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DangerKat posted:It's still an incredible turnabout from the Minnesota Legislature. They did a lot of downplaying on any potential same-sex marriage bill during the early months of this session. The turnaround became possible after the last election when we threw the Teabaggers out on their rear end. The attempt to write a gay marriage ban into the state constitution and to pass a discriminatory Voter ID bill during a presidential election year proved to be a massive strategic mistake that led to tremendous voter turnout by young and minority voters. It also helped that the MN GOP went totally batshit insane the election before and put a bunch of crazed Ron Paul acolytes in charge of the party organization. They're starting to unfuck themselves now, but until they get back to the centrist, moderate party that they were up until ~2004, their domination of the state house is over.
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Holy poo poo: Anti-same sex marriage poster for a protest later this month, there are no words:  The King Kong is Justice Minister Christiane Taubira, who is behind the law recognizing same sex marriage and adoption. They literally represented a black woman as King Kong.
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Kurtofan posted:Holy poo poo: Wow. France is really starting to make the Tea Party look like amateurs.
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Kurtofan posted:Holy poo poo: Does anyone have an increasingly growing  image?Manif Pour Tous are "embarrassed" ONLY because 1. they were caught and 2. this proves that they're just a wing of National Front.
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Zeroisanumber posted:The turnaround became possible after the last election when we threw the Teabaggers out on their rear end. The attempt to write a gay marriage ban into the state constitution and to pass a discriminatory Voter ID bill during a presidential election year proved to be a massive strategic mistake that led to tremendous voter turnout by young and minority voters. It also helped that the MN GOP went totally batshit insane the election before and put a bunch of crazed Ron Paul acolytes in charge of the party organization. They're starting to unfuck themselves now, but until they get back to the centrist, moderate party that they were up until ~2004, their domination of the state house is over. Seriously, they way overreached. The massive D turnout let them control the governor's seat and both houses for the first time since 1990. The magnitude of the swing took some time to sink in, and the realization that Republicans hosed themselves along with the insane organization shown by Minnesotan's United for All Families and other groups like it made this possible. They have been putting constituents in front of representatives three times a week for the past 5 months, in addition to holding rallies at the state capitol.
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Brigadier Sockface posted:Wow. France is really starting to make the Tea Party look like amateurs. The Marianne costume is even reminiscent of the Tea Party Minutemen costumed types.
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Brigadier Sockface posted:Wow. France is really starting to make the Tea Party look like amateurs. The French have been pros at revolts for centuries now. The Tea Party, original and new, have nothing on them.
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May 7, 2013 20:00
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Yeah, while the Americans were all "How about we throw the tea in the ocean? That'll teach em a lesson on taxation!" The French were "How about we kill the king, as much nobility as we can, and then all of our own revolution leaders because gently caress them they're going to do the same god drat thing the second they get power. You will follow us Robespierre."
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May 7, 2013 20:04
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:Seriously, they way overreached. The massive D turnout let them control the governor's seat and both houses for the first time since 1990. The magnitude of the swing took some time to sink in, and the realization that Republicans hosed themselves along with the insane organization shown by Minnesotan's United for All Families and other groups like it made this possible. They have been putting constituents in front of representatives three times a week for the past 5 months, in addition to holding rallies at the state capitol. MN United for All Families really ran a tight campaign to get us to this point. Last year my dad told me about getting a call from an MN United caller who was his same age, background, and also ex-Army and an MBA who wanted to tell him why he should vote against the gay marriage amendment. How the hell do you find a 65 year old vet with a MBA and convince him to give up his Saturday afternoon to call another 65-year old vet with an MBA and ask him to vote a certain way? Microtargeting is cool and scary as gently caress.
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May 7, 2013 20:06
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Minnesota's Senate Finance Committee easily passed the marriage equality bill, so it's now completely ready for Thursday.
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Delaware Senate is getting hilarious. The guy who just mentioned marriage has existed since "from the beginning of time, or 5000 years" is now talking about The Queen James Bible. e: And he just pivoted to the Founding Fathers, who would never ever support an edited version of the Bible to remove stuff you disagreed with.
