Comments on: Gay marriage effort shifts back to New England

By: MarriageEquality

MarriageEquality — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:02:51 +0000

I agree with others that have stated in the past and also have tried to change my words as well. I have found it has helped me already change a few minds in my “circle” of associates.

Instead of saying “Gay” Marriage or Homosexual Marriage, LET’S call it

MARRIAGE EQUALITY~

Also, as I have reassured some associates in my Marriage Equality Arguments is this: If your Church Does NOT want to Marry 2 men or 2 women, then so be it, but “Your” religion is NOT the only religion in this country and some actually do recognize and perform Equal Marriages!

Personally, I don’t want to get married in the house of Bigots or in a place where I’m not wanted and excepted anyways! But these TAX EXEMPT relgious ORGANIZATIONS need to realize, Everything is GIVE and TAKE!

Therefore, maybe we need to TAKE their Tax Exempt status away!

By: James

James — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:05:15 +0000

You have to appreciate the irony of Maggie Gallagher’s comment ‘These are small states which can be influenced by fairly large amounts of outside money coming in.’

I didn’t see her complain about the large amounts of outside money that influenced the the very large state of California to vote against marriage equality.

She is a total hypocrite. She manages to get her voice heard everywhere as an ‘expert’ on ‘traditional family values’ even though she’s been divorced and was a single parent. People in glass houses and all that.

By: Robert, NYC

Robert, NYC — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:34:08 +0000

R&R I agree, tax all cults that meddle in politics and legislation. Why in a society that is supposed to have separation of church and state are they taz-exempt? Why should they have special treatment and why should they be above the law in that respect? Most of these cults who vote for discrimination are already in violation of their tax-exempt status. Why should our tax dollars support their privileges, the very cults that lobby and vote for discrimination against LGBT people? Tax the bastards to the hilt.

Since when does the electorate get to vote on civil rights issues anyway? To me, marriage is civil right and civil marriage has absolutely nothing to do with religion. If the bigots insist on getting marriage equality on state ballots, then we’re allowing mob rule to take precedence in policy making, a dangerous road to go down. We’ve already witnessed that in California, a classic example of the tyranny of the majority over the minority. Tax, tax, tax the f—–s with impunity I say.

By: Nevin

Nevin — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:48:31 +0000

Why are churches tax-exempt? At least in theory, because they are charitable organizations, not because they are religious ones. I think that should be the consistent standard. If a church uses, let’s say, forty% of its revenue, after salaries, for charitable purposes with secular value, then I am fine with a tax exemption. This means health care, education, and social services, not preaching their particular religious doctrine or making converts. Churches are free to do this, of course, but I see no reason the government or my tax money should subsidize it.

This isn’t just about conservative churches either. The liberal, pro-gay Unitarian church I belong to now could meet this standard, I think. However, the liberal, very pro-gay Episcopal church I used to belong to could not have done.

By: Roy E. Hough

Roy E. Hough — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:33:58 +0000

It may seem simple to many, BUT… if I am expected to have discounted rights, I absolutely expect a discounted tax rate

By: shawn

shawn — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:01:37 +0000

“[screw] gay people”

Yah, I do all the time! Gay MALES preferably! LOL!

By: Chris Sullivan

Chris Sullivan — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:28:03 +0000

So Jake – are you saying you’re a top?

By: jake

jake — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:58:27 +0000

[screw] gay people

By: Elaine Selig

Elaine Selig — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:02:51 +0000

Considering that the Stonewall incident was the catalyst for Gay activism in New York and the rest of the country, one wonders what is taking this state so long to join with it’s east coast allies, Conn. and Mass., to pass a gay marriage ordinance.

By: Chad

Chad — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:36:02 +0000

I am from CA… and our legislature passed gay marriage TWICE!!! ONLY TO SEE OUR governor….. vetoe it… now these 3 governors are threatening the same thing… whats up with governors? Freaking straight men trying to say who, how and what…. so over straight men…. nothing of love or acceptance ever comes from them…. and how will gay marriage ruin marriage….. straight people succeeded with that before the times of Jesus… and now the lovelt straight man in Austria who imprisoned his very own daughter for 26 years, raped her and had 7 kids with her and then threw the dead fetuses in the furnace…so, world..tell me here how this man didnt ruin the sanctity and purity of the filth known as traditional straight marriage???