That sucks. But it isn't very surprising. Getting that amendment off their Constitution ain't gonna be easy.

At least there's nothing to prevent civil unions from being legalized there and in other places that pass something similar.

It's on the ballot in Oregon to become illegal.. gay marriges that is. It broke Oregon's record for number of signatures to get somethign on a ballot.. they got over double the amount of signatures they needed. It's rather sickning to be honest.

could somebody who knows what they're talking about tell me what affects any of this stuff has on the enforcement of the full faith and credit clause?

My state sucks. Brought to you from the state that in downtown Kansas City you can still hear many locals refer to Martin Luther King Jr. Day as "nigger day". I apologize for Missouri.

We also voted to install some gigantic arena downtown that will cost us millions and will probably remain vacant for years because we haven't had any real plans made for it yet. Kansas City wants so badly to be taken seriously as a "real" city and I don't think that this is the way. Also, it will completely ruin the already shitty roads and transportation downtown.

I'd like to move to Portland soon, I've been thinking about it for a long time... anybody need a roommate? Please?

[Edited on Aug 04, 2004 11:54AM]

Thats why both my Gay cousin and my Lesbian Cousin Each got a "civil unions" to their partners in Vermont.

Vermont is friendly

Vermont is for lovers!

by the way, i join the group who is appologizing for their wonderfully awful state, Missouri is probably one of the largest cesspools on earth, bigotry is so rampant here that i honestly fear certain areas of this town, whether it be racial, religious or sexually oriented hate, this town spreads it all

That is something I've been wanting to get straight on for awhile myself. Anybody know what's up with this?

Argh. I live in Oregon. If this shit passes, it is really going to piss me off.

I wonder what the people who voted for this thought they were accomplishing?

why, protecting the sanctity of marriage, of course!

from them gays.

them unholy gays.

you mispelled monogamous...

Can I apologize, in advance, for my stinking cesspool of an ass-backards state?

We've got an amendment to the state constitution that would ban gay marriages coming up for a vote on September 18. It's likely going to pass with flying colors.

Louisiana ranks near the bottom of the list for literacy rates, has the highest infant mortality rate (not to mention highest rates of teen pregnancy and out-of-wedlock births), but hey-- who cares about that when the sanctity of marriage is being threatened by them homersexuals?

Edited to say: We might be competing with Mississippi and Arkansas for some of the above superlatives; I don't have the latest statistics on hand.

[Edited on Aug 04, 2004 by Lemonnier]

Well, to be fair, there are only 3,613,117 registered voters... still a pathetic showing, though.

It was interesting that they voted down some gambling law, too. At least in this case they're consistent with their conservative views.

Heaven forbid that democracy be allowed to function.

Nice to see the class/education level insults being thrown about.

After all, no RIGHT THINKING person could rationally hold views which are separate or different from your own.