Comments on: What’s Next in the Gay-Marriage Fight?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:26:39 +0000

While one of the posters on here said she is sick and tired of having her life based on “religious morals”, I am sick and tired of people wanting to twist things around just to meet their wants. Marriage was religion-based from the beginning of time. Period. The “legality” of it didn’t enter into the picture until many years later when things like benefits, wills, and other legal issues came into the picture.

Let gays have civil unions that provide them the same rights as married people and that should cover it. However, also make civil unions “stick” such that if someone wants to get out of it, they need to go through similar legal proceedings as heterosexuals go through when getting a divorce.

Marriage is religious based, and it should remain that way. It’s no different than my saying that I don’t like to call my dog a “dog” because it has negative connotations, so I am going to start calling my dog a “cat” because I like the word better. Get a grip folks.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:01:53 +0000

I truly hope that the separation of church and state continues to take place in this heated argument. I am so very tired of having my life dictated by laws based on “religious morals”. I grew up in the Church of Christ in the Bible Belt. I knew I was different from age 3 and let me tell you, I prayed hard for God to remove this “thorn from my side”. But it never happened. Now, I’m 53 and have lived 30 years as a lesbian and have a wonderful relationship with a woman. I think when one decides to share and commit their life with someone, it would constitute being married in anybody;s book. We share everything that a man and a woman would share in a marriage, but yet, we don’t have the privileges or recognition that have been bestowed to them. Why is that? The answer is that religion has not been separated from the law. I feel that the laws put on Gays are like those put upon the Jewish people during the Nazi Regimen. You can’t do this, you can’t do that. We don’t recognize you as a human being with rights. Rights are reserved for “normal” people. Just keep quite and go back into the closet if you can’t be “normal”. Well….Damn It, this is “normal” for me. Accept it and get out of our way.
Debra Markart

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:03:21 +0000

I’m no legal wizard but I don’t think the federal government could apply this standard to just Massachussetts – it would not be a “separable” finding. I would expect it to be applicable to all states that recognize same sex marriage. That said, I think the issue might be better dealt with by the Supreme Court rather than expec the legislative branch to take it up – timing alone makes it unlikely to come to vote in either the House or the Senate and if anyone thinks it likely to happen this close to an election…well, let’s just say that is unlikely as well. We will have to see what the elections do to get a feel for what might happen in the next Congress. At least in the Supreme Court, if they agree to take the case (and that is a big “if”), we could expect to get an answer and not have to worry about getting it done in one 2-year period.