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There simply isn't room for all the erections.
Posted by RealityBites]]> Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:56:20 -0800 The Stranger Posted by sheiler]]> Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:27:30 -0800 The Stranger Posted by karraflarra]]> Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:36:47 -0800 The Stranger Of course, NOM and others point to Massachusetts having a low divorce rate, and states down south having a consistently HIGH divorce rate vs the entire northeast, because southern folks marry at a higher rate than we northerners. And yet:

"Of course, states with more marriages naturally have more chances for divorce. But the trend also holds up when one looks at divorces as a share of marriages. In states that recognize or perform gay marriages, the number of divorces in 2009 was 41.2 percent of the number of marriages. In the 36 other states for which 2009 data are available, it was 50.3 percent. Remove the outlier Nevada, the state with by far the lowest divorce rate by this metric (16.3 percent), likely due in part to Las Vegas's status as a wedding hotspot for out-of-state couples who may get married there but divorced elsewhere, and the figure jumps to 53.2 percent."

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011…


Posted by Velvetbabe]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:41:51 -0800 The Stranger Massachusetts has had gay marriage for TEN YEARS this year. It also consistently has had the lowest, or among the lowest divorce rate in the entire country. Is there any more "proof" needed by the NOM-anderthals that homos marrying is a threat to no one, and least of all, to the institution of marriage?


Posted by Velvetbabe]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:19:45 -0800 The Stranger
If The Supremes don't correct the sorry dimwits in the sticks though, I think that my eyes shall cross with rage, permanently.
Posted by SifuMark]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:06:31 -0800 The Stranger

Posted by dwightmoodyforgetsthings]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:47:39 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:23:11 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Clayton]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:59:18 -0800 The Stranger Posted by very bad homo]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:11:32 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by Old Crow]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:50:53 -0800 The Stranger
Feel free to write her a respectfully sounding letter reminding her that people need these rights now and that Rhode Island's wedding industry is also missing out on a significant amount of money.

Here's her contact information:

Email : sen-paivaweed@rilin.state.ri.us
Phone : (401) 222-6655
Fax : (401) 222-2967

Office of the President of the Senate
318 State House
Providence , Rhode Island 02903

http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Paiva…
Posted by passionate_jus]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:27:12 -0800 The Stranger
Which basically means that any Rhode Island legislator who votes against marriage equality is really only voting against the economic interests of their state.

If the State Senate wants to help the economy of Rhode Island they should pass this bill ASAP.
Posted by passionate_jus]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:15:33 -0800 The Stranger
I always preferred to think of the Northeast (New England+New York) as a region with the Mid-Atlantic to it's south.
Posted by dwightmoodyforgetsthings]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:11:07 -0800 The Stranger
It's the folks in single-family homes along the coasts and rivers, all over the world, who are certainly going to be displaced. Although the most severe impact worldwide is going to be the loss of arable land.
Posted by Brooklyn Reader]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:02:36 -0800 The Stranger NOM folks need to find a new hobby...

Maybe they can emigrate en masse to New Zealand and start lobbying against cats?? Or just stay home and take up macrame?

Either option would be a better use of their time and energy...
Posted by merry]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:00:35 -0800 The Stranger Posted by sirkowski]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:36:07 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:27:24 -0800 The Stranger http://www.newamsterdamhistorycenter.org…

Posted by Clayton]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:08:18 -0800 The Stranger
Cause, humanity has been homo "marrying" for, like, at least .000001% of the time it has existed.

What?! Us Worry?
Posted by Reproduction? Only For Chumps. Right? Are We Right?]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:46:53 -0800 The Stranger which includes civil unions, illegitimacy, single parenthood and divorce. (Before anyone gets in a twist, please note that I didn't say that any of these things were good or bad, just that they lessen the preeminence of marriage.) If anything, the movement to allow same-sex marriage is bringing all the good things about marriage, like commitment, stability, legal rights, and economic advantages, into the public eye where everyone can see them.
Posted by DRF]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:44:30 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:16:13 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:14:12 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Providence]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:06:41 -0800 The Stranger
If it weren't for work issues I would be back in NY already. I've been wanting to move back for a while, and now that it has joined the civilized world in recognizing marriage equality I want to even more.

After Prop 8 passed here in CA I have lost any love for the place, and I doubt even undoing it now will change that. I still see my fellow California residents as the people who betrayed their neighbors.
Posted by Fortunate]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:05:48 -0800 The Stranger