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		Gay marriage passes in NY. Finally New York is just as cool as Iowa (reuters.com)		923
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StrangeQ

2011-06-24 10:55:11 PM

make me some tea: MickeyRaptor: BULLETIN: A SECOND GAY MAN HAS JUST CRASHED INTO THE SOUTH TOWER

Oh shiat. This is terrorism for sure.

I'll bet he exploded all over it.

I heard it was a boenering.

truthseeker2083

2011-06-24 10:55:25 PM

Uncle Pim: Finally, after 13 years, I can marry my partner.

Congrats!!! Just past 5 for my partner and I. Gonna stop by a city hall next time in NY! Thank god for no residency laws and a job as truck drivers!

eddiesocket

2011-06-24 10:55:27 PM

tenpoundsofcheese: Awesome that the GOP controlled Senate passed this.

They were pressured by the Democrat governor to bring it to a vote, and only four of them voted yes. Let's wait a few years before we try to rewrite history, shall we?

stuffy

2011-06-24 10:55:51 PM

Always thought Broadway walked light on toes.

shroudie

2011-06-24 10:55:52 PM

Anyone who think this is a slippery slope to lead to legalization of incest and pedophile marriages need to look at marriage law. It follows the same guidelines, the only thing different is that both parties are of the same-sex (oh, and there's the whole can't bring lawsuits against churches deal).

loooongview1

2011-06-24 10:56:03 PM

Saw this on Real Time and just wanted to say that God is not gonna be happy with any of us. It's not like he sees the invisible borders delineating states.

/In all seriousness way to go New York, congrats to all the gays on their new found right to be as miserable as straight people.

FirstNationalBastard

2011-06-24 10:56:23 PM

Alright! Now, I can finally marry my turtle!

Tax Boy

2011-06-24 10:56:29 PM

make me some tea: Awesome! Now I can marry my cat. FINALLY OMG

You can support gay marriage and love pussy too.

Stone Meadow

2011-06-24 10:56:36 PM

Refreshes thread...can't quite believe all the trolls aren't here yet.

/leaves happy

Old enough to know better

2011-06-24 10:56:47 PM

Que the fifty gazillion lawsuits filed by right wingers to have it overturned in 5...4...3...2...

Chaussman

2011-06-24 10:56:53 PM

That's the lynchpin. Let's hope all the other states follow from here.

LockeOak

2011-06-24 10:57:00 PM

Well let's just wander over to FreepTown, I'm sure they're reacting well-- (new window)

Oh dear.

DamnYankees

2011-06-24 10:57:06 PM

Ummm...won't somebody thing of us poor Manhattanites? We're now going to be submerged in tsunamis and tornados and the various manifestations of the wrath of god.

I pray tonight.

Relatively Obscure

2011-06-24 10:57:12 PM

Stone Meadow: Refreshes thread...can't quite believe all the trolls aren't here yet.

There's at least one.

eddiesocket

2011-06-24 10:57:28 PM

shroudie: Anyone who think this is a slippery slope to lead to legalization of incest and pedophile marriages need to look at marriage law. It follows the same guidelines, the only thing different is that both parties are of the same-sex (oh, and there's the whole can't bring lawsuits against churches deal).

Which was unnecessary and redundant language to appease the four Republicans who voted aye. Already churches have freedom of assembly and can reject any couple they want, gay or straight.

Dijon Ketchup

2011-06-24 10:57:31 PM

Yay!

lennavan

2011-06-24 10:57:36 PM

Gay marriage passes in NY. Finally New York is just as cool as Iowa

Er, subby, you do realize what happened in response to gay marriage passing in Iowa, right? Iowa isn't as progressive as it seems.

It's a step forward for sure, but it's pathetic it's even a battle or an argument that we should treat any group of Americans as second class citizens today. All this separate but equal civil union shiat is obvious. So instead of celebrations, I'll simply say...

Next.

FerneJohn

2011-06-24 10:57:48 PM

ipeeintheshower: FerneJohn: I remember reading an article when it passed in Iowa.

It never "passed" in Iowa. It was a court decision. If put to a vote of any kind it would fail overwhelmingly there.

1. You're right that it was a court decision. Poor wording on my part.
2. I don't know that it would fail "overwhelmingly." Poll after poll there has indicated that most Iowans don't care about it. They're probably not excited enough to pass it, but they certainly don't loathe it either.

MickeyRaptor

2011-06-24 10:57:56 PM

If our President was Michele Bachmann, she would be giving the order to wipe out all of the major population centers in New York right about now. She'd probably watch the destruction from behind a bush too.

brantgoose

2011-06-24 10:58:04 PM

Her'es the list from Wikipedia. Coquille? That's French, Tish! Right in the United States, apparently. Maybe that's one of the 57 states that I never heard about until Obama mentioned them. Apparently it's part of Oregon, or an Indian reservation, or something.

