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Kurtofan posted:Why do conservatives care so much about it being called "civil union" instead of "civil marriage"? I'll never understand that. Something about that arrangement just makes conservatives feel better about things.
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CapnAndy posted:A civil union is equal to a civil marriage, but still a separate institution. Ask a lesbian widow of the last decade about her visitation rights at St. Bigots about the equality of civil unions. edit- pretty sneaky, sis Gerund fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Mar 5, 2014 |
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"Words matter." - both sides, for different reasons.
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Gerund posted:Ask a lesbian widow of the last decade about her visitation rights at St. Bigots about the equality of civil unions.
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Kurtofan posted:Why do conservatives care so much about it being called "civil union" instead of "civil marriage"? I'll never understand that. If gay couples entered into "civil unions", then they're not married, and barring some additional action by legislatures, those would not be treated as equal to marriages. And even if legislatures took those steps, the populace would still inherently understand that they're different, because if they weren't different they'd be called marriages. Basically, people push for "civil unions" as a fallback against granting marriage for basically the same reasons that the Supreme Court outlined in overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine in Brown v. Board: because separate inherently means unequal.
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Sweeney Tom posted:National survey released today by WaPo/ABC: 59% support gay marriage (highest ever), 50% say it's guaranteed in the Constitution under equal protection. The results of that poll are interesting: Washington Post posted:Republicans are alone here: They oppose legal gay marriage by 54-40; and they don’t believe the “equal protection” clause guarantees the legal right to marry by 54-38. Majorities of independents and moderates are in the Yes camp on both. This isn't even a religious vs. non-religious argument. It's one very specific and vocal subset of Christianity versus everybody else. quote:Meanwhile, opposition to gay marriage among Republicans seems to be concentrated among the Tea Party. According to the Post polling team, Republicans and GOP-leaning independents who support the Tea Party oppose gay marriage by 54-38. By contrast, non-Tea Party Republicans and GOP-leaners support gay marriage by 57-36. Tea Party Republicans are often said to be more libertarian-leaning on social issues than other segments of the GOP base (such as evangelicals), but a majority of them still opposes same-sex marriage. "Stop calling us bigots! We're a libertarian, anti-tax organization! " Tea party republicans and evangelicals are firmly backed into a corner on this one. Which is somewhat concerning, because when those groups are cornered they feel righteously persecuted and freak out even more.
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SedanChair posted:I can't wait for Scalia to weigh in on how now the people themselves have "taken it upon themselves to promote the gay agenda." Now it's gone to majority support the anti-equality argument changes from " Active Judges/Gay Agenda " to " Tyranny of the majority oppressing us poor Christians! "
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Rhesus Pieces posted:The results of that poll are interesting: While I don't doubt the overall results of the poll, it's dangerous to pull out cross-breaks for specific subsections due to rapidly increasing margins of error. The poll uses a fairly standard "random national sample of 1,002 adults", which sounds small considering it's being used to represent the 300,000,000 population of the US, but which is perfectly statistically viable, with your standard margin of error of 3.5 percentage points (at the 95% confidence interval). These are the sort of numbers you see in the vast majority of opinion polls, unless somebody feels like really splashing out and interviewing ~2,000 people instead, which actually gains you very little. However, when you start drilling down to cross-breaks such as "White evangelical Protestants" vs "white non-evangelical Protestants" or "white Catholics", your sample size is not necessarily large enough, or is not appropriately weighted to still give a reasonable margin of error. Since I can't actually find the full tables for this poll, these sample sizes could be so small as to render the figures all but meaningless. The results all fit the standard narrative of the bigoted evangelical Tea Partiers and their hatred of the homos, but just because it feels right doesn't mean you should take the numbers as gospel.
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CapnAndy posted:A civil union is equal to a civil marriage, but still a separate institution. Hey, last time around it bought them almost sixty years of shoving back the tide (going by the really simplistic yardstick of Plessy v. Ferguson to Brown v. Board). Not that surprising they'd try it again.
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Most conservatives don't really want gay people to have civil unions either. The pro-civil union people are mostly right-leaning moderates that want to stem the tide.
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Lycus posted:Most conservatives don't really want gay people to have civil unions either. The pro-civil union people are mostly right-leaning moderates that want to stem the tide.
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Civil unions are laughable policy today, but were a workable compromise for many years. If you go back to March 2013 there were 9 marriage states and 8 civil union states. If they aren't an elected official I'm not going to do much more than roll my eyes at someone who is a few years behind the massive shift in law and opinion since 2012. They probably deserve at a full year under Windsor before being lumped in with segregationists if they're on board with everything else but think marriage is a magic word.
