tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post8584698543874255568..comments2023-12-25T03:15:00.044-08:00Comments on Rants From The Rookery: Imagine a government that forcibly breaks up 18,000 marriages.ellroonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-68349238320504773462009-02-07T13:52:00.000-08:002009-02-07T13:52:00.000-08:00As a mom, I can't help but shudder at the concept ...As a mom, I can't help but shudder at the concept of turning one's back on a gay child. Can you imagine the pain and damage done to everyone involved? <BR/><BR/><I>simple human equality</I> It's as fundamental as that.ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-76100413773168898172009-02-06T09:14:00.000-08:002009-02-06T09:14:00.000-08:00Signed the petition. I happen to be straight; I wa...Signed the petition. <BR/><BR/>I happen to be straight; I was born that way. My LGBT friends assure me that their orientation, like mine, is innate. Giving me the right to marry and depriving them of that same right is offensive beyond words. <BR/><BR/>It is also a constitutional matter. As a matter of equality... simple human equality... the law should make no distinction between a gay marriage and a straight one. A law which differentiates in that way denies gays "the equal protection of the laws" (Amendment XIV) ... and is therefore flat-out unconstitutional under the federal Constitution, whether or not it complies with California's. Prop. h8 must be invalidated.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-36232394318943094972009-02-06T08:27:00.000-08:002009-02-06T08:27:00.000-08:00Amazing how many people want to go back to the era...Amazing how many people want to go back to the era of deeply closeted gay, the shamed adulteress, the shunned bastard children. Our California court better realize that most of its electorate has grown up, out, and moved on from this backward idiocy. <BR/><BR/>Start here you guys: Every person is equal to every other person. Take it from there.ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-48895628341927141442009-02-06T01:16:00.000-08:002009-02-06T01:16:00.000-08:00*state supreme court...maybe they do have a fighti...*state supreme court...maybe they do have a fighting chance...DBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01267112937396907790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-23256982556545435422009-02-06T01:12:00.000-08:002009-02-06T01:12:00.000-08:00I will truly respect our president when he stands ...I will truly respect our president when he stands up against Prop h8. I am not talking about a half-ass remark saying he understands, but a forceful action that says this country will not longer accept this intolerance. I highly doubt the Supreme Court is going to take a stand. It is a shame.DBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01267112937396907790noreply@blogger.com