Comments on: New Hampshire Marriage Hearing on Wednesday

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:17:13 +0000

oddjob,

The listing is of those states in which same-sex marriages legally occured (as the Globe put it “state to allow gay couples to marry”).

Thus neither Hawaii nor Alaska are on the list.

Further, the CA Supreme Court was not “reversed”. Language was added to the State Constitution that would make the decision moot but, as the Court has heard arguments against the constitutionality of this language, the situation is in limbo. It would be inaccurate, as well as disrespectful to the 18,000 or so couples who legally married, to act as though they did not take place.

By: oddjob

oddjob — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:49:46 +0000

Thank you for making the point about 5 states having recognized the right although only 4 recognize it.

But CA’s court decision was reversed. If you’re going to use supreme court decisions as the benchmark then Hawaii was the first state to recognize gay marriage, in 1995; Alaska was the second.

By: jb

jb — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:43:12 +0000

Maine will have a hearing on similar legislation on April 22th at 9 am at the Statehouse in Augusta!

By: nuncio

nuncio — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:59:07 +0000

I agree HappyCat -
Slavery *is* in the bible. Also don’t forget that women are also considered the property of men, and have no rights whatsoever.
As in the words of Mythbusters – this one’s “Plausible”

By: HappyCat

HappyCat — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:42:11 +0000

The year, 2090 in a 6th History class. A student stands up and mentions California taking away Civil Rights. And at the same time, African-Americans are still a minority and there is a constitutional amendment on the ballot to make African-Americans property and slaves again. All will be legal because the precedent was set in 2008 to do so. And the people wanting to make African-Americans slaves again refer to the bible and claim it is God’s Law.

By: patrick

patrick — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:40:19 +0000

Thank you for making the point about 5 states having recognized the right although only 4 recognize it.

As the stories of Iowa and Vermont broke recently, it drove me crazy that so many news outlets just ignore California.

Even if Prop 8 is upheld by the court, the fact is that the court determined that same-sex couples have the right to be married.

The electorate took it upon themselves to strip (or try to anyway) a minority group of their constitutional rights.

It may be a minor distinction, but it is a very important one.

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:07:55 +0000

thanks, fixed

By: elaygee

elaygee — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:02:33 +0000

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