Anybody listening to the Wingnut Gay Marriage foam-at-the-mouth-a-thon?

[TayTay]

Sen. Wayne Allard (R-nutball) is on the floor talking about how them gays forced the Senate to discuss the anti-gay marriage with their evil plans to destroy straight people and use their powerful control over the courts of evil Massachusetts to do so.

Wow! I come from the evil Commonwealth of MAss. Fear us, our courts are all-powerful forces that are able to infect other states with a simple ruling.

Geez, I have gay neighbors in my conservative town who have been legally married in Mass for two years. Somehow, their evil marriage-destroying gay vibes never touched my own marriage. I am still happily married to my husband and he to me. (Well, I think he feels that way. LOL!)

Hey Whome, any all powerful, marriage-destroying gay marriage vibes done anything to your marriage? We really should do a survey and see how many straight marriages have been taken out by the Gay AGenda.

[whometense]

1. I thought of tuning in,

just to see if any dems planned to speak. But these foaming-at-the-mouthers literally turn my stomach.

Seriously, this is such a YAWN. After two years of state sanctioned gay marriage, Massachusetts has changed NOT ONE IOTA. Gay people who were already living together are still living together, only now they can share health benefits. And thanks for asking, I haven't sensed any changes in my own 29-year marriage. After anxiously scanning the horizon for gay invaders for two years I've decided they weren't much of a threat after all.

BTW, anyone hear about the new national law re Medicaid?? Rachel Maddow was talking about it this morning. It seems you now need an original birth certificate or a valid passport to qualify for free Medicaid health care. How many homeless people do you suppose are carrying around their original birth certificates with them? And what about Katrina victims? No health care for you. And this is a top-down law attached to some piece-of-shit legislation - states have to obey. Some days I despair for my country.

[ProSense]

3. What's next?

Ankle bracelets?

[karynnj]

2. Gee, maybe he needs to be called out by one of your Senators again

I need to turn it on. Now he's quoting the man who claims to be your Governor. He says marrigae is being minimized. Now Santortum.

[TayTay]

4. Mitt the Bullshit Artist

Was, of course, lying. I cannot believe the US Senate is quoting that whore as though he knows what he is talking about. How utterly disgusting.

[demdiva]

5. uggggg..Santorum

[karynnj]

6. He's now talking about

beastility, incest etc

[TayTay]

7. He has serious 'issues'

C'mon Ricky, bring it, bring that man-on-dog bullshit. I know you can do it. Make me proud you wingnut bastard. C'mon bring it.

[demdiva]

8. SERIOUS ISSUES ...Casey/Santorum is my fav race for the fall

BTW, my new roommate is working on campaign ads for the Casey campaign .. can we say OPPOSITION RESEARCH.

[ProSense]

9. Issues may be an understatement! Remember

Europeans are dying!

http://www.santorumexposed.com/serendipity/archives/158-Santorum-Europe-is-Dying.html

[demdiva]

10. He is delusional

[jillan]

11. I am going to call Kyl and McCain's office(s) right now

My dad is 87, and now has Alzheimers.
My dad was a successful business man in downtown Chicago. Worked his way thru grad school. Spent his whole life helping others. Lived with pride and dignity.
Now we are talking about putting him in an institution so they can observe him and decide what meds
to put him on.

I want an answer why gay marriage is more important than stem cell research, something that would allow people like my dad, and many others, live the end of their lives in the manner that they deserve.

And the most ridiculous thing is who is paying for his hospital visits? Rehab? Tests?
Medicare!!!!! So by wasting time talking about G-d, and gays.... they are also putting this country more in debt.

I have never seen a bigger bunch of idiots than the republicans in the Senate at this time.:grr:
More people in this country are effected by friends and family that are suffering with illnesses; poverty; fighting in this *(*&&^%^ war than they are effected by the gay couple in the neighborhood.

[demdiva]

13. It's definitely not!

BTW you should post your story on StemPAC http://www.stempac.com/stories/

StemPAC was started last year by John Hlinko, the political consultant (he's one of the good guys) who started the Draft Wesley Clark website. John started this organization after a member of his family was diagnosed with a serious illness. They have been really effective in their short lifetime. In fact, last year, StemPAC ads that ran in New Hampshire convinced Frist to change his stance (although he has yet to act upon his promises).
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/5/24/172938/851

[jillan]

14. Thanks - I will post there

grrr - it makes me furious.

[demdiva]

15. me too! thanks for that :)

[ProSense]

16. The Repigs

have usurped the agenda for personal gain and to promote intolerance. Real issues that impact people's lives are irrelevant to the immoral bastards!

[demdiva]

17. You're right

They literally put this amendment above life or death issues. It's disgusting!

[_dynamicdems]

35. Good for you. It is a disgrace they are wasting time on this shit

when good people suffer from horrible diseases, poverty and war. The Christopher Reeve foundation has been fighting for stem cell research only to have these good "Christians" cut just about all of their federal funding while they worry about gay couples, flag burning (a symptom not an illness) and estate taxes for the rich and selfish.