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We're in the last day of testimony in Michigan. Live comments here. quote:A step back to explain where we are for those who may be just joining: quote:Back for cross-examination of Doug Allen. quote:Mogill brings Regnerus study again. quote:Mogill fighting to get Allen to answer whether it was reasonable or unreasonable in the Regnerus' study to include praents who the child may never have lived with. quote:Mogill: "Have you ever said that solid evidence does exist on this question?" quote:Allen, although his study indicates lower graduation rates for children of gay parents, said earlier that not enough solid evidence exists to justify a state changing it's definition of marriage. quote:Still on sample size "You need a sample size of 800, but ultimately it’s data dependent." - Allen
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When can we expect a ruling on the Michigan case? Also, I wonder what defines the "child of a same-sex couple". If you're including only biological children raised from birth by the couple then that is one thing, but if you are including all the adopted children then, well, adopted children can have issues whether with a SS couple or heterosexual. So it doesn't seem quite parallel. E. Can't directly quote, but info from Detroit New's live reporter Allen, second statistics expert, says there is a negative effect on kids in SS households but admits that it is not statistically significant when the education level of the parents are the same as their heterosexual counterparts. Allen then, when asked about any biases due to his association with the anti-gay marriage Ruth Institute (slogan: One man One woman For life) tells the court that he is not biased but if homosexuals don't repent then they will go to hell. Mogill asks him if he believes that engaging in homosexual acts causes eternal damnation. Allen says "Not repentant, yes". State rested. Closing arguments at 10am. Wow, the state sure knows how to pick them CuddleCryptid fucked around with this message at 21:22 on Mar 6, 2014 |
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Looking up the Ruth Institute, I'm unsurprised to find it incredibly snide and dismissive towards all of this. "The Victims of the Sexual Revolution", seriously? How did the state think someone tied to this was useful in court?
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Thanks for tapping in.DreamShipWrecked posted:Allen then, when asked about any biases due to his association with the anti-gay marriage Ruth Institute (slogan: One man One woman For life) tells the court that he is not biased but if homosexuals don't repent then they will go to hell. Mogill asks him if he believes that engaging in homosexual acts causes eternal damnation. Allen says "Not repentant, yes". This is utterly amazing. Closing arguments are set for tomorrow at 10am, and the ruling may be a few days later. quote:Testimony has concluded. I can't wait to read about what Lisa says. She already exposed that the AG sent an order to the clerks not to issue licenses should this case have been settled back in October in her testimony.
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The best part is that Allen spent the first half-hour going off on Rosenfield and talking about he wasn't biased like Rosenfield was, then BAM gays go to hell. E. To be fair, his views in that respect wouldn't have been relevant if he had just stuck to data and done his job as an economist. But he made his whole speech about how everyone but him was biased, then it became relevant. CuddleCryptid fucked around with this message at 21:54 on Mar 6, 2014 |
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The Ruth Institute was added to Southern Poverty Law Center's list of anti-gay hate groups last week. It's a shame that the plaintiffs probably weren't aware, because they could have had even more fun with him on the stand.
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DreamShipWrecked posted:Allen then, when asked about any biases due to his association with the anti-gay marriage Ruth Institute (slogan: One man One woman For life) tells the court that he is not biased but if homosexuals don't repent then they will go to hell. Mogill asks him if he believes that engaging in homosexual acts causes eternal damnation. Allen says "Not repentant, yes". DreamShipWrecked posted:The best part is that Allen spent the first half-hour going off on Rosenfield and talking about he wasn't biased like Rosenfield was, then BAM gays go to hell.
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Somebody fucked around with this message at 15:28 on Mar 7, 2014 |
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Ian McLean posted:https://www.facebook.com/notes/divine-pharaoh/a-scenario-for-a-utopian-society/939453186184 Do we gay marry the service robots?
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DreamShipWrecked posted:Allen then, when asked about any biases due to his association with the anti-gay marriage Ruth Institute (slogan: One man One woman For life) tells the court that he is not biased but if homosexuals don't repent then they will go to hell. Mogill asks him if he believes that engaging in homosexual acts causes eternal damnation. Allen says "Not repentant, yes". Well, uh. At least he didn't perjure himself! That's something, I guess.
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I don't see why all this talk of gay divorce rates should matter when hetero marriage has the odds of success of a loving coin flip. It's ridiculous.
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Because if courts are to decide something, they have to do it this way. No matte how common knowledge, even if everyone saw the defendant pull a gun in live TV and shoot a person, both sides argument still have to be heard and considered. How much weight they eventually get is another matter. But the judge can't just go "lol like the have anything relevant to say, let's skip this poo poo". Or he can. But it is ethically wrong.
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Vahakyla posted:Or he can. But it is ethically wrong. Ethical, no. Hilarious? Yes.
