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Posted on 05-07-09 12:53:27 PM Link | Quote
INCOMING HOMOSTORM! OH NOEZ

First state to actually pass a bill though the senate and governor without any vetoing or court interference, so congratulations to them.

Baldacci said in a statement that while he has opposed gay marriage in the past, “I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law, and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage.

“This new law does not force any religion to recognize a marriage that falls outside of its beliefs," the governor said. "It does not require the church to perform any ceremony with which it disagrees. Instead, it reaffirms the separation of church and state.

“It guarantees that Maine citizens will be treated equally under Maine’s civil marriage laws, and that is the responsibility of government," Baldacci said.


Good man. Re-enforcing seperation of church and state is very good, and it means that churches lose all ammo against this. After all, civil marrage is handled by the government; they can still reject anything they want, but that will merely be a formality.


If you couldn't guess, the various oh noez teh gay is obviously a joke, and while I am not gay, I am very much for equal rights. So!

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Posted on 05-07-09 01:34:29 PM Link | Quote

Oooh, looks like it's starting to spread, like I thought. Congrats to Maine.

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Posted on 05-07-09 01:47:03 PM Link | Quote
That is a man with a smart head on his shoulders. He's putting the government before his belief. I feel like I want to shake his hand or something.

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Posted on 05-07-09 04:10:04 PM Link | Quote



Good on them. Congrats to Maine.

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Posted on 05-07-09 04:23:11 PM Link | Quote
This'll be more thread-worthy when you get states in the bible-belt to pass this state-wide (mine included and probably the most).

Because the backlash to it would be as hilarious as it would be dangerous.

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Posted on 05-07-09 04:26:31 PM Link | Quote
Considering what the Bible Belt is (hell, the name alone)... yeah. That probably isn't happening unless it's made into federal law/an amendment. Which it may very well be if a majority votes for it!

They just need to get it though their heads that marrage isn't religion-only... honestly, I'm surprised they allow atheists with this kind of mentality.

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Posted on 05-07-09 04:31:03 PM Link | Quote
It won't happen in this generation or the next.

Give it two or three. The ideals will fade.

The only problem I'd have is how far they'd fade. I'd be looking at it at a moral standpoint more than a religious one (obviously) but how far do you go before the morals die with it?

And it'd be at least another six or seven generations before it'd be even close to being accepted in terms of behavior (if that, we still have racial prejudice).

The bottom line is...unless you're a straight, white male, you've got some sort of an axe to grind with prejudice of any form and will continue to get it, law or not.

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Posted on 05-07-09 04:35:25 PM Link | Quote
What do you consider to be a "generation", exactly?

Personally I think it's a majority of stats allowing it is a possible reality in the next few years. (3-10)

And what morals? Nobody is suggesting anything in that respect as far as I can tell.


As for prejudice, of course. People will always have those; the thing is that most of us are mature enough to not let those have any effect on our judgement. Some of us can; some of us can't.

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Posted on 05-07-09 04:47:10 PM (last edited by Yume Kusanagi at 05-07-09 01:48 PM) Link | Quote
18 years for a generation.

I doubt you'd be able to convert the US to accept it in less than 35 years. I just don't see it happening, if ever, honestly. By moral worry, for most people that comes from religion. That doesn't from me...but it does from many. By introducing that 'hey this is legal but the bible says otherwise' means 'oh hey the bible says this but who cares' and that might go so far as people not really caring about morals whatsoever. A twisted thought, but still very possible and likely and the further you tend to get away from a religious standpoint, the less likely you are to worry about morals anyways. That's the stretch I'm stating from something as small as 'gay marriage is okay in this state'. It's farther reaching that than for a lot of people.

As for the whole judgment thing, maturity doesn't really have anything to do with it. It's how open you are. My mother would probably be less open than I am and my father would be WAY less open than I am...to go so far as to say that I know for a fact he's a homophobe. News like this, if he's hearing up on it, probably doesn't affect him much now but if he ever heard this state was getting it passed...he and so many many MANY other people would absolutely flip.

Just remember that with the victories like this, there are a lot of people that aren't happy about it at all and are probably in the process of wanting to get such things overturned.

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Posted on 05-07-09 04:50:50 PM Link | Quote
Cool, but unless they can scrounge up 50%+ of people to put on their bigotry hats, they aren't going anywhere. Elections have consequences. See also: teabags

Also, no refrences handy, but I do believe some of the surveys I've read have shown atheism rates to be rising thoughout the US (nearing, if not over, 50%), so even in that regard... religion isn't as strong as it was.

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Posted on 05-07-09 04:53:55 PM Link | Quote
I smell westboro Baptist to get in on this. Expect a lot of news to come from that shitfest of a church.

"Maine = Fag state". I can just see this bullshit now.
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Posted on 05-07-09 04:55:13 PM Link | Quote
Religion hasn't been strong since the Internet came into play, honestly...mostly because that introduced everyone to the rest of the world and people went 'oh...they do this and that's okay?'.

But the 50%+ mentality, I'd have to say 'fuck that mentality'. That's like sore-winner mentality almost...because unless people are willing to accept this on a much higher scale (maybe 80/20 or better) then that's forcing people to accept ideals because a percentage majority voted as such (even if by a slight margin)...which is no better than the very opposite of saying you have to accept being heterosexual or else.

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Posted on 05-07-09 04:55:16 PM Link | Quote
As much as I try not to hate the LDS (a good portion of my dad's side's family is Mormon), they pulled a lot of shit in California with Prop 8, too, so...

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Posted on 05-07-09 04:58:49 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Yume Kusanagi
But the 50%+ mentality, I'd have to say 'fuck that mentality'. That's like sore-winner mentality almost...

No, it's sore loser mentality. If 60% of people agree to one solution and you're part of the 40% and feel wronged, you're being a sore loser. Your option lost. You're welcome to bring it back if you think you can get better than 50% next time, but you still lost.

...because unless people are willing to accept this on a much higher scale (maybe 80/20 or better) then that's forcing people to accept ideals because a percentage majority voted as such (even if by a slight margin)...which is no better than the very opposite of saying you have to accept being heterosexual or else.

Abolishing slavery and desegregation wasn't passed with an 80%-20% majority, and just try imagining where we'd be if we hadn't done that.

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Posted on 05-07-09 04:59:51 PM (last edited by BAN ME PLEASE at 05-07-09 02:01 PM) Link | Quote
Originally posted by Yume Kusanagi
Religion hasn't been strong since the Internet came into play, honestly...mostly because that introduced everyone to the rest of the world and people went 'oh...they do this and that's okay?'.


WBC believes God made the internet so they can go about and pull shit like this on the internet. I remember watching an interview with Shirley phelpes and she claimes 'God' made the internet for them to push their site on. I don't quite know it by heart but here is the video.

<object width="425" height="344"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IWAawKFMYfs&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Point I am making here is it isn't stopping them from doing their bullshit. Why am I including them? Because they seem to be the only people who cares about stuff like this. Plus this is a victory for the state and not their...ways?

E- If I am getting out of topic with this let me know.
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Posted on 05-08-09 05:17:12 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Yume Kusanagi
By introducing that 'hey this is legal but the bible says otherwise' means 'oh hey the bible says this but who cares' and that might go so far as people not really caring about morals whatsoever.

I was going to go into a related tangent (that is, atheists who have no holy book for this law to conflict with), however...

This is bullshit. There are laws on the books that people disagree with now. Almost everyone can find at least one that's actively enforced that they take issue with - you have complained about some yourself, I believe. But these things being legal or illegal doesn't mean we think it's right.

Why the fuck would this be different?

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