Sunday, October 28, 2012
Matt Birk Claims Gay Marriage Would Strip Rights From Christians
In an ad for the group opposing
Maryland's Question 6, Baltimore Ravens center Matt Birk claims that
allowing the gay marriage law to take effect would strip rights from
Christians.
In the 1-minute spot, Birk says the
law's religious exemptions are too weak because they do not cover
individuals and businesses or religious groups which accept
government funding.
“If the referendum is not voted down,
our religious freedoms are at risk,” Birk says.
“Churches, hospitals, religious
charities, private businesses and individuals all will be subject to
lawsuits and harassments for openly expressing their religious
beliefs.”
“Under the new law, churches,
religious organizations and charities that help the government care
for those in need would not be exempt and would lose their First
Amendment rights. And there are no provisions protecting businesses
and individuals.”
“Marylanders should not be fooled
into thinking we can redefine marriage and still protect our
religious liberty. Don't redefine marriage,” Birk adds.
Yup Matt, by the law, those businesses offering public service will be required to offer those services to fags;
just like they have to offer services to blacks, orientals, unwed mothers, Jews and Muslims.
Just for the record tho, your first amendment rights aren't being threatened, you can still put on your white hood every Sunday and listen to some pretend minister preach his gospel of hate..that's what the constitution was meant to guarantee after all, not your right to carry out acts of social terrorism on the people that don't fit your narrow minded views of the world.
Yup Matt, by the law, those businesses offering public service will be required to offer those services to fags;
just like they have to offer services to blacks, orientals, unwed mothers, Jews and Muslims.
Just for the record tho, your first amendment rights aren't being threatened, you can still put on your white hood every Sunday and listen to some pretend minister preach his gospel of hate..that's what the constitution was meant to guarantee after all, not your right to carry out acts of social terrorism on the people that don't fit your narrow minded views of the world.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Obama Tells MTV He Won't Push Gay Marriage in Second Term
Asked if he would use his second term as a platform to extend same-sex marriage to more states, the president demurred, saying he viewed it as an issue for the states to decide.
"For us to try to legislate federally into this area is probably the wrong way to go," Obama told MTV presenter Sway Calloway, who asked questions submitted by youth voters.
Obama has long said he opposes the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law that defines marriage as being between one man and one woman, and has called for its appeal.
Unemployed man asks Paul Ryan about jobs, Ryan laughs and offers the man candy
Video evidence of Paul Ryan mocking a constituent before the start of a parade in 2011 has surfaced. The constituent asks Ryan about jobs , and the congressman responds by smiling and asking the man if he wants a piece of candy.
The incident took place in Janesville, Wisconsin, Ryan's hometown around Sept. 2011. While walking with his family to the Janesville Labor Day Parade, Ryan is approached by an unnamed man who attempts to start a conversation. Ryan declines, apologizes, and says that the event is about to start. He then walks away. The man proceeds to follow him and asks Paul Ryan this question:
The incident took place in Janesville, Wisconsin, Ryan's hometown around Sept. 2011. While walking with his family to the Janesville Labor Day Parade, Ryan is approached by an unnamed man who attempts to start a conversation. Ryan declines, apologizes, and says that the event is about to start. He then walks away. The man proceeds to follow him and asks Paul Ryan this question:
So what should I have to work for to get a job? Should I have to work for the same wages as in China? Should I have to work for one dollar an hour?
Have a nice day, alright? Would you like some candy?
Friday, October 26, 2012
Trickle Down
Hey ( ),
Listen, I know you didn’t mean any harm commenting on this post and I like you, we had some great times growing up. But Romney and Ryan believe that I am less than you. They believe I am a second class citizen and don’t deserve the same rights that you had the privilege of being born into simply by being straight. They want to add a constitutional amendment that will ban gay marriage forever. It will set us back decades and ensure that I never legally have the opportunity to have a family or a partner in my lifetime.
They also believe that being at your partner’s side when he/she is dying is a benefit, not a civil right. They could keep me from my partner dying in a hospital. Could you even imagine something like that in your own life? Being separated from your wife on her death bed? Could you imagine
Ryan doesn’t believe in the hate crimes act fought unwaveringly for by Judy Shepard, mother of Matthew Shepard, murdered for being gay in Wyoming. Murdered for being gay. Could you imagine if I was murdered for being gay? Could you really look my mom in the eye and say ‘oh well, we can not prosecute this crime as a hate crime’?