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May 7, 2013 20:13
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UltimoDragonQuest posted:Delaware Senate is getting hilarious. Transgenders and Revelations!!!!
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UltimoDragonQuest posted:Delaware Senate is getting hilarious. Is he drunk?
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Zeroisanumber posted:Is he drunk? It's got to be The Onion.
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May 7, 2013 20:18
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Time to discuss the 2009 anti-discrimination bill while pretending it has to do with today's HB75!
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Here's the twitter feed for Equality Delaware. They're currently liveblogging the hearing. https://twitter.com/EQDE
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Seems like the big focus this aliance defending freedom guy is that the bill would make adoption agencies have to give children to same sex couples.. "I can't disect a frog because of my beliefs"
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"Adoption agencies and private schools should receive state funding even if they violate state law!" 
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May 7, 2013 20:39
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"What if a black photographer is asked to take a picture of a klan rally" what the gently caress Mr Ice Cream Glove fucked around with this message at 20:42 on May 7, 2013 |
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May 7, 2013 20:40
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"TEACHERS WILL HAVE TO PROMOTE EQUALITY" "SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVE STATE FUNDING WON'T BE ALLOWED TO DISCRIMINATE" "ADOPTION AGENCIES WILL BE FORCED TO GIVE CHILDREN TO GAY COUPLES" "BUSINESSES WON'T BE ALLOWED TO REFUSE TO SERVE GAY PEOPLE" "PEOPLE WHO DON'T APPROVE OF GAY MARRIAGE WILL BE CALLED BIGOTS"  Good. I loving hope so.
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May 7, 2013 20:42
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VirtualStranger posted:"TEACHERS WILL HAVE TO PROMOTE EQUALITY" Right? These are all good and appropriate things to happen.
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May 7, 2013 20:44
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"I love my daughter but that's not a marriage"
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May 7, 2013 20:53
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UltimoDragonQuest posted:Delaware Senate audio stream (needs quicktime) Whoever made the decision to require quicktime needs to be impeached before anything else gets discussed.
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May 7, 2013 20:55
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:Whoever made the decision to require quicktime needs to be impeached before anything else gets discussed. Yeah what the hell. This is what the hearing should be about.
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May 7, 2013 21:05
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This is the sign he's talking about. This was right on Rt. 896 near the canal.
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May 7, 2013 21:06
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Oh SHIIIIIIT He has a recording! He's about to blow the lid off this!!
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May 7, 2013 21:07
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Brigadier Sockface posted:Oh SHIIIIIIT He has a recording! He's about to blow the lid off this!! These people are so hateable
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May 7, 2013 21:07
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Hahaha what they cut him off! Nooooo
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May 7, 2013 21:08
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 Shut the gently caress down. Awesome.
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Schwarbage posted:
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VirtualStranger posted:This is the sign he's talking about. This was right on Rt. 896 near the canal. How very Christlike of them 
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Polygamy! Slippery slope! Facebook! 
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Schwarbage posted:Polygamy! Slippery slope! Facebook! CANADA!
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May 7, 2013 21:12
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Who is this person talking right now? They don't have a vote do they?
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May 7, 2013 21:19
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Lisa Goodman is killing it(President of Equality Delaware)
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"B-but if we legalize same sex marriage schools will be able to tell my kids that homosexuality isn't abnormal behavior" is close to the most cowardly loving objection I've ever heard, and it makes me unreasonably angry at the person on this audio stream. e: "Support is increasing so why not wait instead of pushing for this legislation?"  What in the gently caress?
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May 7, 2013 21:38
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Mo_Steel posted:"B-but if we legalize same sex marriage schools will be able to tell my kids that homosexuality isn't abnormal behavior" is close to the most cowardly loving objection I've ever heard, and it makes me unreasonably angry at the person on this audio stream. It's all good. It'll all be worth it for the schadenfreude we're going to receive when this passes.
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May 7, 2013 21:41
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Why should we make laws I mean you don't buy my kid a bicycle
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I'm in love with that. This is what they've been reduced to and I don't think they will like how few people will agree with a message like that when it's put so bluntly.
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