Frist Vows Senate Will Block U.S. Gay Marriages

[CatWoman]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist vowed on Thursday that the Senate would block any effort to legalize same-sex marriage, a day after Massachusetts' top court ruled the state must allow homosexuals to wed.

"I want to be very clear. We reject intolerance, we reject hatred. We must treat all our fellow citizens with civility and kindness," Frist, a Tennessee Republican, said in speech on the Senate floor. "But marriage should not be redefined by the courts and we in this body can't let it, we won't let it."


Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court, which last year struck down a state ban on same-sex marriages, on Wednesday said lawmakers must allow marriage for gay couples because anything less would make them "second-class" citizens.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040205/us_nm/rights_gays_dc_10

[Homer12]

1. What a Joke

"I want to be very clear. We reject intolerance, we reject hatred. We must treat all our fellow citizens with civility and kindness,"

Okay you made that clear Billy Boy!

Frist, a Tennessee Republican, said in speech on the Senate floor.


"But marriage should not be redefined by the courts and we in this body can't let it, we won't let it."

Yet your willing to deny American Citizens their rights, but with kindness and not hatred. Tolerant that you will not let them marry. And civil you will not yell at them.

Meet: Big Fast Ricin Eating Hypocrite Bill Frist.

[A HERETIC I AM]

2. "And while we're at it, let's bring back that "Separate but Equal" thing"

What a horses ass. I like what another DU'er said...
The only reason the RW is against gay marriage is because GAYS WANT IT!


No civilized, enlightened society feels the need to marginalize a particular sector of its society because of sexual preference.

None do. And none should.

But then, suggesting that the United States, in the year 2004 has attained the status of being "Enlightened" is a bit of a stretch.

[Voltaire99]

3. Frist: posterboy for brain damage

Is it just me, or is the level of pigheadedness in the United States reaching a new oinking high this week?

Utah declares we should withdraw from the UN; Frist is grunting away; and evangelists are, according to headlines, going to exorcise our society of the demons of freedom and thought.

IN OTHER WORDS: what kind of chickenshit outfit are we running here, anyway?

[lastknowngood]

4. Is it just me or does Frist look really gay?

n/t

[sasquatch]

5. Anti Gay is the new southern strategy

I know my state isn't any better with our Repugs passing their Anti-Gay marriage bill. You can watch this become the new southern strategy of the RNC.

[Muddleoftheroad]

17. It will likely work as well

[HFishbine]

6. The Constitution According to Frist

Article XIV.
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized, in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, unless such rights are abridged with civility and kindness; nor shall any State deprive any heterosexual person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any straight person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

[Cooley Hurd]

7. Does he have NO sense of irony???

"We reject intolerance, we reject hatred. We must treat all our fellow citizens with civility and kindness..."

:eyes:

[leesa]

8. A desparate plea to the whacked out Fundies

Will it save him from prosecution for stealing the Dem files??

[Zhade]

9. Frist must have been inspired by the guy in Knoxville.

You know, the guy who only got a year for crushing a gay man's windpipe!

Frist, FUCK YOU, you intolerant, hateful homophobic little prick!

[Kinkistyle]

10. The good ole "bigot's" disclaimer makes an appearance.

Give a disclaimer that is exactly opposite of your true intent and supposedly that makes everything alright.

"I have nothing against blacks and have several black friends, but civil rights should not be redefined by the courts and we in this body can't let it, we won't let it."

[davidinalameda]

11. Start writing letters to your Senator and Congressperson

this is so fucking bogus

they know they'll lose on the real issues so the Repukes make the queers the strawmen for this election

[Endangered Specie]

12. Explain this to me...

First they say something like...

"I want to be very clear. We reject intolerance, we reject hatred. We must treat all our fellow citizens with civility and kindness,"

and then turn around and say they will oppose gay marriage/civil unions...

Doesnt that equate to that famous 'Animal Farm' quote?

[dusty64]

13. The hell they

reject hatred and intolerance, they feed off of it.

[Red State Rebel]

14. If he's looking for help, I'm sure Kerry will be there for him...

I'm still upset at his position on this.

[The Zanti Regent]

15. and WHERE is Andy Sullivan on this?

Why Andy is still the insatiable GOP asskisser!

[LeftHander]

16. Sounds like discrimination to me Bill....

Frist is an ass.

This is an effort born of desperation. I've concluded all a long that the right wing necons will become desparate as they see all the crap they have done to America begin to unravel. Tax cuts for the rich, Iraq war, environmental raping, cronyism, leave no child educated everything ... and will try to fall back on hate, fear and division to maintain power.

Amazing doublespeaking jackass Frist..you can't reject intolerance and hatred and purposely discriminate against people.

"But marriage should not be redefined by the courts..."

That is a big BUT Bill!

Society has already changed. It is time for the neocon bible bangers to get with it. People are GAY! People are STRAIGHT! That is a FACT! It is part of the fabric of American society!! These isn't one gay person alive who is bent on undermining the fabric of family, morality and the bible. That is such BULLSHIT!!

