In the 20 states where gay marriage bans remain, what's next?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It's not relevant to our society.

[GBCW 397]

don't you love in londonistan?

I read Pakistani news sites a lot on Facebook. I have been struck by one thing - the near constant references to the London Metropolitan Police. Just yesterday, one politician told another one that if they don't control their people, they will go whining to the London cops. Why the London cops? It's as if London was just another extension of Pakistan. A good third of Pakistani political developments actually happen in London. It's pretty funny. The colonizer has now become the colony.

It's not relevant to our society.

for no good reason. it's not unlike the prejudices in past era against miscegenation.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I read Pakistani news sites a lot on Facebook. I have been struck by one thing - the near constant references to the London Metropolitan Police. Just yesterday, one politician told another one that if they don't control their people, they will go whining to the London cops. Why the London cops? It's as if London was just another extension of Pakistan. A good third of Pakistani political developments actually happen in London. It's pretty funny. The colonizer has now become the colony.

for no good reason. it's not unlike the prejudices in past era against miscegenation.

London has some ethnic Pakistani areas, not unlike many other European cities.

On the bolded, it's completely different. Secular western society is supposed to be egalitarian (or at least aims to be), how does it benefit anyone to legitimise a backward practice based on a sexist view of social order?

[GBCW 397]

Secular western society is supposed to be egalitarian (or at least aims to be), how does it benefit anyone to legitimise a backward practice based on a sexist view of social order?

Did you just call Islam backward and sexist? I never thought you'd come out as so openly Islamophobic.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I believe polygamy as it is actually practiced is backward and sexist.

[GBCW 397]

I believe polygamy as it is actually practiced is backward and sexist.

So you're unapologetically Islamophobic. Okay, I'm not sure there's much more to be said here.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Back to the topic at hand which - surprise, surprise - is not polygamy, incest or bestiality. The topic at hand is marriage equality.

It is interesting to note that the majority of the American population lives in states which provide marriage equality.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Idaho and Nevada joined the marriage equality club today... The naysayers are a dwindling minority as it stands...

Back to the topic at hand which - surprise, surprise - is not polygamy, incest or bestiality. The topic at hand is marriage equality.

It is interesting to note that the majority of the American population lives in states which provide marriage equality.

[Not a Tailor 1,370]

It's about time that the naysayers became a minority. Honestly. It seems so strange to me that a country can be a country with federal laws that are influenced by marriage stuff and not be at an agreement about what marriage is and is not.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

It's about time that the naysayers became a minority. Honestly. It seems so strange to me that a country can be a country with federal laws that are influenced by marriage stuff and not be at an agreement about what marriage is and is not.

That is strange, indeed. But it's about to be resolved. A couple years back, I said it would be resolved in my lifetime. Now it is all but certain that it will be resolved this decade. And the forces of yesterday - yes, I am speaking about you my religious right wing nut friends - are losing on this issue as they have and will continue to lose on each and every issue. Progress can be fought and it can be delayed but it cannot be halted.

[Not a Tailor 1,370]

I'm glad it's going to be resolved soon. My wife works for a state university. The state constitution does not allow same sex marriages to be recognized so HR at the university is not permitted to offer me anything in the way of benefits--health insurance, etc. So we'll have to pay two entirely separate health insurance policies because of that. I'm sort of hoping that something happens to force things to move a little faster in Texas so that maybe, just maybe, it will be fixed by the time I'm down there. It never occurred to us until she went to talk to the HR folks that they might not offer me benefits!

I'm trying to figure out what happens if it changes shortly after I get there. If it means that it will be an open enrollment period or what. Because if so, if it looks like it will be overturned within a month or two of my arrival in the US, it might be worth just trying very hard not to get sick and going on hers.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Love is not real.

You have never seen my wife in the Michael Kors store.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

That is strange, indeed. But it's about to be resolved. A couple years back, I said it would be resolved in my lifetime. Now it is all but certain that it will be resolved this decade. And the forces of yesterday - yes, I am speaking about you my religious right wing nut friends - are losing on this issue as they have and will continue to lose on each and every issue. Progress can be fought and it can be delayed but it cannot be halted.

I am glad it's being fixed. All people should be equal under the law.

BTW referring to people that are religious and right wing as nuts, attacks a whole demographic of people and is against the TOS. Not that I give a S, just pointing out I have seen threads shut down for saying the same same about liberals.

I would report it, but I made a blood pack never to report anything you do, less they make me ignore each other again. That was hard on me, not having Mr. Big Dog to toss around lOL

Edited October 9, 2014 by The Nature Boy

[GBCW 397]

I am glad it's being fixed. All people should be equal under the law.

BTW referring to people that are religious and right wing as nuts, attacks a whole demographic of people and is against the TOS. Not that I give a S, just pointing out I have seen threads shut down for saying the same same about liberals.

I would report it, but I made a blood pack never to report anything you do, less they make me ignore each other again. That was hard on me, not having Mr. Big Dog to toss around lOL

*pact

(that annoyed me enough to get me to log on and type on the old handphone)

[GandD 5,966]

You have never seen my wife in the Michael Kors store.

I saw mine there this weekend.