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| Posted on 01-12-10 11:58:17 AM (last edited by FieryIce at 01-12-10 09:00 AM) |
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Yesterday during the trial, Cooper (the atty for the anti-gay side) was arguing that allowing same-sex marriage would cause less marriages and would increase divorce. Today, Nate Silver from FiveThirtyEight gives us an excellent analysis on certain trends states that have banned gay marriage have taken; their divorce rates tend to go up whereas those that permit gay marriage or haven't ban it tend to have lower divorce rates.
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/01/divorce-rates-appear-higher-in-states.html
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I love it when people that are stupid gets owned! 
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| Posted on 01-12-10 02:39:34 PM (last edited by FieryIce at 01-12-10 11:40 AM) |
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http://prop8trialtracker.com/2010/01/11/liveblogging-day-1-daily-summary/#more-180
Yesterday was pretty much tracked there.
Cooper (atty for anti-gay side) quotes Obama that marriage is between and man and a woman.
Marriage has ancient and powerful religious connotations as Obama says.
Judge Walker said if obama’s parents had lived in VA, their marriage would not have been legal.
Cooper said, “race has never been a restriction” enshrined in marriage.
People in the overflow room laughed.
:specialed:
Anyways, the trial will continue in a few minutes so coverage should resume in any of the live blogs I've posted throughout the thread.
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This is truly shocking: http://prop8trialtracker.com/2010/01/12/liveblogging-day-2-part-iv-afternoon-session/
Even I was unaware of the rampant discrimination and homophobia in the United States during last century. I knew it was certainly homophobic but not to the extent Dr. George Chauncey is explaining it.
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| Posted on 01-13-10 03:21:49 PM (last edited by FieryIce at 01-13-10 02:01 PM) |
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Rachel Maddow interviews Ted Olson and David Boies regarding the case going on.
Today has been quite rough for the anti-gay side, every single argument they bring up to the expert witness being cross-examined gets annihilated I'm reading this all at: http://prop8trialtracker.com
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In case you haven't been following the trial on the trialtracker site, things have been going great for the plaintiff side. Day after day, examination after examination, the Prop 8 supporters prove that the only thing they have is hate and obfuscation. Their reasons for why Prop 8 is good and why same-sex marriage is bad are peeling away with every question answered. I recommend reading the account of today's proceedings, as it contains an emotionally powerful testimony and several chances to laugh at the defending side. Now is a good chance to catch up, since the trial won't resume until Tuesday.
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| Posted on 01-16-10 10:44:39 AM (last edited by FieryIce at 01-16-10 07:44 AM) |
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Indeed, the prop 8 side just keeps embarrassing itself over and over, their witnesses have left as they would never survive a cross examination with our guys. Things have gone very very good for the pro-gay side and I do recommend people catch up, as Peardian said, the trial won't resume until Tuesday.
I hadn't bump the thread anymore as I thought people had lost interest, or teh2009 had killed the thread...
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Originally posted by Tweaker It makes me smile to know that those ignorant dipshits are finally getting slapped with a bit of a reality check. 
Agreed, it'll be a good win... assuming the judges are reasonable folk.
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| Posted on 01-18-10 01:14:18 AM (last edited by FieryIce at 01-17-10 10:16 PM) |
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Originally posted by Sukasa
Originally posted by Tweaker It makes me smile to know that those ignorant dipshits are finally getting slapped with a bit of a reality check. 
Agreed, it'll be a good win... assuming the judges are reasonable folk.
We'd be lucky if Scalia suffers something and dies and Obama gets to replace him quickly... The dude dissented during Lawrence v. Texas (overturned anti-sodomy laws) ...
Now that I think of it, Thomas also dissented during that case... Those two replaced by healthy 50 year-olds that interpret the constitution liberally would do wonders to this nation... 
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Looks like we'll be able to watch the trial on YouTube after all: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=5137&MediaType=1&Category=26
I totally saw that coming, so I'm not surprised. 
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| Posted on 01-21-10 08:46:03 PM (last edited by FieryIce at 01-21-10 08:45 PM) |
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Tam, the guy who linked homosexuality to pedophilia and said gay marriage would lead to Satan taking over something and other ridiculous shit ... has taken the stand. Fellas, grab thy popcorn and enjoy the ride.
