Boy these "Activist" Judges that Republicans on here and the President complains about are really approving Gay Marriages. :roll:
7-26-2006 State of Washington court latest to uphold gay marriage ban
OLYMPIA, Wash. - The state Supreme Court upheld a ban on gay marriage Wednesday, saying lawmakers have the power to restrict marriage to unions between a man and woman.
The 5-4 decision disappointed gay-marriage advocates and left Massachusetts as the only state that grants full marriage rights to gay couples.
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Interesting that the state where the first Revolution started is the only state where people are truly free to love who they wish without discrimination and hate.
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Bush will get his wish shortly for the Constitutional ban on same sex marriage.
Just another step towards all out Revolution II in the U.S. coming very quickly.
Edit:7-18-2006 Bush didn't get his wish. Are Republicans actually starting to lose some of their brainwashing power?
True Americans won out over Discrimination and Hate Filled Anti-Americans.
I hope the rest of the Constitution loving American citizenry continues to beat down the Ant-Gay Hate Filled, America Hating Republicans in the Elections to come.
7-18-2006 Gay Marriage Constitutional Ban Amendment Rejected In Congress For 2006
WASHINGTON - The House on Tuesday rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, ending for another year a congressional debate that supporters of the ban hope will still reverberate in this fall's election.
The 236-187 vote for the proposal to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman was 47 short of the two-thirds majority needed to advance a constitutional amendment.
It followed six weeks after the Senate also decisively defeated the amendment, a top priority of social conservatives.
The marriage amendment is part of the "American values agenda" the House is taking up this week that includes a pledge protection bill and a vote on President Bush's expected veto of a bill promoting embryonic stem cell research. Bush has asked, and social conservatives demanded, that the gay marriage ban be considered in the run-up to the election.
The White House, in a statement Tuesday, urged passage of the measure. "When activist judges insist on redefining the fundamental institution of marriage for their states or potentially for the entire country, the only alternative left to make the people's voice heard is an amendment of the Constitution."
"Our momentum in the states is extremely strong and Washington is playing catch-up," said Matt Daniels, president of the Alliance for Marriage.
Daniels, who was involved in drafting the amendment's language, said it was essential that Congress eventually set a national standard. Members of Congress are "the only hope for seeing marriage protected in this country and they should be on record."
"I do not understand what motivates you," Frank said Monday, addressing Republicans on the Rules Committee. "I don't tell you who to love."
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What motivates Republicans is Greed, Power, Control and Jealousy.
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5-19-2006 Senate to vote on Constitutional Gay Ban next week - expected to pass easily
"Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman"
"Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than the union of a man and a woman"
Hehehehehehe :laugh:
Starting to look like the blatant discrimination by the Radical Right is starting to backfire on them. :thumbsup:
10-30-2005 Alaska High Court Backs Partner Benefits
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday it is unconstitutional to deny benefits to the same-sex partners of public employees, a victory for gay rights advocates in one of the first states to pass a constitutional ban on gay marriage.
Overturning a lower court ruling, the state high court said barring benefits for state and city employees' same-sex partners violates the Alaska Constitution's equal protection clause.
Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski was "outraged" by the ruling and directed the attorney general's office to determine the best way to overturn it, said his spokeswoman, Becky Hultberg.
In the 2001 Superior Court ruling overturned Friday, Judge Stephanie Joannides said the state and city did not have to extend benefits to same-sex couples, equating them with unmarried heterosexual couples who also are not eligible.
The high court said that comparison failed to acknowledge the fact that heterosexual couples can choose to get married, while homosexual couples cannot.
Michael Macleod-Ball, director of the Alaska ACLU, said the Alaska Supreme Court ruling could have an effect on other states.
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Looks like as hard as the anti-gay pro-discrimination Religious Republicans try, that this Country will not stand for it.
Anti-gay and pro-discrimination goes against the very foundation of liberty the founding fathers set forth for the Country.
It is Governments business to stay out of personal business.
It is the Governments business to uphold the Laws and Values of the foundation of this Country.
Hopefully this is the start of many defeats the radicals Republican and the religious base controlling them.
10-12-2005 Calif. Court Hears Gay Fertility Case
SAN DIEGO - A California appeals court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of a woman who sued her doctors after they refused to artificially inseminate her, allegedly because she is gay.
The physicians are appealing a ruling that prevented them from raising religious freedom as a defense in the test of whether doctors can deny treatment to gays and lesbians.
The case appears to be the first in the country in which a gay or lesbian patient was allowed to sue doctors over charges that treatment was denied based on sexual orientation, said Benitez's attorney, Jennifer Pizer of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Pizer argued that California civil rights law should have prevented the doctors from refusing treatment based on her client's sexual orientation.
"The state has a compelling interest to eradicate invidious discrimination," she told the court.
Justice Gilbert Nares predicted a long road ahead.
"As we all know, this is going to the U.S. Supreme Court," he said. "It's just a question of when."
The appeals court has 90 days to rule.
Edit: Republicans in here say to bring back Segregation signs like last Century.
Instead of signs saying "Colored" only, put signs in front of the Doctors Office and Pharmacy that say "Straights Only".
