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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 08:55 PM Original message |
Obama "I believe marriage is between a man and a woman." |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Leaving it up to the states is exactly what's working. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. His parent's marriage was illegal in 18 states because of "leave it to the states" |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. The bigotry and repression already exist |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. 15 years after Hawaii and only 2 states have marriage equality |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. That's precisely why it has to work its way |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. I know that - but the OP was saying Obama believes its a States right |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
46. Well, actually, Obama's right, |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. No |
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keepCAblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. Racial & gender equality was not dependent on the U.S. Supreme Court |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. So what approach would you suggest? |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Just because I was raised LDS does not mean Im in Utah or was raised there |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. It's begun |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. I am deeply saddened when I hear this rhetoric from Obama. He has a distance |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. You know I would love it if there was a way |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. You get involved |
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papapi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. I tend to agree with you on this. The time for change will be when he is in the . . |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
47. Nah... he doesn't HAVE to do/say anything. It would be |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
51. You have a faulty memory |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 05:32 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. so did Bill Clinton sign DOMA and promote DADT? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Exactly. Note that the poster makes claims about "revisionist history" involving Clinton's "stand" |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Well, well |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. wow, are you looking in the mirror, you're acting that way... |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. You obviously |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. The point is---- you neglected to mention that B Clinton signed DOMA and favored DADT. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Saying he is for gay marriage would be like shooting himself in the foot |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
42. What Do I Want? |
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GOPNotForMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm not surprised. It is an unfortunately pragmatic position many liberal politicians have taken. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. I live in Colorado. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. lol |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. I believe that marriage is between the 2 people involved.. |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. I am starting to think |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
17. Personally I believe it's a matter best left to the districts. For straights too. |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I believe we should just take it down to the street level. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. why not parental level? or friend level? |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. LOL! |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. No, only the head of your right-side neighbor's household has the right to make these decisions. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. But what if your next door neighbors are mixed on the issue of your humanity? |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Right-side facing my house from the street, or facing the street from my house? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Right-side from the perspective of someone looking at you, because other people's POV is what counts |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. this is possibly the funniest subthread ever |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Whew. That was a close one. I guess we'll be getting married soon. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. congratulations. i guess i wont be getting married. |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. An ex of mine thought she could get rid of undesirable neighbors by putting garlic in front of their |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Stop trying to manipulate the vote, you resentful leftist. Always looking from left perspective. |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I say, we beat them at their own game. Let's move in next door to every straight republican we know |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. That is exactly my point. |
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friedgreentomatoes (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. what about ppl living in apartments? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. No. Absolutely not. This would allow all sorts of perversions. The apartment to the right. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
18. So, he supports civil unions? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yes, he supports Jim Crow |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
22. if he gets 8 years |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm STILL waiting for a single good reason why it has to be a man and a woman. |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. what don't you understand about the |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. It's all so clear now! |
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freestyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
38. They keep asking the wrong question. |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
43. Obama is a constitutional law instructor, and knows that .. |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
48. Yes, I know where he's coming from and I am voting for Obama.. |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
49. That "States Rights" |
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keepCAblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
56. Marriage equality is NOT a matter for states to dictate |
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