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paragon1 posted:I don't see why all this talk of gay divorce rates should matter when hetero marriage has the odds of success of a loving coin flip. It's ridiculous. Divorce rates in general are not metricked very well.
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Get ready for closing arguments mother(and same gendered father)fuckers Plaintiffs closing presents first Lisa Brown, a defendant and Oakland County Clerk (whose office would be the one handling Rowse and Deboer's marriage license) will be giving a closing argument in favor of the plaintiffs The state will close last, presumably with a bunch of Mormon professors pointing and shouting "GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYS". e: grammar and the first quote dump quote:Plaintiffs’ attorney Kenneth Mogill is offering his closing arguments. He began with: Have more quotes! quote:“As a matter of law, (marriage) is an entirely gender-neutral institution with respect to rights and obligations.” -Mogill Recall from yesterday: quote:Allen then, when asked about any biases due to his association with the anti-gay marriage Ruth Institute (slogan: One man One woman For life) tells the court that he is not biased but if homosexuals don't repent then they will go to hell. Mogill asks him if he believes that engaging in homosexual acts causes eternal damnation. Allen says "Not repentant, yes". quote:"Denial of the right to marry for same-sex couples is a form of discrimination that we can no longer tolerate." -Mogill Mogill is done, Lisa Brown's lawyer is up: quote:"Her oath of office does not permit her to discriminate against any couple." Nth Doctor fucked around with this message at 16:59 on Mar 7, 2014 |
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:“Is it accurate that you believe the consequence of engaging in homosexual acts is a separation from God and eternal damnation?” Mogill asked the state’s expert, then added, “in other words, they’re going to hell?” The associate pastor at my church is gay, and married, and has an adopted son. This will certainly be news to him.
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It's never occurred to me before, but regardless of the argument of discrimination in regards to sexual orientation, how is same sex marriage not a slam dunk discrimination due to sex case? How does setting requirements about the sex of participants involved in a civil function not automatically become a strict scrutiny case?
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quote:Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown's attorney Michale Pitt: The State is up now: quote:"There’s a lot of emotion surrounding this issue. And it would be very easy to get lost in that emotion."
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quote:"This case is not about religious beliefs of the state’s witnesses. It’s about data, science. The fact that a person may have deeply held religious beliefs does not mean that they can’t be an objective scientist." loving
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Jarmak posted:It's never occurred to me before, but regardless of the argument of discrimination in regards to sexual orientation, how is same sex marriage not a slam dunk discrimination due to sex case? It is preferable that it continue to be prosecuted under the terms of protecting sexual orientation, because that helps build up justification for protecting sexual orientation in other fields.
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quote:Heyse wrapping up: quote:Mogill had five minutes to rebut, but got up and said the state made no good legal arguments and that there was no need to rebut. Have there been any mic drop moments like this in the other gay marriage cases? Because god drat hat was harsh. quote:Judge Bernard Friedman making a decision: quote:Rowse and DeBoer are expected to speak outside the courthouse.
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I'm waiting for the Utah case. I want to hear the stupid arguments our "I lost the primary election but got the job because the other guy was as crooked as a dog's hind leg" AG comes up with They've changed their reasons like 3 times now and each one was dumber than the last. So jealous of those people who paid all that money for law school and their strategy consists of "throwing poo poo at the wall to see if anything sticks."
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computer parts posted:Divorce rates in general are not metricked very well. Huh. Can you tell me more about the problems with measuring divorce rates? I'd like to know more, and it's at least tangentially relevant to this thread.
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Nth Doctor posted:Have there been any mic drop moments like this in the other gay marriage cases? Because god drat hat was harsh. Fully expect the couple's speech just being the two of them going "OOHHHH" into the mics. But seriously, that is a pretty ballsy move. I guess they're feeling pretty good about their case.
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DreamShipWrecked posted:Fully expect the couple's speech just being the two of them going "OOHHHH" into the mics. God I wish. quote:Reporters and photographers rushed around plaintiffs Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer when they walked out.
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PleasingFungus posted:Huh. Can you tell me more about the problems with measuring divorce rates? I'd like to know more, and it's at least tangentially relevant to this thread. One of the most obvious ones is that the majority of people who get divorced get married again (not to each other) relatively soon afterwards - they don't give up on marriage, just marriage to that person.
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PleasingFungus posted:Huh. Can you tell me more about the problems with measuring divorce rates? I'd like to know more, and it's at least tangentially relevant to this thread. The summary is: it was never 50%, the actual number is difficult to measure, but best guess is between 11% and 33%. Here's some more in-depth analysis: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1989124,00.html http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/d/divorce.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/health/19divo.html?_r=0
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