I live in a state full of bigoted twits
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Paolo Portocarrero
Puritanical Hedonist
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03-30-2006 15:31
No Massachusetts marriages for out-of-state gays So, those of us in red states are screwed, again. I swear, I am moving to Spain. From: someone
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts made its ruling after Republican Gov. Mitt Romney had ordered local authorities to refuse applications from gays to be wed in Massachusetts because they resided outside the state.
"This is an important victory for those of us who wanted to preserve traditional marriage and to make sure that the mistake of Massachusetts doesn't become the mistake of the entire country," Romney told reporters after the decision.
"We did not want Massachusetts to become the Las Vegas of same-sex marriage." Those couples who sued had sought to be married in Massachusetts after it became the first U.S. state to recognize such marriages in 2004. The issue has produced a divisive, national debate over such unions.
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Chip Midnight
ate my baby!
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03-30-2006 15:33
Can I borrow your subject line?  (and I'm right behind you! Though I was thinking of heading to Amsterdam myself).
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Paolo Portocarrero
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03-30-2006 15:36
From: Chip Midnight Can I borrow your subject line? (and I'm right behind you! Though I was thinking of heading to Amsterdam myself). But Spanish men are just so damned hawt! |
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Chip Midnight
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03-30-2006 15:39
From: Paolo Portocarrero But Spanish men are just so damned hawt! hehe, so are Spanish women now that you mention it. Is pot legal there?
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Ananda Sandgrain
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03-30-2006 15:42
I swear, there ought to be a species of bird called twits.
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Nolan Nash
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03-30-2006 15:52
From: Ananda Sandgrain I swear, there ought to be a species of bird called twits. It appears as though you may be in luck! 
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Jauani Wu
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03-30-2006 15:53
canada is closer... and we accept the USD at par!
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Paolo Portocarrero
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03-30-2006 15:54
From: Jauani Wu canada is closer... and we accept the USD at par! Brrr. I could never survive your winters.  |
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Jauani Wu
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03-30-2006 15:57
From: Paolo Portocarrero Brrr. I could never survive your winters. counter offer: smoking pot is like a parking violation...
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Zuzu Fassbinder
Little Miss No Tomorrow
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03-30-2006 17:58
There is an industry springing up in MA where people can move into short term apartments just long enough to qualify as resident. Not a perfect solution but its one way around the gov's Mitts.
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Allana Dion
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03-30-2006 18:17
"We did not want Massachusetts to become the Las Vegas of same-sex marriage." Wow why the hell not? Imagine the boon to the economy, the tourism industry. Well they screwed themselves out of a potential cash cow with their own short sighted bigotry it sounds like. |
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Creami Cannoli
Please don't eat me....
Join date: 17 Jul 2005
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03-30-2006 19:26
From: Chip Midnight hehe, so are Spanish women now that you mention it. Is pot legal there? You should move to CA then. So the women aren't technically from SPAIN, but they speak spanish and pot is legal if you have a medical reason for it. And you can list anything as a reason for it. I am considering saying I need it for my pregnancy and then growing my own garden in m back yard (that is within 1000 feet of a school which becomes a fed crime). I don't think my copper of a hubby would mind my little garden and the fact that I am teaching the kids how to garden. |
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Mulch Ennui
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03-30-2006 19:41
From: Paolo Portocarrero
So, those of us in red states are screwed, again.
at least you don't have to be married to be screwed
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Sansarya Caligari
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03-30-2006 20:05
and at least you're not from South Dakota, the REDDEST state in the union  |
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Zuzu Fassbinder
Little Miss No Tomorrow
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03-30-2006 20:06
Better dead than Red?
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Siro Mfume
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03-30-2006 22:38
From: Allana Dion "We did not want Massachusetts to become the Las Vegas of same-sex marriage."
Wow why the hell not? Imagine the boon to the economy, the tourism industry. Well they screwed themselves out of a potential cash cow with their own short sighted bigotry it sounds like. No, see, they want all those people to STAY there so they can keep getting taxes. It's not like they can move to a lot of states where their marriage'd be legal anyway... |
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Zuzu Fassbinder
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03-31-2006 05:41
From: Siro Mfume No, see, they want all those people to STAY there so they can keep getting taxes. It's not like they can move to a lot of states where their marriage'd be legal anyway... That's still to be decided. Some argue that Full Faith and Credit means it should be but this is being challenged.
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