Comments on: Maine House approves gay marriage

By: Kerry

Kerry — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:39:49 +0000

I never really thought of New England as being pro-gay,I mean I thought Cali,Nevada,and Florida would be first,in the state gay marriage approval line.I expect that state by state will topple in favour of gay marriage,just which ones will keep me guessing.

By: bentham

bentham — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:50:25 +0000

We need to be realistic about this issue. The fact is that in ten years same-same marriage will be recognized throughout the USA.
There is presently a debate unfolding on this matter in the Roman Catholic Church.
To quote Beth Griffin in today’s (May 5th) Catholic News Services: ‘Legislation in a democracy generally mirrors public consensus, but individuals who disagree with a law on moral grounds should be allowed to claim an exemption to it, when moral precepts collide with public policy.’
Right. Individuals indeed.
It is not individuals who disagree with public consensus, it is religious institutions hiding behind misguided individuals with visions of the bluebird of paradise flying over their grocery carts and lowering the price tags on all their meat and potatoes, like in the multiplication of the fishes and the loaves of bread in somebody’s version of the life and activities of Jesus.
These misinformed individuals are talking about the same moral precepts that turned countless of thousands of ’sodomites’ over to the mob instead of wasting the precious time of the early and medieval judiciary systems.
The mob entertained itself for centuries by torturing, persecuting and burning ’sodomites’.
Does anybody care about moral precepts like that, those that completely ignore the teachings of Jesus Christ to love one another?
Furthermore, when religious institutions will have the virtue of courage to which they so easily give lip service, that will be the day when they speak publicly as religious institutions and start to reform their accounting systems in terms of the taxes they will have to pay when they interfere with the public consensus in the greatest democracy on the face of this little blue planet which should tend to more serious issues, e,g, the ecological crisis.
As for the Main Marriage Alliance, when are these people going to face the fact that 50% of heterosexual marriages end up in divorce? And that same-sex marriage is ‘just love’ expressed in another way, a way that God intended since God created LGBT persons in the first place?
Cheeze!!!

By: Mercedes

Mercedes — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:07:20 +0000

Good news.

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:03:51 +0000

JJ & Jason,

Thanks for posting the contact information for the governors of Maine and New Hampshire. I E-Mailed both of them to express my support for gay marriage in those two states. I strongly urge others to do the same.

By: Richard in Atlanta

Richard in Atlanta — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:13:06 +0000

this is not “gay marriage” legislation and it’s not “same-sex marriage”. It’s marriage EQUALITY legislation. Symantics can change minds and hearts. The provisions within the bill protecting churches right to refuse to perform services has also proved effective in silencing the anti-equality bunch.

It’s like clearing a forrest…one tree at a time.

By: Julia

Julia — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:38:18 +0000

@ Karen — The Catholic Church has refused to marry divorced people for years. If a church doesn’t want to marry you, it doesn’t have to. A lot of churches won’t marry couples unless at least one of them is a member of that church.

By: DeAnimator

DeAnimator — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:19:46 +0000

In a way, the US is getting Rick Rolled.

By: Donald Pile

Donald Pile — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:19:45 +0000

Congratulations on Maine doing “the right thing”. This is purely a matter of CIVIL RIGHTS for all citizens of the United States. The Governor surely knows what he has to do and grant CIVIL RIGHTS to all citizens.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:51:01 +0000

It is great that Maine passed same-sex marriage today but NH needs to help continue the progress that New England is making, NOM (National Organization of Marriage) are airing ads and getting phone calls and emails to the governor who is already not on our side, we really need your help here in NEW HAMPSHRIE….

PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL
Governor Lynch
(603)271-2121
Email http://www4.egov.nh.gov/governor/goveforms/comments.asp

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:33:28 +0000

I am not going to celebrate just yet. On another note, I don’t know if any of these recent victories will have any impact with regards to Proposition 8. However, Proposition 8 should be invalidated on the grounds that outside dollars pouring in from other states interfered with California’s legal process.