Legal recognition of same-sex relationships

Marriage

Argentina
Belgium
Canada
Iceland
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
South Africa
Spain
Sweden

Performed in some jurisdictions

Mexico: Mexico City
United States: CT, DC, IA, MA, NH, NY, VT, Coquille

Recognized, not performed

Aruba (Netherlands only)
Curaçao (Netherlands only)
Israel
Mexico: all states (Mexico City only)
Sint Maarten (Netherlands only)
United States: CA (conditional), MD

Civil unions and registered partnerships

Andorra
Austria
Brazil
Colombia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Finland
France
- New Caledonia
- Wallis and Futuna
Germany
Greenland
Hungary
Ireland
Isle of Man
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
New Zealand
Slovenia
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Uruguay

Performed in some jurisdictions

Australia: ACT, NSW, TAS, VIC
Mexico: COA
United States: CA, CO, DE, HI, IL, ME, NJ, NV, OR, WA, WI
Venezuela: ME

Unregistered cohabitation

Australia
Croatia
Israel

Recognized in some jurisdictions

United States: MD, RI

Jurisdictions with current or recent debates on SSUs

Albania
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Chile
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cyprus
Estonia
Greece
Italy
Japan
Jersey
Malta
Nepal
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Romania
Venezuela

United States: FL, IN, MN, MT, NM, NC, PA, PR, UT, WV, WY

Mrs.Sharpier

2011-06-24 10:58:14 PM

I wonder if all those fine folks who work for GLBT rights are worried about their job security after this? I mean, what else is there to go after?

hitchking

2011-06-24 10:58:21 PM

styckx: And the worst headline gets lit..

Not just the worst, but the trolliest. It takes a genuinely awesome event and adds a layer of detached "Meh, no biggie" to it.

And it invites stupid bickering into it. Don't you just want to take the bait and point out the obvious differences between the Iowa and NY situations? I do, but I have a weakness for trolls.

FirstNationalBastard

2011-06-24 10:58:22 PM

truthseeker2083: Uncle Pim: Finally, after 13 years, I can marry my partner.

Congrats!!! Just past 5 for my partner and I. Gonna stop by a city hall next time in NY! Thank god for no residency laws and a job as truck drivers!

I saw you in another thread earlier today...

a gay truck driving tandem. You should have country music songs written about you. Good country, not that pop country crap on FM Radio.

And that reminds me... why no "gay country" subgenre yet?

Will you, at least, tie some cans to the back of the rig?

Mrtraveler01

2011-06-24 10:58:44 PM

LockeOak: Well let's just wander over to FreepTown, I'm sure they're reacting well-- (new window)

Oh dear.

Yeah...that's pretty much how I thought that would've reacted.

Martin Silenus

2011-06-24 10:58:58 PM

Welcome to Obama's America.

dortress

2011-06-24 10:59:06 PM

I
That is all....

Kome

2011-06-24 10:59:07 PM

FerneJohn: 2. I don't know that it would fail "overwhelmingly." Poll after poll there has indicated that most Iowans don't care about it. They're probably not excited enough to pass it, but they certainly don't loathe it either.

Unless there's overwhelming support for it, most people tend to vote to maintain the status quo whether they agree with it or not. Kinda silly, but it's just how people work.

lennavan

2011-06-24 10:59:16 PM

LockeOak: Well let's just wander over to FreepTown, I'm sure they're reacting well-- (new window)

Oh dear.

Okay, I don't want to steal anyone's schtick, or get any messages in my box or whatnot. But there was one, special and epic post that I simply must share.

To: fwdude

"Is the Assembly all on board with the exemptions added?"

Doesn't matter. At a later date a liberal judge will throw the exemptions out after a lawsuit by the gay mafia.

I lol'd pretty farking hard at that one.

GroverCleveland

2011-06-24 10:59:21 PM

congratulations, fabulous people who wanted to marry but couldn't

good on you NY

FerneJohn

2011-06-24 10:59:24 PM

Gay truckers? There's a joke/porno title in their somewhere...

oldebayer

2011-06-24 10:59:25 PM

AverageAmericanGuy: Gay marriage today. Bestiality tomorrow!

Fark that, I want to marry my blow-up doll.

make me some tea

2011-06-24 10:59:36 PM

tenpoundsofcheese: uhhh, it is prominently featured on www.foxnews.com

I was talking about the TV channel, which most of their audience watches.

D_Evans45

2011-06-24 10:59:48 PM

Mrs.Sharpier: I wonder if all those fine folks who work for GLBT rights are worried about their job security after this? I mean, what else is there to go after?

Certain same sex movies are top sellers...

AmyZen

2011-06-24 10:59:50 PM

Mrtraveler01: adamgreeney: Mrtraveler01: Damn you subby. You stole my joke.

/Congrats to New York though
//Still holding his breath for MO to do the same before he dies

Good luck on that one. Too many people like my grandmother still live there. Outside KC, the bigotry is choking.

Hey, St. Louis can be quite progressive with all the universities there. But travel 10-20 miles out of the city and it's pretty much the same as being in the Ozarks. That and Columbia since it has Mizzou and all.

/lives in the suburbs of St. Louis

Yeah...try living in Springfield. I'm choked daily with their righteous religion thrown in my face, their ridiculous Fox-bred "thoughts," and their hatred of anything with more than 3 teeth and some education. And you can't even say the word "gay" without receiving hatred and spittle in return.

