Well DONE, Larry!
NOW the PEOPLE can decide!
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R-71, gay partnership foes make ballot
A referendum that could overturn Washington state's "everything but marriage" domestic partnership law has qualified for the November ballot.
By RACHEL LA CORTE
Associated Press Writer
OLYMPIA, Wash. --
A referendum that could overturn Washington state's "everything but marriage" domestic partnership law has qualified for the November ballot.
The secretary of state's office said Monday that sponsors of Referendum 71 had 121,486 valid petition signatures - enough to put the newly expanded domestic partnership law to a public vote.
A secondary check of rejected signatures was not complete, so the number could increase.
The new law was supposed to take effect on July 26, but was delayed until the signature count was complete. Now, it won't take effect unless it is approved in the Nov. 3 election.
The measure would expand existing domestic partnerships to give gay and lesbian couples all the state-provided benefits that married heterosexual couples have.
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Posted by Hinton at August 31, 2009 02:49 PM | Email ThisWhat bigots.
Posted by: demo kid on August 31, 2009 07:58 PMBut then, I knew you would. Leftists are so easily manipulated.
Posted by: Hinton on September 1, 2009 08:49 AM@4-7: What is the relevance here? Blaming lawyers is just a smokescreen for the real issue: you want to take rights away from people.
@8: "So easily manipulated"? Believing that folks should have equal rights is being "manipulated"? Pfft. You're silly.
And the label still fits... tolerance of intolerance isn't tolerance, and calling the opposition of your hate to be "hate" is amusing.
"Bigotry" when used to describe a political position you oppose... no matter the reason... is based on hatred.
YOU base your positions on a platform of intolerance.
*I* base my positions on a platform of opposition.
The knee-jerk reaction you exhibited is one of total intolerance for a POLITICAL position you oppose. Thus the act and actions of a bigot.
Your fellow bigots have come on to this very web site and many other places and done all they can to keep the people of this state from having the final say on this issue. You would deny us OUR rights, enumerated in this state's laws and Constitution, to make the decision we are authorized to make on this and any other issue confronting us.
YOU are one of the haters.
If Ref 71 prevails, I'll live with it. If it falls... and so many of your bigoted ilk told us it would never make the ballot... then I can live with that as well.
Your level of hatred towards those wise enough to oppose your positions (almost everyone alive) is the amusing aspect of this situation; your knee-jerk alinsky-ism is laughable in its predictability... as you are in yours.
Since you asked.
Posted by: hinton on September 1, 2009 12:23 PMThat's a pretty broad statement. However, when a Republican calls for a "great white hope" to defeat Obama in 2012, you can kinda understand how people can believe Republicans to be racist.
"Bigotry" when used to describe a political position you oppose... no matter the reason... is based on hatred.
Bigotry is when you treat a group with hatred and intolerance. Do you deny that you hate gays and want to take away their rights?
YOU base your positions on a platform of intolerance.
Really? Why? As I said, tolerance of intolerance isn't tolerance... it's abetting bigotry. You point out where I've said that the rights of right-wingers in this society should be abridged.
The knee-jerk reaction you exhibited is one of total intolerance for a POLITICAL position you oppose. Thus the act and actions of a bigot.
Have I personally said that conservatives should lose the right to marry? Or the right to free speech? If not, I'm at a loss as to what basis you have for that statement.
And damn right I'm "intolerant". The bile that you spew out for people that disagree with YOU is unparalleled, and I don't mind standing up to oppose that.
Your fellow bigots have come on to this very web site and many other places and done all they can to keep the people of this state from having the final say on this issue. You would deny us OUR rights, enumerated in this state's laws and Constitution, to make the decision we are authorized to make on this and any other issue confronting us.
Your "rights"? If the people of the South had the right to make the final say on civil rights in the 1960s, African-Americans would still be drinking from separate water fountains. There's a difference between democracy and tyranny by the majority.
If Ref 71 prevails, I'll live with it. If it falls... and so many of your bigoted ilk told us it would never make the ballot... then I can live with that as well.
That will be the day. Personally, I don't mind fighting until everyone has equal rights in this society.
Your level of hatred towards those wise enough to oppose your positions (almost everyone alive) is the amusing aspect of this situation; your knee-jerk alinsky-ism is laughable in its predictability... as you are in yours.
"Alisky-ism"? Wow. Far right wingnuts are almost absurd with the crap that they throw around. :)
And in terms of opposition, go on believing that far right loons are in the "majority". I, for one, believe that most people aren't so evil and twisted that they get satisfaction from deny two people that love each other the right to start a household.
Figures that you love your rights and freedoms... but aren't willing to fight for the rights and freedoms of others.
Posted by: demo kid on September 1, 2009 01:55 PMNobody, said that two people can't live together. What is said is, they will not get the same rights as those who meet the lawful criteria and meaning of marriage. Have a Clue! Naah...Forget It...You're a Liberal!
"Ageless definition of marriage"? So did you pay your wife's father with chickens, or goats?
Posted by: demo kid on September 1, 2009 04:34 PMAnd... since you believe that marriage is ageless, could I have as many wives as Jacob did?
Posted by: demo kid on September 1, 2009 09:30 PMFace it... marriage has changed radically over history. A desire to form a household is the key element of marriage, not a man/woman pairing.
And while I'm tempted to let you be the idiot on this one, you do know that a "YES" vote on R-71 *supports* gay marriage, right?
Posted by: demo kid on September 2, 2009 07:52 AMyes, because she's a bigot, too.
do you clowns not see the hypocrisy here? you claim the left/obma/pelosi/etc is trying to deny your rights, and then you turn around and support taking away some one else's rights?
ah, the party of no, alright. the party of no honesty, no principle, no literacy, no integrity...
