Slog - Comments on Gay Marriage News http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news Proposed gay marriage ban dies in Iowa. Oregon bigots make second attempt to repeal state's civil unions law. The California Supreme Court hears arguments about gay marriage, and observers detect an almost evenly divided court. British MP--a Tory (that's a Republican, basically, over there)--announces plan to enter into "civil partnership," a.k.a. get all gay married, with his male partner. And, of course, Washington state approves law that expands domestic partnership rights, which Gov. Gregoire has pledged to sign.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:52:55 -0800 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:06:04 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by infrequent what a friendly article. it seems republicans over there have a little more sense then the majority of them over here.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c957426 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c957426 Homo Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:56:35 -0800 Comment by pencil riot If they're all about the sanctity of marriage, why are they constantly trying to get rid of our civil unions and domestic partnerships?

I don't care about marriage anymore. I don't think you should be allowed to get married anymore. I don't think marriage serves a purpose anymore. I don't think it ever did. All it does is create one big miserable family, and if they're not miserable, they go out of their way to make everyone else miserable.

]]> pencil riot http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c957427 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c957427 Homo Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:56:37 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Well, you'd be the last person who should get married then, pencil riot.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c957453 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c957453 Homo Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:09:57 -0800 Comment by Michigan Matt My (gay, illegal) marriage hasn't made me miserable.

]]> Michigan Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c957459 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c957459 Homo Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:12:13 -0800 Comment by Hernandez You've got a point, pencil riot. Take for example evangelical Christians - obviously their marriages/families must be miserable because they have such a high divorce rate, so instead of rearranging their fucked up ways, they just try to make every gay couple on the planet equally miserable.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c957464 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c957464 Homo Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:13:48 -0800 Comment by Kat Re: Iowa -- This is more an issue of HOW the lawmaker presented the legislation than what the legislation was, as far as I understand it. He tried to bully the House into pushing it into the arena, and even Republicans were voting against it because he was such a dick.

Re: California -- That Kathryn chick got a glare from me for asking "Why do we have to decide this NOW and not 10 years from now?"

]]> Kat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c957572 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c957572 Homo Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:59:19 -0800 Comment by TMW Alan Duncan isn't very close to being a Republican, even basically (aside from that, yes, the UK Tories are the centre-right party). The British Conservative Party is far ahead of the GOP in joining the 21st century on social issues and many of them are closer to the Democrats than the Republicans. That goes for a decent segment of the Canadian Tories, as well.

Last I heard Duncan was part of a pro-Hillary group of Tories.

]]> TMW http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c957891 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c957891 Homo Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:37:11 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell @4 Mine either.

Except sometimes, of course.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c958004 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c958004 Homo Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:58:53 -0800 Comment by Sara RE: Iowa and #6- yeah- I'd agree on your assessment of Rants' behavior. It was a childish move, and circumvents the way things are supposed to be done. But, his party isn't in the majority, and democrats legislators in IA (as well as a few republicans) for the most part in the state are not willing to support anti-gay legislation. Especially not considering the great civil rights legislation they've passed in the past few years.

]]> Sara http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c958594 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c958594 Homo Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:29:28 -0800 Comment by miriam Agree with #7 - The tories are on a spectrum in terms of being "right" wing, but most of them are to the left of the Dems, in that they all believe in some form of socialised healthcare. More fiscal conservatives than social conservatives.

And most of them are monarchists as well so I'm kind of amused by calling them "republicans" :). They certainly favour certain "old" values, but their idea of what these are is somewhat different.

]]> miriam http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c958682 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gay_marriage_news#c958682 Homo Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:06:04 -0800