Berzerker
Deity
Utah polygamists should use the ruling to advance their freedom
Federal Judge rules Utah's ban on gay marrage illegal. Internet about to explode
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useless
Social Justice Rogue
I'm pretty sure i read something about them doing this... although this was before the ruling. Either way (for obvious reasons) i doubt the ban on polygamy will last long either.
Oh, the horror of finally allowing for a more equal kind of society that so many in your country constantly brag that it is, but actually isn't as equal as they claim!
Yep, when Canada legalized gay marriage in every part of our country, all the straight marriages immediately went crash! bang! and broke into a bazillion pieces... [/sarcasm]
Yep, when Canada legalized gay marriage in every part of our country, all the straight marriages immediately went crash! bang! and broke into a bazillion pieces... [/sarcasm]
Not trying to be rude but it is kind of funny how you managed to get in an argument even in this thread where everyone is agreeing with each other.
Well US isn't the only one, Australia is going back and forth.
Nah, in Australia it just got tested and declared an exclusively federal issue so will happen all at once.
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
"Not trying to be rude", but I'm also not surprised in the least that you are also using this as yet another opportunity to discuss me, instead of what I stated.
I'm talking about it going through a big legal battle not the state issue.
madviking
north american scum
ohhh utah
sophie
Break My Heart
Welp, first In N Out, now Gay Marriage. Utah says they can hate us, but they secretly adore California.
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Evie
Pronounced like Eevee
Back in April I handed in a term paper on gay marriages in Canada and the United States, the current status, the legal arguments (and especially how key constitutional differences influenced the debate), and the different paths to legalization. It discussed gay marriages being legal in nine states.
Never been so glad to have one of my paper become so outdated so quickly.
Never been so glad to have one of my paper become so outdated so quickly.
CELTICEMPIRE
Zulu Conqueror
Polygamy recently got decriminalized there. I had predicted Nevada to be the first state to do such a thing, because I thought that Mormons wouldn't want to be tied to the stereotype.
Why not, the liberals did the same thing regarding the right to bear arms. Of course, that was mostly one idiot mayor's fault in DC, and I doubt the proponents of gay marriage could be as lucky.
That's why Utah has the harshest laws on the books. It was a judge that overturned it, not voters.
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Zulu Conqueror
I thought the laws were pretty similar throughout the 50 states. I know in Kentucky it's banned in our state's Constitution. Also, isn't there a federal law against polygamy?
For the first state to recognize polygamist/polyandrist marriages, my money is still on Nevada.
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
What proof do you offer that the District of Columbia is "liberal"? And how was it the "idiot" mayor's supposed fault?
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Zulu Conqueror
DC is probably the most liberal place in America. Democrats have received at least 70% of the votes since 1964 when the city voted in its first Presidential election.
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
Only 20% or so of the population in the US considers themselves to be "liberals". Yet you are claiming that an overwhelming majority of the voters in DC are? That they completely control the politics?
What proof can you provide to support this? The notion that liberals have any real political power in the US is absurd.
What proof can you provide to support this? The notion that liberals have any real political power in the US is absurd.
CELTICEMPIRE
Zulu Conqueror
It all depends on how you define "liberal." I didn't say that 70% of DC voters are "liberal," but when the District votes more Democratic than any of the 50 states, they probably have a well-above-average of their population that would be "liberal."
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
What better definition is there than the people who consider themselves to be so?
You mean they have a slightly more liberal population than other areas? That is indeed quite likely true, which is also generally true of any higher density population areas.
But you have no real proof that they defy the odds in such a manner? That instead of having say 30%, for the sake of argument, who are liberals that they actually have far more than 50%? That the only fact you can provide to support this is that they vote Democrat, a group which is also predominately moderates and conservatives?
You mean they have a slightly more liberal population than other areas? That is indeed quite likely true, which is also generally true of any higher density population areas.
But you have no real proof that they defy the odds in such a manner? That instead of having say 30%, for the sake of argument, who are liberals that they actually have far more than 50%? That the only fact you can provide to support this is that they vote Democrat, a group which is also predominately moderates and conservatives?
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