Same-Sex Marriage

[Clueless Git]

I am on the human to human, no interspecies marriage, ticket.

I want the right to marry my cat.

It's a pointless excercise in many ways but I hear the tax benefits are good.

 

[Amy SF]

I want the right to marry my cat.

It's a pointless excercise in many ways but I hear the tax benefits are good.

I'm not sure it's ethically correct to marry your slavemaster.

 

[peacefulveglady]

This is why I turned liberal and progressive because I believe strongly for Same sex marriage... I think its a human rights issue not a religious issue....

 

[Amy SF]

This is it: Supreme Court agrees to decide same-sex marriage question

 

[yakherder]

With any luck, the government will stay intact long enough for recent progress to matter.

 

[FortyTwo]

Not everyone in a same-sex relationship identifies as gay.

Nor does everyone in a heterosexual relationship identify as straight.

 

[Andy_T]

I am on the human to human, no interspecies marriage, ticket.

Well, if your cat, dog or walrus clearly and audibly says "I do", then who am I to criticise that?
Until then, of course, I am absolutely with you, as it could not rightfully be called "marriage"

 

[Amy SF]

I guess we can add Alabama to the list.

 

[Bite Size Vegan]

Bisexuals, transsexuals, pansexuals, those who do not identify and such.

yep! androgynous, transgender, queer, androsexual, asexual, bigender, cisgender, MTF, FTM, Gynesexual, intersexed, pansexual, omnisexual, etc etc ;P

 

[Amy SF]

Corporate America tells the Supreme Court that gay marriage is good for business

 

[FortyTwo]

Corporate America tells the Supreme Court that gay marriage is good for business

Corporate America can go shove their sanitized, sugar-coated crap.

I suppose it's better than nothing.

 

[Amy SF]

Corporate America can go shove their sanitized, sugar-coated crap.

I suppose it's better than nothing.

Hey, if this argument helps sway the justices in favor of SSM, you can thank the makers of Cheerios and Cherry Coke.

 

[AeryFairy]

yep! androgynous, transgender, queer, androsexual, asexual, bigender, cisgender, MTF, FTM, Gynesexual, intersexed, pansexual, omnisexual, etc etc ;P

Some of those are gender terms rather than sexuality terms. You can be transgender and gay, for example.

 

[FortyTwo]

Hey, if this argument helps sway the justices in favor of SSM, you can thank the makers of Cheerios and Cherry Coke.

Maybe.

Those corporations don't really give a **** though. They're just in it for what makes them the most profit. If they have to pretend to be socially conscious in some minimal way then they'll begrudgingly do it.

Try and get them to stand up for trans kids, for instance. Will that help them get more money? Or will it just alienate them from a largely transphobic population? What about most social causes? They really don't care.

Same-sex marriage has become pretty much socially accepted in most major population areas, where the bulk of corporate marketing pays off. If a company can plaster a picture of two gay people on an ad (notice how these couples tend to be white, are mostly male, and are always upper-middle-class) then the media will praise them for being progressive and more people will buy their thing.

Sorry for going off there - you're definitely right, this is a good thing. But corporate "investment" in this cause just isn't enough for me.

 

[Joe]

I agree with 42's skepticism. I wonder what these same corporations were saying in 1996 when DOMA was making its way through Congress.

 

[Spang]

I frequent The Blaze, probably more than I should. I recently responded to someone in a thread about the same-sex marriage oral arguments that were given this week.

Spoiler

 

[Amy SF]

Irish voters back gay marriage in 'social revolution'| Reuters



It's official. 62% said YES.

 

[Danielle]

I guess we can add Alabama to the list.

School sex ed is pretty much "Don't have sex until you're married" and "The safest way to have sex is to NOT have sex" xD

 

[Spang]

Guam

Loretta Pangelinan and Kathleen Aguero of Guam, both 28-years-old, filed a lawsuit back in April after they were denied a marriage license. On Friday, a federal judge ruled in their favor, striking down the island territory’s ban on same-sex marriage, The Guardian reports.

 

[Amy SF]

Oops: Franklin Graham moves bank accounts from gay-friendly bank to one that sponsors gay pride events