7-26-2006 State of Washington court latest to uphold gay marriage ban
OLYMPIA, Wash. - The state Supreme Court upheld a ban on gay marriage Wednesday, saying lawmakers have the power to restrict marriage to unions between a man and woman.
The 5-4 decision disappointed gay-marriage advocates and left Massachusetts as the only state that grants full marriage rights to gay couples.
======================================
Interesting that the state where the first Revolution started is the only state where people are truly free to love who they wish without discrimination and hate.
====================================================
Bush will get his wish shortly for the Constitutional ban on same sex marriage.
Just another step towards all out Revolution II in the U.S. coming very quickly.
Edit:7-18-2006 Bush didn't get his wish. Are Republicans actually starting to lose some of their brainwashing power?
True Americans won out over Discrimination and Hate Filled Anti-Americans.
I hope the rest of the Constitution loving American citizenry continues to beat down the Ant-Gay Hate Filled, America Hating Republicans in the Elections to come.
7-18-2006 Gay Marriage Constitutional Ban Amendment Rejected In Congress For 2006
WASHINGTON - The House on Tuesday rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, ending for another year a congressional debate that supporters of the ban hope will still reverberate in this fall's election.
The 236-187 vote for the proposal to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman was 47 short of the two-thirds majority needed to advance a constitutional amendment.
It followed six weeks after the Senate also decisively defeated the amendment, a top priority of social conservatives.
The marriage amendment is part of the "American values agenda" the House is taking up this week that includes a pledge protection bill and a vote on President Bush's expected veto of a bill promoting embryonic stem cell research. Bush has asked, and social conservatives demanded, that the gay marriage ban be considered in the run-up to the election.
The White House, in a statement Tuesday, urged passage of the measure. "When activist judges insist on redefining the fundamental institution of marriage for their states or potentially for the entire country, the only alternative left to make the people's voice heard is an amendment of the Constitution."
"Our momentum in the states is extremely strong and Washington is playing catch-up," said Matt Daniels, president of the Alliance for Marriage.
Daniels, who was involved in drafting the amendment's language, said it was essential that Congress eventually set a national standard. Members of Congress are "the only hope for seeing marriage protected in this country and they should be on record."
"I do not understand what motivates you," Frank said Monday, addressing Republicans on the Rules Committee. "I don't tell you who to love."
=============================================
What motivates Republicans is Greed, Power, Control and Jealousy.
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5-19-2006 Senate to vote on Constitutional Gay Ban next week - expected to pass easily
"Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman"
"Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than the union of a man and a woman"
Hehehehehehe :laugh:
Starting to look like the blatant discrimination by the Radical Right is starting to backfire on them. :thumbsup:
10-30-2005 Alaska High Court Backs Partner Benefits
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday it is unconstitutional to deny benefits to the same-sex partners of public employees, a victory for gay rights advocates in one of the first states to pass a constitutional ban on gay marriage.
Overturning a lower court ruling, the state high court said barring benefits for state and city employees' same-sex partners violates the Alaska Constitution's equal protection clause.
Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski was "outraged" by the ruling and directed the attorney general's office to determine the best way to overturn it, said his spokeswoman, Becky Hultberg.
In the 2001 Superior Court ruling overturned Friday, Judge Stephanie Joannides said the state and city did not have to extend benefits to same-sex couples, equating them with unmarried heterosexual couples who also are not eligible.
The high court said that comparison failed to acknowledge the fact that heterosexual couples can choose to get married, while homosexual couples cannot.
Michael Macleod-Ball, director of the Alaska ACLU, said the Alaska Supreme Court ruling could have an effect on other states.
=======================================================
Looks like as hard as the anti-gay pro-discrimination Religious Republicans try, that this Country will not stand for it.
Anti-gay and pro-discrimination goes against the very foundation of liberty the founding fathers set forth for the Country.
It is Governments business to stay out of personal business.
It is the Governments business to uphold the Laws and Values of the foundation of this Country.
Hopefully this is the start of many defeats the radicals Republican and the religious base controlling them.
10-12-2005 Calif. Court Hears Gay Fertility Case
SAN DIEGO - A California appeals court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of a woman who sued her doctors after they refused to artificially inseminate her, allegedly because she is gay.
The physicians are appealing a ruling that prevented them from raising religious freedom as a defense in the test of whether doctors can deny treatment to gays and lesbians.
The case appears to be the first in the country in which a gay or lesbian patient was allowed to sue doctors over charges that treatment was denied based on sexual orientation, said Benitez's attorney, Jennifer Pizer of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Pizer argued that California civil rights law should have prevented the doctors from refusing treatment based on her client's sexual orientation.
"The state has a compelling interest to eradicate invidious discrimination," she told the court.
Justice Gilbert Nares predicted a long road ahead.
"As we all know, this is going to the U.S. Supreme Court," he said. "It's just a question of when."
The appeals court has 90 days to rule.
Edit: Republicans in here say to bring back Segregation signs like last Century.
Instead of signs saying "Colored" only, put signs in front of the Doctors Office and Pharmacy that say "Straights Only".