Remeber these neocons are the same type of people that argued for continued bans on inter-racial marriages in the 60's. Yes the same type of people. Marriage has changed before and it will change again. We have been defining what marriage is for centuries. Rulers and governments have redefined marrige time and time again. And no one is better at it than America.

To continue to allow only certain people to receive the benefits of marriage is wrong. You can't discriminate against people. The courts know this and any bill set forth by the Senate will be defeated in the courts.

No wonder BUsh wanted all those right wingers on the bench. But even they will have a difficult time argueing for discrimination in this day and age.

What a fucking OUTRAGE!!!

Watch these right wing assholes flagulate themselves on this issue for the narrow minded bigots they represent. They will be remembered as another failed racist, bigot like Wallace. Only to be recalled as another example of America's intolerant, turbulent past.

GOOD BYE BILL FRIST!! Into the dark corner of American history along with the slavery, the KKK and all the other racists.


(ahh end rant...that felt good. Now to calmly write Frist a letter...)

[goobergunch]

18. LOL!

He so doesn't have the votes....

[Tracer]

19. The argument now appearing in Massachusetts ...

... by certain lawmakers is that a change in the law like allowing gay marriage can't be left to a one-judge majority.

Excuse me, but isn't this EXACTLY how many, many important cases are adjudicated?

Perhaps these self-important lawmakers have forgotten a certain case pertaining to the 2000 elections.

[underpants]

20. I don't remember our preacher saying anything about the Feds

If I remember correctly he said "And by the power invested in me by the Commonwealth of Virginia I declare you man and wife"

Since when did the Feds have a say in this?

[GOPisEvil]

21. The Republican Party is advocating the denial of rights to an entire class

What part of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution do these freaking idiots not understand? We're talking about EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW. Criminy, it's WRITTEN ON THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING!!!

Get brains, morans!

[Beetwasher]

22. Redefined? Who the Fuck Defined it In the First Place?

And just exactly who's definition is being used? I don't care for the christian definition of marriage, since I'm not a fucking christian...

[David__77]

23. 34 senators must say no: Democratic Party is responsible.

I think these senators should be the focus of our efforts against any amendment. Note that, apart from Edwards and Graham, who are retiring this year, I did not include any southern Democratic senator (the few who are left). It would be a close call. There are others that are possible abstentions or no votes, including the GOP senator Smith from Oregon. Normally, I would say PA's Spector was an option, except he's in a primary fight with a rightist. I do think Chafee and Snowe can be won on this issue. Other Democrats may capitulate to a bad position for electoral reasons.

1. Akaka, Daniel Kahikina (D) - Hawaii
2. Bayh, Evan (D) - Indiana
3. Biden, Joseph R.(D) - Delaware
4. Bingaman, Jeff (D) - New Mexico
5. Boxer, Barbara (D) - California
6. Cantwell, Maria (D) - Washington
7. Carper, Thomas (D) - Delaware
8. Chafee, Lincoln D. (R) - Rhode Island
9. Clinton, Hillary Rodham (D) - New York
10. Corzine, Jon (D) - New Jersey
11. Daschle, Tom (D) - South Dakota
12. Dayton, Mark (D) - Minnesota
13. Dodd, Chris (D) - Connecticut
14. Durbin, Dick (D) - Illinois
15. Edwards, John (D) - North Carolina
16. Feingold, Russ (D) - Wisconsin
17. Feinstein, Dianne (D) - California
18. Graham, Bob (D) - Florida
19. Harkin, Tom (D) - Iowa
20. Inouye, Daniel K. (D) - Hawaii
21. Jeffords, Jim (I) - Vermont
22. Kennedy, Edward M. (D) - Massachusetts
23. Kerry, John (D) - Massachusetts
24. Kohl, Herb (D) - Wisconsin
25. Lautenberg, Frank Raleigh (D) - New Jersey
26. Leahy, Patrick (D) - Vermont
27. Levin, Carl (D) - Michigan
28. Lieberman, Joe (D) - Connecticut
29. Mikulski, Barbara A. (D) - Maryland
30. Murray, Patty (D) - Washington
31. Reed, Jack (D) - Rhode Island
32. Sarbanes, Paul S. (D) - Maryland
33. Schumer, Charles E. (Chuck) (D) - New York
34. Snowe, Olympia J. (R) - Maine
35. Stabenow, Debbie (D) - Michigan
36. Wyden, Ron (D) - Oregon

[David__77]

24. If we cannot stop the amendment, we must provide an alternative.

Democrats must try to stop the amendment, but if there aren't the votes in either house of congress, then we must instead promote a counterproposal involving making DOMA more rigid or something of that sort--something that leaves the issue to the states still. I think this would provide acceptable political cover as did the original DOMA in 1996.

[Solly Mack]

25. Fodder for the fundies

keep those idiots preoccupied by unleashing their hate and prejudice and focusing it on GLBT instead of paying attention to the destruction Shrub is causing...

[Dulcinea]

26. Don't they have anything better to worry about?

Like...the mess in Iraq, unemployment, lack of health care, or Boy George's sinking poll numbers?

Why the obsession with the private lives of others?