“It came as no surprise to me to hear about how a teenage Mitt Romney — then comfortably tucked into his exclusive private prep school — marshalled a gang of his buddies to harass a fellow student by forcing him down and cutting his long, blond hair because he didn’t fit in; in fact, the student was presumed to have been ‘a homosexual.’ As famed anti-bullying expert Jodee Blanco once wrote, ‘Bullies never remember, and victims never forget.’”
“Mitt Romney handled this prep school incident very well, showing true leadership qualities by not remembering the incident. Sometimes it becomes necessary to impose your ideology on a non-conformist by force or punishment. Whether its a prep school or the Marines we all know some people can’t handle the truth.”
“If same-sex marriages were treated like same-sex corporate mergers, and could make unlimited campaign contributions, Mitt would would have to flip again. Money always trumps theological convictions.”
“I didn’t know that gay parents are automatically dismissed from being incompetent, immature, and violent like those ‘traditional’ parents that Sunday’s venter suggests. I thought gays always wanted equal rights? Now, this venter suggests that gay parents are better than the ‘traditional’ parents. Being heterosexual or gay does not determine whether that person will be incompetent, immature, and violent. How can someone so incompetent think this way?”
“I have to take great exception to the comments made by Patrick Shepherd in Sunday’s paper. Somehow he thinks gay people feel they need or deserve special rights. Nothing could be more incorrect. Gay people just want the exact same rights as he has. No more, no less. They want to be able to fall in love and marry the person of their choice, to live peacefully in a community without fear of harassment or hostility, to be able to raise children (biological or otherwise), to be able to hold a job without fear of unjust termination, to be able to express their feelings in public without being jeered at, and to share in the same financial benefits of partnership straight couples enjoy. These are not special privileges. This is called equality.”
“When Sheriff Joe’s deputies go on a call where a Mexican suspect has committed a crime and ran from the scene, they need to stop and check an equal amount of white, black and Indian men. This is so the do-gooders can’t say he is profiling. I guess if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it doesn’t apply in police work.”
“Liberalism 101. Demonize anyone who doesn’t agree with you, and then blame them for your failures!”
“We are aware of how eagerly the younger set embraces their personal communication devices, sending messages often using both hands. Would you say, then, that they are basically ambitextrous? Just wondering.”
Accuracy posted at 1:16 pm on Fri, May 18, 2012.
Vent # 3: “If same-sex marriages were treated like same-sex corporate mergers, and could make unlimited campaign contributions, Mitt would would have to flip again. Money always trumps theological convictions.”
On Newsweek’s May 21 issue, the magazine boldly named President Obama “THE FIRST GAY PRESIDENT” – and gives the commander-in-chief a rainbow halo.
President Obama’s announcement of support for gay marriage has placed that topic front and center on the campaign trail. Celebrities like actor George Clooney, Billy Crystal, Robert Downey Jr., and Salma Hayek showed their support of Obama's political ramifications move by raising nearly $15 million at a Hollywood gay marriage fundraiser.
Barack Obama said in a 2004 U.S. Senate campaign speech that he believed as a Christian that marriage was between a man and a woman. And in 2010, he hinted that his position was "evolving." The public debate over gay marriage is now becoming the topic of News reports from around the country. Some show that in African American churches, many black pastors expressed disappointment with the president's new position.
truth posted at 4:52 pm on Fri, May 18, 2012.
Marriage is contract law, the legal aspect of a marriage is a contract. The religious portion is a ceremony. No one can get married in the U.S. in a religious ceremony only But you can get married with only contract law. What we are doing is denying some Americans their rights to contract law.
fae4now posted at 10:50 pm on Fri, May 18, 2012.
Well said Truth. Wait . Make that VERY well said. A clean, concise and accurate clarification.
Still, I suspect a number of comments to follow proclaiming you to be absolutely wrong and completely backwards with a sprinkling of cheap shots and name calling.
Arizona Willie posted at 8:05 am on Sat, May 19, 2012.
truth is perfectly correct.
Marriage began as a contract between families for economic benefits.
Two families agreed their children would form a union and blend their economic assets.
Parents chose a husband for their daughters and the daughter had no choice.
Marriages were not based on " love " or " romance ". If you were lucky -- that developed, but it wasn't really important or the basis for the relationship.
Then, the churches in their desire to control people, got into the act and soon you had to have permission from the local priest, and the ceremony became a religious one for which the " happy couple " had to, of course, pay the proper fees to the church.
And, in fact, a contract is still the basis for marriages.
And, government took a clue from the churches and began to require a " license " to form a valid marriage ( common law marriage excepted ) for which you have to --- you guessed it --- pay the proper fees to the state.
If you wish, you can have the shaman of your choice bless your relationship, after paying his fees. But that is irrelevant to having a valid marriage which requires the license from the state.
Getting married in a church is not a valid marriage without the state license no matter what certificates you purchase from the priest.
Accuracy posted at 9:09 am on Sat, May 19, 2012.
Legalizing same-sex marriage is not the same as accepting homosexuals as a part of our culture. Rejecting same-sex marriage, or redefinition of marriage, does not mean that you are rejecting your gay child, friend, or co-worker.
But, when the government says that marriage is no longer exclusively a union between a man and a woman, it places their seal of approval on the alternative. And the topic on everyone's mind the last few days has been President Obama's recent announcement that he now supports same-sex marriage.
Presumed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney was quick to address the issue by making the stark contrast between Obama's gay marriage view and his own.
Romney addressed more than 30,000 students and families at Liberty University's graduation ceremonies where he made no bones about his position, telling the Liberty University graduates, “Marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman.”
Abstract01 posted at 11:09 pm on Sat, May 19, 2012.
Venter # 5
"They want to be able to . . . hold a job without fear of unjust termination, to be able to express their feelings in public without being jeered at, and to share in the same financial benefits of partnership straight couples enjoy. These are not special privileges. This is called equality.”
Are you speaking of people who are homosexual, or of people who wish to be religious, or of people who want the government to get off their back?
Most of us have the same fears, but for different reasons. Most of us are treated with respect and/or kindly by those who do not agree with our choices or beliefs.
But your group will never gain the respect you desire if you allow yourselves to be represented by the most radical of your persuasion in ways that are repulsive to onlookers.
Abstract01 posted at 11:09 pm on Sat, May 19, 2012.
Equality is achieved only in a controlled society. I prefer not to be equally as miserable as my comrades.
Equal opportunity is the ideal for which we in this country strive. The performance is based on the skills and effort you put into it.