However, yay NY!!! Took ya long enough, but I'm so glad this passed. NY and CA are usually the frontrunners for the more progressive laws (e.g. smoking bans); they've dropped the ball till now.

paj

2011-06-24 10:59:53 PM

This is bad news.....for Ontario's economy.

litespeed74

2011-06-24 10:59:56 PM

Wow, this really changes the world as we know it....

I might remember this for a few days.

ds_4815

2011-06-24 11:00:00 PM

LockeOak: Well let's just wander over to FreepTown, I'm sure they're reacting well-- (new window)

Oh dear.

This really needs that "The following are actual Freeper comments..." treatment.

TheNyquilKid

2011-06-24 11:00:07 PM

MickeyRaptor: BULLETIN: A SECOND GAY MAN HAS JUST CRASHED INTO THE SOUTH TOWER

+1 nets.

Arkanaut

2011-06-24 11:00:32 PM

Sock Ruh Tease: I'm marrying a turtle in New York City right now, so I'm really getting a kick...

I thought Mitch McConnell was already married?

lennavan

2011-06-24 11:00:32 PM

For perspective -

Three Iowa Supreme Court justices lost their seats Tuesday in a historic upset fueled by their 2009 decision that allowed same-sex couples to marry.

Link (new window)

Again I say, Iowa... not so progressive.

truthseeker2083

2011-06-24 11:00:43 PM

LockeOak: Well let's just wander over to FreepTown, I'm sure they're reacting well-- (new window)

Oh dear.

I'm glad there is nowhere near the ammount of hate in my heart towards them that they have towards me and my family... I don't think I could be that bitter and hateful if I tried....

LockeOak

2011-06-24 11:00:52 PM

eddiesocket: shroudie: Anyone who think this is a slippery slope to lead to legalization of incest and pedophile marriages need to look at marriage law. It follows the same guidelines, the only thing different is that both parties are of the same-sex (oh, and there's the whole can't bring lawsuits against churches deal).

Which was unnecessary and redundant language to appease the four Republicans who voted aye. Already churches have freedom of assembly and can reject any couple they want, gay or straight.

Anyone know what the exemption language means re: religious recognition of same-sex marriage? That is, if the church is involved in the foster/adoption process (receiving state funding) can they refuse a gay couple?

bangmaid

2011-06-24 11:00:54 PM

shroudie: Anyone who think this is a slippery slope to lead to legalization of incest and pedophile marriages need to look at marriage law. It follows the same guidelines, the only thing different is that both parties are of the same-sex (oh, and there's the whole can't bring lawsuits against churches deal).

I dont think incest is illegal, is it?

TheManofPA

2011-06-24 11:01:04 PM

Tax Boy: make me some tea: Awesome! Now I can marry my cat. FINALLY OMG

You can support gay marriage and love pussy too.

Lesbians my friend, lesbians.

/thought my broadway headline had a chance

tenpoundsofcheese

2011-06-24 11:01:15 PM

eddiesocket: tenpoundsofcheese: Awesome that the GOP controlled Senate passed this.

They were pressured by the Democrat governor to bring it to a vote, and only four of them voted yes. Let's wait a few years before we try to rewrite history, shall we?

It was passed by a GOP Senate. When a similar bill was put forward in 2009, it was stopped by a Democrat controlled Senate. Where was the Gov in 2009 to pressure the Dems?

Hopefully, one day Obama will see the GOP was right on this and support same-sex marriage.

12349876

2011-06-24 11:01:26 PM

Old enough to know better: Que the fifty gazillion lawsuits filed by right wingers to have it overturned in 5...4...3...2...

The lawsuits will be filed by closet liberal lawyers that are more than happy to take money from dumbass right wingers for an impossible cause.

FirstNationalBastard

2011-06-24 11:01:27 PM

lennavan: LockeOak: Well let's just wander over to FreepTown, I'm sure they're reacting well-- (new window)

Oh dear.

Okay, I don't want to steal anyone's schtick, or get any messages in my box or whatnot. But there was one, special and epic post that I simply must share.

To: fwdude

"Is the Assembly all on board with the exemptions added?"

Doesn't matter. At a later date a liberal judge will throw the exemptions out after a lawsuit by the gay mafia.

I lol'd pretty farking hard at that one.

Gay Mafia?

That brings a whole different meaning to the phrase "whack a guy".

TheNyquilKid

2011-06-24 11:01:52 PM

ds_4815: LockeOak: Well let's just wander over to FreepTown, I'm sure they're reacting well-- (new window)

Oh dear.

This really needs that "The following are actual Freeper comments..." treatment.

It did, but the Fark profanity filters couldn't handle it and had to dump the whole thing.

Paris1127

2011-06-24 11:02:06 PM

Wow, the Stonewall keeping the gay in New England must've burst... It's about time New York...

/Excelsior: ever higher

eddiesocket

2011-06-24 11:02:16 PM

Mrs.Sharpier: I wonder if all those fine folks who work for GLBT rights are worried about their job security after this? I mean, what else is there to go after?

The 44 other states, to start. Plus ENDA and ending DOMA. State marriages are fine, but until the federal government recognizes them, they're not worth much.

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