Uh oh...gay marriage in Texas?

[Bugsy McGurk]

Them cowboys are gonna be madder than a rattler on a hot tin roof...

;-)

A federal judge has struck down a ban on same-sex marriage in Texas, ruling that it has no "rational relation to a legitimate government purpose."

The decision is the latest in a series of federal and state court moves to overturn current laws forbidding gays and lesbians from legal wedlock.

 

[NightSwimmer]

This issue is so over that I don't understand why anyone wants to continue the dead horse beating. Have they no pride whatsoever?

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

It ain't over for the haters - it's an issue they can use to rile up their fellow haters come election time.

 

[Cerulean Mutt]

Them cowboys are gonna be madder than a rattler on a hot tin roof...

;-)

A federal judge has struck down a ban on same-sex marriage in Texas, ruling that it has no "rational relation to a legitimate government purpose."

The decision is the latest in a series of federal and state court moves to overturn current laws forbidding gays and lesbians from legal wedlock.

It's a trend likely to continue in every State that has these types of bans. The recent USSC decision regarding gay marriage rendered all such bans unconstitutional in everything but name. These lawsuits are just crossing the t's and dotting the i's.

 

[Bo-4]

Them cowboys are gonna be madder than a rattler on a hot tin roof...

;-)

A federal judge has struck down a ban on same-sex marriage in Texas, ruling that it has no "rational relation to a legitimate government purpose."

The decision is the latest in a series of federal and state court moves to overturn current laws forbidding gays and lesbians from legal wedlock.

Oh dear, i can here the gnashing of Texas teeth all the way up here in Idaho!

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

It's a trend likely to continue in every State that has these types of bans. The recent USSC decision regarding gay marriage rendered all such bans unconstitutional in everything but name. These lawsuits are just crossing the t's and dotting the i's.

True, but the SCOTUS has yet to squarely address the issue. One of these state cases will get there and we'll then what the SCOTUS 5 has to say (a/k/a, the "Felonious Five," who crowned GWB president).

 

[NightSwimmer]

It ain't over for the haters - it's an issue they can use to rile up their fellow haters come election time.

I agree that it stimulates the emotions among the GOP base, but I don't see these tactics as an effective method for growing the base. It amounts to a pander to voters who would never consider voting against you to begin with -- that is to say, a losing strategy.

 

[Drumcollie]

It ain't over for the haters - it's an issue they can use to rile up their fellow haters come election time.

You are right the Democrats will use this to rile up their fellow haters come election time.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

I agree that it stimulates the emotions among the GOP base, but I don't see these tactics as an effective method for growing the base. It amounts to a pander to voters who would never consider voting against you to begin with -- that is to say, a losing strategy.

You're right. It doesn't grow their base - it shrinks it.

But haters gotta hate.

 

[GordonGecko]

You are right the Democrats will use this to rile up their fellow haters come election time.

Someone TRY to pin down Drummy on whether she supports gay rights or not...

and then watch her try to claim the Republican Party does.

Be hilarious.

 

[GordonGecko]

I agree that it stimulates the emotions among the GOP base, but I don't see these tactics as an effective method for growing the base. It amounts to a pander to voters who would never consider voting against you to begin with -- that is to say, a losing strategy.

It's like having an armful of sand, as the grains slowly fall to the ground and every adjustement they make to "hold tighter to the sand they have"....it just causes a big lump of sand to come loose and fall to the ground...

so they grasp even tighter and more sand slips away.

At that rate, still pandering to the Homophobes will result in them having just a "handful of sand" left.

 

[bdtex]

Them cowboys are gonna be madder than a rattler on a hot tin roof...

;-)

A federal judge has struck down a ban on same-sex marriage in Texas, ruling that it has no "rational relation to a legitimate government purpose."

The decision is the latest in a series of federal and state court moves to overturn current laws forbidding gays and lesbians from legal wedlock.

Can't wait for the ban to be struck down in Wyoming.

 

[Drumcollie]

Oh dear, i can here the gnashing of Texas teeth all the way up here in Idaho!

But you cant hear women say No!!

 

[Renee]

You are right the Democrats will use this to rile up their fellow haters come election time.

I am trying to understand who hates whom? The haters you refer to are the ones who support gay marriage. Who are they hating?

 

[Renee]

But you cant hear women say No!!

What the heck does that mean?

 

[Drumcollie]

I am trying to understand who hates whom? The haters you refer to are the ones who support gay marriage. Who are they hating?

look in the mirror...there is your answer..it is usually true for all people.

 

[ya-ta-hey]

Them cowboys are gonna be madder than a rattler on a hot tin roof...

;-)

A federal judge has struck down a ban on same-sex marriage in Texas, ruling that it has no "rational relation to a legitimate government purpose."

The decision is the latest in a series of federal and state court moves to overturn current laws forbidding gays and lesbians from legal wedlock.

Mr. Gurk,

A couple of gay fellers were walking out on a Texas grange, when one bent over to look at a scorpion. A bull, seeing his red pants charged, and stuck his horn through the feller's trousers and into he neather regions. He ran him around the range, eventually tossing him off.

His friend runs over, applies first aid, then calls an ambulance.

Two weeks later, in the hospital, the friend visits and asks "does it still hurt."

The poor fellow replies "Does it still hurt! He hasn't called, he hasn't texted, and he hasn't responded to my facebook posting about setting up a gift registry. Of course it still hurts."

 

[Drumcollie]

What the heck does that mean?

Think about for a moment....maybe listen to" Wait Wait Dont Tell Me" and maybe you will grasp the concept...it's called using your brain.

 

[Drumcollie]

Mr. Gurk,

A couple of gay fellers were walking out on a Texas grange, when one bent over to look at a scorpion. A bull, seeing his red pants charged, and stuck his horn through the feller's trousers and into he neather regions. He ran him around the range, eventually tossing him off.

His friend runs over, applies first aid, then calls an ambulance.

Two weeks later, in the hospital, the friend visits and asks "does it still hurt."

The poor fellow replies "Does it still hurt! He hasn't called, he hasn't texted, and he hasn't responded to my facebook posting about setting up a gift registry. Of course it still hurts."

So your saying, on that one, Bugsme is still a little sore?

 

[Mytzlplk]

Them cowboys are gonna be madder than a rattler on a hot tin roof...

;-)

A federal judge has struck down a ban on same-sex marriage in Texas, ruling that it has no "rational relation to a legitimate government purpose."

The decision is the latest in a series of federal and state court moves to overturn current laws forbidding gays and lesbians from legal wedlock.

at this point you have to think that some resignation might set in, but considering the loons resisting...