Comments on: Same-Sex Marriage Ban Struck Down In California

By: New York To Recognize Gay Marriage « In Repair

New York To Recognize Gay Marriage « In Repair — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:35:55 +0000

[...] New Jersey, and Connecticut all have civil unions. California has a domestic partnership law, but is expected to recognize and allow same-sex marriage sometime this [...]

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:10:32 +0000

@ JimT: He might take her up on the offer… if she waited to marry after the election.

By: jimthomp87

jimthomp87 — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:43:43 +0000

I agree with you. He was not able to articulate a rationale for his position, only “we agree to disagree”.

I know she was joking about her offer for him to walk her down the aisle later this summer (using humor to bail him out of an awkward moment, which was very gracious of her), but I think it would speak volumes if took her up on the offer

JimT

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:35:47 +0000

@ JimT: I didn’t watch the whole interview, but I saw the clip where she talked to him about gay marriage. I thought she was very brave and explained her position extremely well. He couldn’t (or wouldn’t) even explain why he didn’t agree with her.

I almost got the feeling that he really didn’t disagree with her, he was just too scared to agree and offend his base. What did you think?

By: JimT

JimT — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:33:58 +0000

Brian,
Did you catch McCain on Ellen today? Talk about uncomfortable.
JimT

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:39:29 +0000

@ Mitch: Fantastic points! I believe that the federal government will be forced to deal with this situation eventually, and I see absolutely no way that they can decide against it.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:14:38 +0000

I used to think that letting the states decide was the right thing to do. After careful consideration I am sure this should be a federal decision. The Ca. Supreme Court made their ruling because they thought it was time to stop treating a group of people like second class citizens. So, would it be ok to discriminate in one state but not another. What if a couple got transferred because of their job to a state that didn’t like them? If states decide then what about federal pensions and social security or inheritance? I wonder if blacks would think its ok to ride in the front of the bus in New York and the back of the bus in Mississippi.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:06:28 +0000

@ Lena: That article was beyond hilarious! Thanks for sharing the link.

By: Lena B

Lena B — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:47:54 +0000

There’s an article in SFGate by Mark Morford on this, you should check it out:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/05/16/notes051608.DTL&feed=rss.mmorford

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:27:17 +0000

And so it begins…

McCain rejected the will of the state’s high court even as he tried to maintain his long-held stance that the issue should be left to the states. He suggested that he backs an effort by California’s religious conservatives to put a constitutional amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman on the November ballot.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/gay_marriage_politics