My state really, REALLY sucks because not only is DOMA state law here (as it is in most states, like Alaska, I'm sure), but they've been trying like hell to define marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman. And they'll probably try again.

Anyway, that whole talk about "we have other things to do" is a cover-up for saying, "Gays don't deserve equal rights." How is permitting same-sex marriage a strain for the economy? A strain on the war effort? I just don't see it. Actually, it could help state economies. If a state legalizes same-sex marriage, then more people will move there and work there. Banning it is very detrimental to state economies because people will move out. So, that argument is invalid.

I read a news story about what happened in Maine, and one person said that gays should "give it a rest" and that, "We can be equal without being the same." So, yeah, I really don't think they're all that concerned with "other issues" more than banning gays from marrying.

So, believe me when I say you're not the only one going "WTF" here. I think that, eventually, it will be a Supreme Court case, and that's really the only way it's going to be legalized nation-wide.

You know, it's hard to believe that we're behind South Africa on this issue.

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...that's a long-ass comment ;p.

But yeah, I'm particularly emotional about this.

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I think that, eventually, it will be a Supreme Court case, and that's really the only way it's going to be legalized nation-wide.

That's what it took with allowing interracial marriage.

I hate how detractors are all like, "But that goes against the will of the people!" Well, that's what we have the Supreme Court for. Apparently those guys have never heard of "tyranny of the majority."

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MANY things have gone against the "will of the people." The desegregation of schools and civil rights are just a couple. But the Supreme Court passed them anyway. Those people are silly. I hate it when people say, "majority rules," when they forget about minority rights.

Anyway, I say we should just go on a socially-liberal rage X'D.

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Dammit! I keep forgetting to log in ;p.

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Most of the funding for the anti-gay legislation comes from the Mormon church. I think they're angling that somehow keeping gays from marrying equates to keeping Mormons from enslaving little girls in polygamist compounds. If their church elders can't legally get off on their kink, they don't want anyone else to have what they see as a 'kink'.
There's quite a few pop end-of-world movies that mention nuking Las Vegas as a way of destroying vice in the US. These days I rather think Salt Lake should be the target to achieve that goal.
I used to have a comparatively favorable opinion of Mormons relative to other religions (most of which I hold in low regard; even non-theistic Buddhism has too much fairy-dust mystic crap). No longer.

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I just think it's funny that there's always plenty of time (and money) to oppose any sort of gay rights advances, but never enough time to seriously look into it.

Or just how when it comes to be election time again, a candidate's views on topics like gay marriage and whatnot seem to outweigh their plans for the economy or health care or whatever, at least for many people.

People are just too afraid to say what they mean because it sure would make them look like terrible people if they said "I don't want gays to marry because I have unfounded hatred of things I don't understand." Gotta love people that hide behind their religion to justify their prejudices.

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