Comments on: NM partner bill dies in Senate

By: RICK

RICK — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:30:29 +0000

GOSH,,,, HOW DOES CANADA DO IT AND SPAIN, AND NORWAY AND,,,,,,?? WHEN THE SO CALLED BIGGEST DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD CANT EVEN GIVE BASIC PARTNER BENEFITS TO ITS OWN CITIZENS !? AND THE CHURCHES ARE TAX FREE !! THANKS FOR NOTHING U.S.A. !!

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:22:02 +0000

I truly have lost all hope. I think Obama’s desertion was the last straw for me. I have 10 years to retirement, we will leave the US happily.

By: Gerry Fisher

Gerry Fisher — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:46:34 +0000

IMO, it’s really hard to get nation-wide momentum going on partner rights/benefits before we lay down a foundation of a federal anti-discrimination law. Not that we should stop fighting for marriage rights…more like we should shift resources to ENDA, repealing DOMA, and ending DADT. At least on a federal level.

I think we need to “level the playing field” a bit more between the Blue and the Red states, and ENDA could help with that.

By: TigerTzu

TigerTzu — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:39:10 +0000

Don’t know why the topic of censorship on this site came up in this thread. The program used to filter spam appears to have been poorly designed and programmed and is surely a PITA, but I also remember pages upon pages of spam comments that made it almost impossible to follow any intelligent conversation in a thread. I do agree the program should be revamped. Maybe if a poster list was created and the program was set to bypass their comments things would move a bit faster. I think if it was purely a censorship thing at 365gay.com, then I would be amongst the ranks censored as my comments are usually blunt instruments and I’ve been known to occasionally spice up my posts with colorful metaphors.

By: Leo Cuevas

Leo Cuevas — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:37:15 +0000

No, it was 10 DEMS that voted no along with all REPS. We lost by four votes, last we we lost by two, two years ago, we lost by 1. We are going downhill.

http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0012SVOTE.pdf

In a year in which we made New Mexico a solid blue state for the first time in history, both US Senators are DEMS and all US House Reps are DEMS, including adding six new members to the state house and senate and we still lose?!

The Catholic Church for the first time got heavily involved and actually started lobbying to Senators to oppose this bill.

http://newmexicoindependent.com/19390/catholic-church-flexes-muscles-in-domestic-partnership-debate

I suggest EVERYONE contact the IRS and tell them to start making the Church pay taxes for breaking US Laws:

http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0%2C%2Cid=106778%2C00.html

The IRS reminded Churches not too long ago about not getting involved in politics or legislation, they have CLEARLY violated US tax laws:

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0%2C%2Cid=175818%2C00.html

and

http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0%2C%2Cid=163392%2C00.html

By: TigerTzu

TigerTzu — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:30:33 +0000

A shame the concept of political assassination isn’t more popular….

By: Bud Evans

Bud Evans — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:22:38 +0000

James Withers Said:

“Bud…

Nothing strange really. For some reason the system puts the majority of your comments in the “pending for approval” section. We’ll get the tech department to clear that up.

Have a good day.

Sincerely,

James”

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That was several weeks ago…

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Actually, the “program” still screens out innocuous comments from me from time to time. I’ve spoken with others who have had the same complaint. It just looks bad.

…So, you are wrong Jennifer. It does happen, intentionally or not. And more often apparently than you realize.

You still need to work on the “filtering” program or it just makes it more difficult for some people to maintain spontaneous exchanges with others in the forum community here.

Otherwise, good job!

~ Bud Evans

By: TJNV

TJNV — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:10:36 +0000

This saddens me. I really like parts of that state. Dear Husband wants to retire there. But I will not go until things change…luckily that is a least 19 years away.

Tradional Bigotry wins again. No Hetreo marriage will be diminshed by giving same sex couples the barest minimum of protection. I am really beginning to HATE the church of pedophile hypocrite closeted priest.

All this defense of marriage B.S. is like the Jim Crow laws of the past.

Tom in Long Beach

By: James Withers

James Withers — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:08:59 +0000

“James Withers even admitted that this site has a “hit list” program which automatically “flags” people for whatever nefarious reasons the editors contrive. ”

James Withers said no such thing. Here is what I said:

“While it would make a great story, there is no “black-list” as suggested. What I did admit is t the system we use, on its own, selects which comments to publish and which to mark as pending. Those marked as pending then have to be approved manually. I’m not a tech person so I can’t tell you why this happens; however, [the]issue is technical. Not political.”

While the censorship angle can gin up your moral outrage, it’s not the case here.

Enjoy your day.

Sincerely,

James

ps: and by the way: if 365 is nothing but a den of censorship, why are we having this conversation?

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:59:05 +0000

Btw, local media are saying it was 8, not 10, Dems who voted against… and one of those was the supporter who changed his vote in hopes of moving for reconsideration later today.