Posted by: mike on September 2, 2009 08:16 AMby your (flawed) logic, mormon marriages are baseless.
also, by your (flawed) logic, my (devoutly catholic) cousin's marriage is baseless since she's unable to procreate due to infertility issues.
as would married couples who opt not to have children and adopt instead.
the 'basis' of marriage is not to propagate mankind. this is your false reasoning. you don't need to be married at all to 'propagate mankind', moron. in fact, it happened quite well and for a very long time before your asinine, old-timey religious definition of marriage came along.
daniel, were you born an asshole, or was it learned?
i take it you were just born one, then?
Posted by: mike on September 2, 2009 12:15 PMgod, and i am still laughing hard over the fact that you hate gays enough to deny their civil rights yet insist on calling everyone else haters. riproaringly, hypocritically hilarious!
Posted by: mike on September 2, 2009 12:25 PMstop projecting your values of hate and hypocrisy. i'm not filled w/ hate, but i am filled w/ disgust and disdain towards all the blatant lies, hypocrisy and hatred blared by the right on this site.
Posted by: mike on September 2, 2009 01:54 PMthe sanctity of marriage?!? you are right, because the 50% of people that divorce (more 'believers' than not) are upholding the sanctity of marriage? or the percentage of cheating dbags? those that marry for citizenship? you are right, they are all upholding the sanctity of marriage.
btw, the sanctity of marriage is a myth propagated by the right.
daniel, you aren't standing up for the sanctity of marriage, you're standing up against the rights of your fellow humans and americans. it's sad, pathetic and your intolerance is hypocritical.
oh wait, i get it - you mean the sanctity of marriage like that of david and solomon!
i'm not gay, i'm happily married to my wife. we have several friends who are gay and who are happily committed. they lead more fulfilling lives than most of the holier-than-thou folks i know. they also don't harass believers for ruining the sanctity of marriage with their high divorce rates.
this incessant notion that only liberals lie, and conservatives somehow are honest and truthful is a barrel o' laughs, daniel. your life must be so hard, knowing that a smaller and smaller group of people want to identify w/ your narrow-minded way of life.
Posted by: mike on September 2, 2009 04:58 PMYes, Liberals Lie and there are Conservatives that Lie. None of us are perfect. However, there are more honest men among the Conservatives than the Liberals. This can be supported by a survey that was done of the populations in prisons. 87% of the prison population claim to be Liberal. The percentage is probably greater than that because, since Liberals have a greater propensity to Lie, I'm sure a number of Liberals claimed that they were Conservatives.
An honest man makes a concerted effort not to Lie. A dishonest man does not put forth such an effort. Not only that, a dishonest man will, at times, make a deliberate point of Lying.
As far as being a member of a smaller and smaller group, I would prefer to be with a small group that stands for GOD and Good than, a large group that stands for Evil. Does this make any sense to a man who thinks the killing of millions of babies is OK? Probably Not!
there is sanctity of life among the left, moron. that's why we are against the death penalty, against unnecessary war, for medical care for all. just because i don't believe in god doesn't mean i don't believe in good and evil, you can have morals without religion, dimwit.
marriage is NOT a religious contract, since you can be an atheist and get married.
more honest men among conservatives than liberals? you believe that crap? and you're going to base a survey on who tells the truth more right/left, on a prison survey? hilarious.
just cos you stand for god, doesn't mean you inherently stand for good, especially w/ the views numbskulls like yourself possess. a far larger number have been killed 'in the name of god' than socialism or any other -ism.
killing babies is not ok. fetuses are not babies. science is a tough one for you, huh daniel...
Posted by: mike on September 2, 2009 06:14 PMYour statement that marriage is not a religious contract because, you can be an atheist and still get marriage does not mean marriage is not a religious contract. Marriage is a religious contract whether it is recognized by man or not. A person who does not believe in GOD doesn't mean that GOD does not exist. Does any of what I have said to you make any sense? Probably not.
It is true that people have been killed in the misuse of GOD'S name. GOD says those who misuse my name, I reserve special punishment. However, far, far more in the many, many millions have been killed under the banner of Socialism aka Nazism aka Fascism aka Communism. Read your history.
@36: Many of the partial-birth abortions that take place are for very serious reasons. Would you prefer, for example, that a mother carrying a fetus without a brain should carry that baby to term just because you believe that every sperm is sacred? And if you're ranting about partial birth abortions and fetuses that could live outside the womb (which constitute an absurdly small proportion of abortions, since they are mostly illegal!), what does that make a zygote that's smaller than your thumbnail? How is that a "person"? A seed is not a tree.
Oh, and unless we've suddenly switched over to a theocracy, marriage is NOT a religious contract unless you want it to be. Assuming that I need to follow your religion and bow at the feet of your hateful, twisted god is not too pleasant to me, fella. (And at least I know well enough not to invoke my God to prove a point. You're well-known for breaking the Third Commandment when it suits your purposes.)
Posted by: demo kid on September 2, 2009 08:29 PMthat you are dumb enough to think the nazis were socialists further proves that. the nazis (like conservatives) were anti-union, anti-gay, anti-communist. the nazis were right-wingers, neo-nazis are also right-wingers. you are a flippin moron that doesn't know how to read or comprehend history if you think otherwise.
maybe one day you hypocrites will actually follow the teachings of your god.
Posted by: mike on September 2, 2009 09:22 PMthe bottom of the barrel is where scum like you dwell. why would i hang out with bigoted bottom feeders? sorry, i'll dwell in reality.
and i'm still waiting for you to follow the teachings of your god. arrogance and haughtiness won't get you into heaven or wherever it is you think you are going.
Posted by: mike on September 2, 2009 10:13 PM