I am not kidding, today was totally epic!!
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I would not mind watching this trial live, uncut. But I'm sure as hell not able to sit here and read it! V_v;
I hate reading long boring and uninteresting text. (Even though the case in question, is an interesting subject... but still uninteresting to read like this.)
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| Posted on 01-21-10 08:59:45 PM (last edited by FieryIce at 01-21-10 06:43 PM) |
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B = Boies
T = Tam
B: Document says, “Science proves that homosexuality is a changeable sexual preference.” What science were you referring to?
T: I did not write this.
B: Do you know what science is being referred to?
T: Yes. Have you heard of Dr. Spitzer? Used to very prominent physician who in 1973 who was one of persons who promote that homosexuality is not a disease. Because of that, what I learned is that homosexuality is not a disease, just a part of normal human behavior. That’s what I learned. Later on, the same Dr. Spitzer produced evidence that some homosexuals did turn back and return to heterosexuality. Changeable sexual preference. It is not genetically wired.
B: Did you understand that Dr. Spitzer not genetically wired?
T: No. Francis Collins said that. He’s the one who mapped the human genome.
B: Does Collins believe that sexual orientation can be changed?
T: I saw it on the NARTH site (that’s where Ryan from yesterday went to have conversion therapy).
B: You think NARTH is an objective website?
T: Yes. It’s reliable.
B: What does American Psychological Association say about this?
T: I don’t know.
B: You never tried to find out?
T: No.
B: You believe that NARTH is a good source?
T: Yes. I rely on the NARTH.
What is NARTH? NARTH is "National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality" :specialed:
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B: Second document which is from 1man1woman dot net, more specific. Says that if same sex marriage passes it will lead to incest, pedophilia and polygamy. Do you agree with that?
T: Yes.
B: That’s what you told people to get them to vote for Prop. 8?
T: Yes.
B: Your paper says that after Netherlands legalized SS marriage, Netheralands legalized incest and polygamy. Do you believe that?
T: Same sex marriage may not have led to legalization of incest and polygamy, but it happened.
B: Who told you that?
T: I found it on the Internet. I did not write this that polygamy was legalized in 2005.
B: You put it out there to convince people to vote for Prop. 8. Did you ever look up the law?
T: Yes, there was different documents that shows that’s true.
B: So after Netherlands legalized same sex marriage, legalized polygamy and incest.
T: I’m not sure about incest. That may have been legal before same sex marriage passed.
B: If that’s the case, then it has nothing to do with same sex marriage.
T: Yes, but it shows that if countries are loose with sex it leads to this…
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| Posted on 01-23-10 12:53:17 PM (last edited by FieryIce at 01-23-10 09:56 AM) |
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A group including filmmaker John Ireland will re-enact the trial and post it on this YouTube channel, for those too lazy to read the transcripts. http://www.youtube.com/user/MarriageTrial
As for the latest, the plantiffs are expected to rest their case on Monday, so it will be the defense's turn which will be rather quick seeing as most of their witnesses ran away. A ruling should be expected by late February.
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| Posted on 01-25-10 10:48:38 PM (last edited by FieryIce at 01-25-10 07:49 PM) |
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I just thought I had to post this:
Boies (B) is cross-examining defense witness Millers (M)
B: Do you agree that discrimination is on its face with Prop. 8?
M: No. It defines marriage as between man and woman.
B: You’ve said that 8 treats gays and lesbians differently. As a political scientist, is it discrimination?
M: Differently, but not necessarily in the law.
B: Not as lawyer, but as political scientist, is there discrimination?
M: Makes a distinction between people so that under that definition it is discrimination
B: Just to tie that down, this is discrimination?
M: By that definition, yes
Anti-gay side's only witness just said Prop 8 is discrimination :specialed: Boies sure can get the job done.
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Ha, wow. The Prop 8 folks really do know how to shoot themselves in the foot.
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Originally posted by FieryIce Anti-gay side's only witness just said Prop 8 is discrimination :specialed: Boies sure can get the job done.

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 The Prop 8 guys should just give up and go home, really. This is pathetic.
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