I know there are important issues involved in this campaign. I know people are suffering and the economy has not improved at a rate we all wish it would. Yes, people are suffering but the gay and lesbian community has been suffering for hundreds of years and I am so tired of it. So tired of feeling that I am less than. So tired of knowing I have friends on here who will vote for someone who will keep me a second class citizen for my entire lifetime. I have already spent half a lifetime hiding, half a lifetime conforming. It is exhausting, demeaning and I am worn out. I want to love myself full out. I want a president who can look me in the eye and say ‘You are equal!’ ‘You are equal to everyone else in this country and I will fight for your rights. The time is now and it is long overdue.’ Romney and Ryan could not look me in the eye and say that and I feel sorry for every gay and questioning child who might have to listen to a president who believes that he/she is not equal. Children will take their lives. It is the WORST form of trickle down bullying and it absolutely splits my heart in half. When the president says you are less than, it gives permission to every authority figure, every politician, every teacher, every
If this is not important to you, please remove me from your friends list. I need people in my life who love me and consider me 100% equal.
Max
Mitt Romney Blocked New Birth Certificates For Gay Parents
As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt
Romney actively worked against gay parents, denying them access to
new birth certificates.
After the state became the first to
legalize gay marriage in 2003, the state Registry of Vital Records
and Statistics proposed altering its birth certificate forms to
accommodate babies born to gay and lesbian couples. The agency
proposed relabeling the box for “father” to read “father or
second parent.”
Romney, according to the Boston
Globe, rejected the plan. Instead, he ordered his top legal
staff to individually review each request. If approved, officials
would then be allowed to make the changes to the form by hand,
crossing out the word “father” and substituting “second
parent.”
The practice remained in place
throughout Romney's term. For lesbian couples, the policy resulted
in delays. But gay men were often forced to obtain a court order.
In
noting Romney's opposition to gay parents, the paper quoted the
Republican presidential candidate's 2004 testimony before the Senate
Judiciary Committee in Washington.
“The children of America have the
right to a father and a mother,” Romney testified. “What should
be the ideal for raising a child? Not a village, not 'parent A' and
'parent B,' but a mother and a father.”
At a 2005 rally in South Carolina, he
added: “Some gays are actually having children born to them. It's
not right on paper. It's not right in fact. Every child has a right
to a mother and father.”
Romney also actively supported efforts
for a Massachusetts constitutional amendment limiting marriage to
heterosexual couples, which would have effectively reversed the
Supreme Judicial Court's ruling legalizing marriage for gay couples.
Earlier this year, Romney
boasted that he kept Massachusetts from becoming “the Las Vegas of
gay marriage,” a reference to the fact that out-of-state gay
couples were banned from marrying in the state while Romney was
governor.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Obama: Mitt Romney Is A 'Bullshitter'
Douglas Brinkley, who wrote the Rolling Stone article, recalled an exchange with Obama and Rolling Stone executive editor Eric Bates, who said that his daughter told him to tell the president, "You can do it."
Obama reportedly grinned. "You know, kids have good instincts," he said. "They look at the other guy and say, 'Well, that's a bulls****er, I can tell.'"
White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer was asked about the comment Thursday in Richmond, Va., and said the issue was about Romney's "trust." He said people should "not be distracted by the word" but to "focus on the issue."
Following Mitt Romney's moderate shift in the first presidential debate in Denver, Obama and his allies have suggested that the former Massachusetts governor can't be trusted. "So we know Governor Romney's jobs plan doesn't create jobs. His deficit plan doesn't reduce the deficit. And we joke about 'Romnesia,' but all of this speaks to something that's really important, and that is the issue of trust. There's no more serious issue on a presidential campaign than trust. Trust matters," Obama said Wednesday in Davenport, Iowa.
It's not the first time that the president has used unvarnished language. He has called Kanye West a "jackass" but added the rapper is "talented." Neither is he the first candidate to curse: then-candidate George W. Bush called New York Times reporter Adam Clymer a "major league asshole" over a hot mic, to which vice-presidential nominee Dick Cheney agreed.
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