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Homo Texas Wants to Save Your Gay Marriage...
Posted by Dan Savage on Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:53 AM
...by stopping you from getting a gay divorce.
Um... wouldn't save-traditional-marriage logic dictate that divorce be legal for same-sex couples—compulsory even—and illegal for straight couples? What am I missing here?
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You're missing the fact that the people pushing the denial of gay divorce are utterly irrational and live in constant paranoia.
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Mile High: Texans also, apparently, don't recognize the existence of the critical economic value of undocumented workers. I guess the reality of a "tightened border" will knock a few funny hats askew down by the Rio Grande, logic be damned. Similar to ignoring the momentum of social change that certainly will lead to same sex marriage, in time.
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With all these rules and laws that carry a heavy conservative slant, it still hasn't resolved their social or economic problems. Need to take back America? Why, just look at how miserable Texas still is (and always will be).
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The problem with Texas is that they think money just spews up out of the ground.
And actually, any place that owes its existence to extractive industries tends to be disconnected from reality. Alaska. Idaho. Kuwait, Abu Dhabi.
And actually, any place that owes its existence to extractive industries tends to be disconnected from reality. Alaska. Idaho. Kuwait, Abu Dhabi.
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What really gets me is the fucking playground mentality going on here, 'i hates teh gayz, so anything they want i opposes' is the only reasoning that makes sense.
Maybe gays should start crusading against marriage equality and drive Them to support it.
Maybe gays should start crusading against marriage equality and drive Them to support it.
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Texas just always wants to be as conservative as possible, even when that means making illogical decisions.
But #3 pretty much summed it up. When they were talking about this "controversy" on the news here (this was months ago when the news first broke), all I could do was roll my eyes.
But #3 pretty much summed it up. When they were talking about this "controversy" on the news here (this was months ago when the news first broke), all I could do was roll my eyes.
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@9 wrong.
Texas is actually a Purple state. It was only electoral shenanigans by the GOP that made it a Red State.
Texas is actually a Purple state. It was only electoral shenanigans by the GOP that made it a Red State.
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That's so sweet! This couple will be just like my grandparents: separate bedrooms, faked hearing loss, and resigned to dissatisfaction for 50 years!
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Dear Texas,
Put your legislation where your mouth is and secede already so we can blow the shit out of you.
Sincerely,
The other 49.
Put your legislation where your mouth is and secede already so we can blow the shit out of you.
Sincerely,
The other 49.
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Could they be charged with bigamy if one of them married an opposite sex partner without first obtaining a same sex divorce? I think we are looking at a real "Birmingham Jail" type moment. It would be a good experiment.
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@10 Even if we might be a purple state based on the reality of people's leanings, it's hard to feel that way when the outcome of every election/amendment vote feels so plainly obvious before it happens. When was the last time Texas was considered a swing state in a presidential election? Yes, there are democrats and liberals in Texas. Plenty of them, myself included.
What I meant is that you very rarely see Texas liberals represented by Texas politics/politicians. I meant that Texas politics generally stay as conservative as possible, not that all Texans do. Here, any time there's an election, the republican candidate's ads throw out the phrase "conservative leadership," like it's synonymous with "messenger from God." And to lots of Texas voters, it is.
What I meant is that you very rarely see Texas liberals represented by Texas politics/politicians. I meant that Texas politics generally stay as conservative as possible, not that all Texans do. Here, any time there's an election, the republican candidate's ads throw out the phrase "conservative leadership," like it's synonymous with "messenger from God." And to lots of Texas voters, it is.
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