These holy hypocrites need a lighting bolt up the ass.

I'm very sorry to hear about your Dad, Pirhana. :hug:

[Blaukraut]

12. Allard just now basically admitted

that this amendment is 'popular at the ballot box'. Slimeball. This call-in session is interesting! Old lady just now told him there are many more important issues to discuss in senate, and that Jesus would not act as these guys do. She asked him 'just what IS your religion?' hehe

[TayTay]

18. Oh No! Inhofe

Quick, somebody get the hose. He is currently arguing that people should get all worked up about gay marriage because Denmark and Norway have same-sex marriage and those countries have had race riots, and mutant children and cows born with horns and stuff. (What, they really didn't have those things. Shhhh.) Okay, ahm, more straight people stopped getting married, but are still having kids out of wedlock and the gay couples are going to have to pay for them.

[ProSense]

19. Did he mention anything about their

superior dykes?

[TayTay]

20. No, and Oklahoma is the only state with a

lesbians in the girls bathroom problem. You think it would have come up.

[ProSense]

21. This from a man

who hates science and loves torture (wasn't he the one who said something about the prisoners being at club med?).

[Mass]

22. Kennedy came to defend the state and gay marriage earlier.

Thanks to him to have come and done that. Thanks to Dayton as well for his wonderful speech.

I was listening Brownback for a moment and I had to turn the sound off. He was making me sick with his lies.

[karynnj]

25. Kennedy was great

I didn't hear Dayton.

[Mass]

26. Apparently, he said that the state should not be in the business of

marriage, but should distribute civil unions to all, then people could go to their churches if they want a religious marriage.

[karynnj]

28. That definitely makes sense to me

and it would allow the legal rights to be the same.

[ProSense]

29. Here's your Senator

and mine:

-- Frank Lautenberg, D.-N.J., opposes the amendment.

"I have lots of visitors in my offices in New Jersey and here , and not one of them came in to talk to me about gay marriage," Lautenberg said. "They came in to talk to me about health insurance. They came to talk to me about their pensions disappearing …"

:rofl:


SUMMARY: What senators said during debate Tues.
Jun 6, 2006
By Michael Foust
Baptist Press
http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=23411

[karynnj]

30. He is a great Senator

Nice statement - similar to many Democratic staements.

[TayTay]

33. I bet that the other Sen from Mass speaks tomorrow

I know he had to come home to attend a Memorial service tonight. (It was in the paper.) I would seriously like to hear both the defense of Massachusetts and the slap-down of the bigots involved in this debate. that would be a real treat.

[karynnj]

34. I'll have to look at the posts on Saturday to hear

because I'll be off line till then or very late Friday.

[TayTay]

36. Vacation?

If so, have a blast.

[karynnj]

37. Less interesting than that

Just need to take one of my daughters to something she's doing and will be staying with friends in the area.

I did do something interesting today though - I voted for myself. Our county has a slot for a man and a woman for each precint to be on the County Democratic organization. Our county is solidly Republican, so many slots never get candidates. I met the man running from my precinct when I was trying to help last fall. So he had me fill out the petition to run. He was a lawyer so he notarized my signature and I needed 1 signature to turn it in - so my husband signed. Both of us ran unopposed - so I guess we won.

So, now I'm involved. (The credit or blame goes to someone's Nov 2004 email saying stay involved.)

[TayTay]

38. You rock! Wow!

I am very impressed. Congratulations!

:party: :toast: :bounce: :bounce: :dem: :dem: :hug: :yourock:

[karynnj]

39. It's really not that impressive

There are hundreds of people on it and we never win. It will be a chance to be with lots of Democrats at the various meetings. It will be interesting being there in late 2007 and early 2008. (It's for 2 years)

[karynnj]

23. Jeff Sessions just made the perfect argument FOR gay marriage

without recognizing he did so.

He listed that, on average, people who are in a committed marriage,
-are happier
-have move money
-live longer
-have lower suicide

etc compared to people who are not married.

So, he said this shows the value of marriage. But, some people are gay. The likelihood is that if they studied people who gay will find those in a committed relationship also have those characteristics. In at least one case, I know this is true. I have a sister who has been happily with her (gay) SO for longer than my husband and I. (In fact they are the people we listed in our will as the guardians for our kids.)

[Mass]

24. Well, their argument is that somehow the SC will forbid marriage

if there is same-sex marriage (it was not clear how) and permit polygamy. He was also saying that churches who do not accept gay marriages will not be allowed to marry people anymore.

[Mass]

27. Boxer on the floor

If two married couples feel threatened because two gay people get married, their problem is more profound that than.

Thanks Barbara.

Talking about the state of marriage for the military deployed in Iraq (divorces up).

[globalvillage]

31. I missed all the fun.

How clueless was Santorum? Did he talk much about bestiality?
What I really want to know is who will be the Senate clown after November? Santorum is in a class by himself.

[karynnj]

32. Yep

He had the same long list - He was every bit as abnoxious as expected. His concession speech can't come fast enough.