Ah, Maine. Ass-backward, no-one-lives-there, shitty Maine, with its lame beaches and towns so small they don’t even have names, and a senator who represents no one but still somehow has a bunch of pull in the health care debate. In case you missed it — and judging by the way its been covered in the press, you did — Maine voters repealed a law making same-sex marriage legal.
Ugh. People. Look, we’re all for citizens having the right to vote, et cetera, et cetera. But when it comes to the important decisions — the decisions in which we look back 100 years from now and can’t believe anyone had the balls to tell two people they couldn’t get married because too many of them were dudes — maybe they should be left to the adults. Check this out:
The Catholic Church was a leading supporter of the repeal campaign, even asking parishes to pass a second collection plate at Sunday mass to help the cause.
We really want these people (yes, “these people”) influencing votes? The people who believe a man sitting in the sky created the world in six days?
The National Organization for Marriage also contributed heavily to the repeal campaign; it is under investigation by Maine’s ethics commission for possibly flouting state campaign finance laws by refusing to reveal its donors.
Gotta love the idea that the very people who want to uphold the sanctity of marriage may be breaking the law. Charming. However we achieve victory, right?
There’s good news for the homos in all of this, though.
Maine voters also decided to expand the state’s 10-year-old medical marijuana law, approving a ballot question to allow state-regulated dispensaries to grow the drug and sell it to patients.
So even though the gays in Maine can’t get married, maybe they can smoke some ganja. And maybe, just maaaaybe they can smoke enough to forget that they’ve been shit on by their friends and neighbors.
So far 31 out of 50 states have made the same decision.
That doesn’t make it right, jerk. “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” has grossed $833,000,000 worldwide. Doesn’t make it a good movie.
“The people who believe a man sitting in the sky created the world in six days.” Love it.
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” has grossed $833,000,000 worldwide. Doesn’t make it a good movie.
-well said, Dave
There you go Ladies and Gentelmen, a clear lesson in bigotry, assholery and bias. Dave calls me a jerk when I type a simple clear fact.
Since he has no idea what my stance is on gay marriage, for some reason he automatically assumes I am a homophobe.
My comment could have been in complete agreement with the post — that the people of 31 States are discriminating lowlifes. Perhaps I believe the Government has no standing in who marries whom. Perhaps I believe a marriage is a contract of love between two people.
I guess we will never know my position, since I have been judged already. It sure does reflect a little on your credibility when you complain about other people’s bias, though, you condesceding ass.
Ah, you pulled the old “I’ll only write one sentence which is structured in such a way as to make it sound as if I’m anti-gay marriage when in fact I’m pro-gay marriage, maybe, but because my back and forth with Dave has heretofore been largely acrimonious he’ll assume I’m a bigot and then — BAM! — I’ll have him” routine.
Oh, hoosierboy. You got me. I assumed that you’re an ass-backward anti-gay bigot when in fact you’re ass-backward and looking to pick a fight. And now I’ll never know your position. That. Is. A. Shame.
Actually I am pretty consistent with a small government, stick to the Constitution, stay out of my life approach. I don’t care at all about the gay marriage issue. What happens in the bedroom between consenting adults is none of my business. Nor is the business of the Government at any level.
Did you learn anything? Not all righties are Bible-thumping slack jawed morons.
Not all lefties are condescending judgemental elitists. But it is sure hard to find one who isn’t.