumblr_nqm9ttr9tS1qg226zo5_r1_1280.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;48065469][IMG]https://40.media.tumblr.com/f8868bb808a590b1ba30bde0d451317c/tumblr_nqm9ttr9tS1qg226zo1_r1_500.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure the Geneva Convention contains exceptions for drowning people this stupid in their own froth.
My town had a bunch of buildings with rainbow flags flying, but they were all torn down and most of the places that had them were vandalized and shit. god bless Indiana :v:
I just don't get it. Why are people so against gay marriage? It's not harming them in any sort of way. I have yet to find a decent argument against it. [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] The worst thing that could happen to a person against this is an invitation to a gay wedding, which they could totally choose to not attend. Like seriously...
[QUOTE=Bicko Blicko;48065500]I just don't get it. Why are people so against gay marriage? It's not harming them in any sort of way. I have yet to find a decent argument against it. [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] The worst thing that could happen to a person against this is an invitation to a gay wedding, which they could totally choose to not attend. Like seriously...[/QUOTE] Because they think the whole country has to bend to their religious belief and failure to do so is an attack on their god and their religion.
[QUOTE=Bicko Blicko;48065500]I just don't get it. Why are people so against gay marriage? It's not harming them in any sort of way. I have yet to find a decent argument against it. [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] The worst thing that could happen to a person against this is an invitation to a gay wedding, which they could totally choose to not attend. Like seriously...[/QUOTE] There isn't one, other than "this guy that lived 2000 years ago said God was against it." It wasn't even Jesus who said it, it was some guy that claimed to see him on a road trip in the middle of the desert, thirty years after the whole thing was over. I'm still unsure on the legitimacy of Paul, considering some of the things he did.
[QUOTE=Bicko Blicko;48065500]I just don't get it. Why are people so against gay marriage? It's not harming them in any sort of way. I have yet to find a decent argument against it. [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] The worst thing that could happen to a person against this is an invitation to a gay wedding, which they could totally choose to not attend. Like seriously...[/QUOTE] the best way to describe it is that it's like a culture shock, but with sexuality. In other words, people are different, and some people are raised to be think that different=bad.
[QUOTE=Bicko Blicko;48065500]I just don't get it. Why are people so against gay marriage? It's not harming them in any sort of way. I have yet to find a decent argument against it. [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] The worst thing that could happen to a person against this is an invitation to a gay wedding, which they could totally choose to not attend. Like seriously...[/QUOTE] They think it limits relgious freedom in that now all churches [I]have[/I] to marry gay couples which is totally false. It means that the government has to acknowledge gay couples as married, which some states were opposed to because they didn't even understand that shit either.
[QUOTE=OvB;48065529]Because they think the whole country has to bend to their religious belief and failure to do so is an attack on their god and their religion.[/QUOTE] I had to write a whole spiel to explain to people why exactly the ruling happened and why they should stop acting so damned upset about it. [quote]I've seen countless posts regarding the recent Supreme Court ruling about marriage equality, naturally there are responses from both sides of the fence, for and against it. I've had some rather unfortunate heated debates with some of you on the subject, but I think it's time to set that aside and talk about the reality of the situation. The Founding Fathers envisioned a nation where everybody had a say. And thus-far, everybody has had a chance to have their say. That's the principle of democracy that they dearly cherished, that no voice would go unheard. There are no doubt those of you who believe this to not be the case after the recent ruling, but there are other visions that the founding fathers shared and held dear, and today's ruling is ultimately the culmination of those dreams and ideals they held. "HOW?!" you may ask, when it feels as though the government is attempting to trample your rights to practice religion? Yes, religion was important to the founding fathers. Important enough that they decided that anyone who would seek asylum here would be free to practice their beliefs, free from persecution. And when I say anyone, I mean "ANYONE". That includes Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Taoists, Pagans, Atheists, Rastafarianists, and no doubt a much more extensive list of "-ists" that I'm forgetting or likely never heard of. This was part of their vision of the "Land of the Free". But there's one little problem: These religions often don't agree with one another on various issues. How, then, could they possibly exist in one country without allowing any one of them to gain sufficient influence as to dictate which religions are/are not allowed because their beliefs conflict with theirs? The answer can be found in the 1st Amendment. It states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Sounds simple enough. Congress can't pass laws that give credence to any religion over any other(s). This means that laws with purely religious motives cannot be passed, as it would be passing a law respecting an establishment of religion, which opens the door to persecution (something the founding fathers tried desperately to avoid). It's what prevents the passing of laws that would, say, ban pork/shellfish, or instate the death penalty for not following certain religions. This helps to prevent rights being infringed upon purely for religious reasons, and as such is the reason why banning gay marriage was unconstitutional. So in the end, the process is working as the founding fathers have intended, whether or not they would've agreed with the recent ruling.[/quote]
[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;48065613]They think it limits relgious freedom in that now all churches [I]have[/I] to marry gay couples which is totally false. It means that the government has to acknowledge gay couples as married, which some states were opposed to because they didn't even understand that shit either.[/QUOTE] Not only is it totally false, the First Amendment prohibits the government from inhibiting religious freedom in that way. It's amazing how often social conservatives scream about freedom of speech as if it justifies whatever horrible thing they're saying/doing, but they don't reach for it when it very definitely is protecting them. :v: Then again, expecting the right to read and understand the Constitution is [IMG]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/rainbow.png[/IMG]. They only use it as a hammer on anything they don't like.
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;48064536] Also: SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS FIRED! [URL="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/328728bb97/coheed-and-cambria-sing-antonin-scalia-s-dissenting-opinions?_cc=__d___&_ccid=dihrfu.nqm2rw"]Coheed and Cambria Sing Scalia's dissenting opinions.[/URL][/QUOTE] I don't think that's fair. Justice Scalia's dissent in the marriage matter actually comes across as fairly logical. His opinion does not show any bad feelings toward gay marriage, rather its all based on his worry of the law.
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