massachusetts

[MyrddinsPrecint]

.... anyone from the mass region see either fire or brimstone in the general area???

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

I assume you are talking about the gay marriage scandal? I guess it isnt gays that I mind, its the ones that scream "I'm queer!" wherever they go. Y'know, the girls that make you worried about getting your throat slit, and the guys that have the bent wrist, lisp and dandelion necklace. Those are the people who disgust me, the ones that walk in the door, guns a blazin, shooting the bullets of queerness everywhere. I dont mind the ones that are plain about it and dont just smell gay, those people are fine.

[Masterurethane]

Ah.

I love gay people.

Every gay person I have ever met has been absolutely lovely.

Sigh, I wish I were gay. Well no, I don't actually, but it wouldn't bother me (even though most of my friends think I am anyway, those cheeky beggars)

[jeff]

Probably no fire and brimstone, and probably no gaping abyss from the depths, spewing demons either.

On the other hand, traffic at the end of the Mass Pike probably sucked again, just like always.

[telkanuru]

Yeah, that's just about it. No pits of fire echoing with the crys of the damned opened beneith the auditorium as my class was commenced, or whatnot, despite my classmate's invocation of "Ia! Ia! Cthulu Ry'leth! Nub-shiggaroth ftagn! Hastur! Hastur! Hastur!", but I digress. Our speaker was hellsent, though. Does that count?

My friend spent the night outside of Cambridge city hall. He said it was pretty rocking, and a jolly good time had by all, the homophobes being significantly outnumbered.

[Phoenix]

I don't really mind it. I side with both sides. I can see what the opposers are getting at at being the real meaning of marriage as the joining of a man and women to have children. I can see why they see this as unnatural. But I don't think couples that are together for 27 years are told that they can't be "truely" be in love. I think that is full of crap. Love is something you feel, not something you chose.

[noodle]

haven't you guys seen dogma?
loki quit that job

anyway, i think this is a step in the right direction.
but if this kind of thing isn't handled seriously, it could allow for loopholes in the law that ought to have been addressed.

[epeemike81]

Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken!

I assume you are talking about the gay marriage scandal?

"scandal??" I wouldn't classify it a scandal.

-m

[epeemike81]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

I can see what the opposers are getting at at being the real meaning of marriage as the joining of a man and women to have children.

I don't suppose I actually have to point out the MASSIVE flaw in this logic....

-m

[noodle]

Originally Posted by epeemike81

"scandal??" I wouldn't classify it a scandal.

-m

indeed. i missed that.

the government of mass. passed a law.
not a scandal.
the closest thing to scandalous would be how insensitive religous nuts can be.

[MyrddinsPrecint]

what about the people that walk into a room shooting bullets of straightness?

i don't really desire to be around the people that make a big deal about their "Gayness" .... but i have even less of a desire to be around the people who make a big deal about their "straightness".

the people who go out of their way to be very very gay are generally rebelling against the majority that tells them that straight is the only way---

what's the deal with the overly-straight people??

[Peach]

I'm so glad it has happened. In this day with so many marriages seeming so temporary and fragile, it's reassuring to see people are still willing to commit themselves to one another. I wish them luck.

[epeemike81]

Originally Posted by MyrddinsPrecint

what about the people that walk into a room shooting bullets of straightness?

i don't really desire to be around the people that make a big deal about their "Gayness" .... but i have even less of a desire to be around the people who make a big deal about their "straightness".

and there are a lot more of them.

-m

[epeemike81]

Originally Posted by Peach

I'm so glad it has happened. In this day with so many marriages seeming so temporary and fragile, it's reassuring to see people are still willing to commit themselves to one another. I wish them luck.

One of the most stupid ironies of this whole thing is that religious leaders are rejecting people who are embracing two of their MOST of their traditional values: monogamy and fidelity. Not only that, but they're doing it in a world where increasing numbers of people DON'T see these as important.

-m

[whtouche]

Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken!

Those are the people who disgust me, the ones that walk in the door, guns a blazin, shooting the bullets of queerness everywhere. I dont mind the ones that are plain about it and dont just smell gay, those people are fine.

What about the people who walk around with six shooters full of idiocy and a full ammo belt?

THOSE people disgust ME.

[noodle]

Originally Posted by MyrddinsPrecint

what about the people that walk into a room shooting bullets of straightness?

one of the many reasons i don't go to frat parties
those people have machine guns loaded to the teeth with straight bullets

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by epeemike81

I don't suppose I actually have to point out the MASSIVE flaw in this logic....

-m

Yes, you don't. A family is a family, no matter who is in it. A family is a group of people who love each other and care for each other. THAT is my definition of a family.

Don't get me started on people who say things are gay! "DUDE!!! THAT IS SO STRAIGHT!!!!! NARLY!"

[epeemike81]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

Yes, you don't. A family is a family, no matter who is in it. A family is a group of people who love each other and care for each other. THAT is my definition of a family.

great sentiment, I agree completely. I was referring to the ACTUAL logical flaw, though. the hundreds of thousands of counter-examples to the suggestion that a marriage is for the purpose of children.

-m

[Peach]

Originally Posted by epeemike81

great sentiment, I agree completely. I was referring to the ACTUAL logical flaw, though. the hundreds of thousands of counter-examples to the suggestion that a marriage is for the purpose of children.

-m

(chuckle) I guess my first seven years of marriage would have been considered provisional by those people, until we became "legitimate" by having a child. Are you only sort of married if you adopt? Am I still married now that our daughter is graduating from college and therefore officially adult, or is my partnership with my husband officially back to provisional?

As for logical flaws, I love all the people who believe that gay sex is "unnatural." Straight couples have one extra option for their entertainment. The sexual conservatives would have us buy that as the only option . . . by that definition, there are heck of a lot of "unnatural" married people out there already, whether or not gays are allowed to get married.

[telkanuru]

Ah, this is good old DIS (Deific Inconsistancy Syndrome), or the incompatability of faith and logic. It pops up so, so many times. *sigh* The world will be a better place once people realise that arguing from a position of faith is completely and utterly useless.