DOMA is unconstitutional as a deprivation of the equal liberty of persons that is protected by the Fifth Amendment.
Oh, hell yeah!
Mal: Does she understand that? River: She understands. She doesn't comprehend.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Jun 26, 2013 6:12:04 am PDT #27233 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
billytea - Jun 26, 2013 6:12:27 am PDT #27234 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Not so sure about the Australian news: is that good or bad?
I'm happy about it, though I doubt it'll make much difference - I still expect the government to be emphatically voted out at our next election (currently scheduled for September, though it might be earlier now). It might, however, avoid a rout and leave us with a possibly functional opposition.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 26, 2013 6:13:43 am PDT #27235 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've got to say the SCOTUS has been giving me whiplash with their decisions lately.
Trudy Booth - Jun 26, 2013 6:15:25 am PDT #27236 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I googled "gay". What's supposed to happen?
Jesse - Jun 26, 2013 6:15:45 am PDT #27237 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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On the federal vs. state recognition of marriage, I know that same-sex couples who are legally married still couldn't file joint federal taxes, which is obviously ridiculous.
msbelle - Jun 26, 2013 6:18:39 am PDT #27238 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
bouncy with wins for equality and women's rights. sad that I have no comrades in arms at work to celebrate with.
Trudy Booth - Jun 26, 2013 6:21:12 am PDT #27239 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
So, wait, glamcookie... are you married or not?
billytea - Jun 26, 2013 6:21:17 am PDT #27240 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
bouncy with wins for equality and women's rights. sad that I have no comrades in arms at work to celebrate with.
I'm working from home tomorrow. What a day for it.
Tom Scola - Jun 26, 2013 6:23:29 am PDT #27241 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
If I recall correctly, Glam was married before Prop 8 was enacted, so she was never not married.
tommyrot - Jun 26, 2013 6:28:34 am PDT #27242 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Prop 8 didn't invalidate existing marriages, right?