SCOTUS deems DOMA unconstitutional!

[LMNO]

Texas has it's own issues right now. Changing time stamps when the entire universe was watching the filibuster? Yeah, okay.

However, that Wendy Davis woman needs to run for governor and kick Perry out.

I was wondering why there wasn't a thread for this in AE.  Perhaps because no one made one and it's 50/50 spectacle/substance.

Then again, that's more substance than usual.  Hm. 

[Suu]

I went looking for one and didn't see one either. But I hardly anticipate Texas getting their act straight.

[Bruno]

The world just got a lot more fabulous! 

Is it bad that I'm just as gleeful for the impending right-wing butthurt and mouth frothing?

Not at all. I'm wearing my bright pink shirt to work today for added effect.

[Left]

I went looking for one and didn't see one either. But I hardly anticipate Texas getting their act straight.

Well, no, this is Texas.


My GF said: "Wow, it's like we're people or something."

[Suu]

Move to New England. We love the gays up here. In fact, you're just another person to yell at if you cut us off.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Texas has it's own issues right now. Changing time stamps when the entire universe was watching the filibuster? Yeah, okay.

However, that Wendy Davis woman needs to run for governor and kick Perry out.

I was wondering why there wasn't a thread for this in AE.  Perhaps because no one made one and it's 50/50 spectacle/substance.

Then again, that's more substance than usual.  Hm.

The only thing unusual about any of it is Wendy Davis. Normally there's NOBODY on our side.

[Cain]

<vexati0n>The Supreme Court ruled that the part of DOMA that defines marriage as between one man and one woman is unconstitutional, but it didn't throw out the part where states have the right to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.
<vexati0n>So if a gay couple from NY move to Kansas, their federal marital status is questionable
<Cain>well, no.  otherwise batshit insane Christians might get their feelings hurt, when confronted with reality
<vexati0n>So we now have a "Straight States" and "Queer States" situation, the boundaries between which are rapidly aligning to Civil War boundaries I'm sure.
<Cain>at least the Queer States will have fabulous military uniforms
<vexati0n>Really what I'm wondering is, will the feds pass a law declaring that a person who is married in one state gets to stay married wherever he or she moves to? And, if so, can we call this the "Fugitive Gay Act," just for nostalgia reasons?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

<vexati0n>The Supreme Court ruled that the part of DOMA that defines marriage as between one man and one woman is unconstitutional, but it didn't throw out the part where states have the right to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.
<vexati0n>So if a gay couple from NY move to Kansas, their federal marital status is questionable
<Cain>well, no.  otherwise batshit insane Christians might get their feelings hurt, when confronted with reality
<vexati0n>So we now have a "Straight States" and "Queer States" situation, the boundaries between which are rapidly aligning to Civil War boundaries I'm sure.
<Cain>at least the Queer States will have fabulous military uniforms
<vexati0n>Really what I'm wondering is, will the feds pass a law declaring that a person who is married in one state gets to stay married wherever he or she moves to? And, if so, can we call this the "Fugitive Gay Act," just for nostalgia reasons?

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

<vexati0n>The Supreme Court ruled that the part of DOMA that defines marriage as between one man and one woman is unconstitutional, but it didn't throw out the part where states have the right to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.
<vexati0n>So if a gay couple from NY move to Kansas, their federal marital status is questionable
<Cain>well, no. Otherwise batshit insane Christians might get their feelings hurt, when confronted with reality
<vexati0n>So we now have a "Straight States" and "Queer States" situation, the boundaries between which are rapidly aligning to Civil War boundaries I'm sure.
<Cain>at least the Queer States will have fabulous military uniforms
<vexati0n>Really what I'm wondering is, will the feds pass a law declaring that a person who is married in one state gets to stay married wherever he or she moves to? And, if so, can we call this the "Fugitive Gay Act," just for nostalgia reasons?

Yes, it does look like it will go that way as the FABULOUS spreads.

[Left]

<vexati0n>Really what I'm wondering is, will the feds pass a law declaring that a person who is married in one state gets to stay married wherever he or she moves to? And, if so, can we call this the "Fugitive Gay Act," just for nostalgia reasons?


BTW, I was in Montrose yesterday, it was quiet.
I'm sure all jubilation will be on Saturday night, when the pride parade happens.

...Houston claims to have the first pride parade held at night.
It is too fucking hot for drag in the  daytime here, ok? Those queens start melting, it's not pretty.

[deadfong]

Speaking of Civil War comparisons...

If the prospect of "two Americas" is a problem for Mr. Griffin, it also troubles Brian S. Brown, the president of the National Organization for Marriage, a conservative advocacy group. In an interview, he vowed to "roll back gay marriage" wherever it exists, adding, "Ultimately, as Lincoln said, we can't have a country half slave and half free."

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Speaking of Civil War comparisons...

If the prospect of "two Americas" is a problem for Mr. Griffin, it also troubles Brian S. Brown, the president of the National Organization for Marriage, a conservative advocacy group. In an interview, he vowed to "roll back gay marriage" wherever it exists, adding, "Ultimately, as Lincoln said, we can't have a country half slave and half free."

IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE

THESE PEOPLE DON'T MAKE ANY FUCKING SENSE.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Just consider: that's guy's JOB, what he considers "productive", is trying to interfere with other people making publicly recognized lifetime commitments to one another.

THAT'S WHAT HE DOES WITH HIS TIME.

[Salty]

Just consider: that's guy's JOB, what he considers "productive", is trying to interfere with other people making publicly recognized lifetime commitments to one another.

THAT'S WHAT HE DOES WITH HIS TIME.

Heh, just wait. I'm sure we will find out what else he does with his time sooner or later. I'm guessing it is spent in truck stops and bushy areas of isolated country roads.

[Cain]

Sounds to me like you'd rather live in a country half-slave, half-free.