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Creepily Enthusiastic Maryland Teen Asks Legislators to Outlaw Gay Marriage for Her Birthday
Excerpt: Today is my 14th birthday and it would be the best birthday present ever if you would vote ‘no’ on gay marriage. I really feel bad for the kids who have two parents who are the same gender. Even though some kids feel like it’s fine, they have no idea what kind of wonderful experiences they miss out on. I don’t want any more kids to get confused about what’s right and okay. I really don’t want to grow up in a world where marriage isn’t such a special thing anymore. It’s rather scary to think that when I grow up, the legislator or the court can change the definition of any word they want. If they can change the definition of marriage, then they could change the definition of any word. People have the choice to be gay, but I don’t want to be affected by their choice. People say that they were just born that way, but I’ve met really nice adults who did change. So please vote no on gay marriage. Thank you.
(Source: mrscatalano)
"America is a great place, speech is free, and you’re able to expose the fact that you’re an idiot."
— Eric Stonestreet on antigay protesters at the Golden Globes
(Source: mrscatalano)
- Michelle Bachmann: "Don’t misunderstand. I am not here bashing people who are homosexuals, who are lesbians, who are bisexual, who are transgender. We need to have profound compassion for people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life and sexual identity disorders.” (2004)
- Ron Paul: "The rate of AIDS infection is on the increase again. From the gay point of view, the reasons seem quite sensible. First, these men don't really see a reason to live past their fifties. They are not married, they have no children, and their lives are centered on new sexual partners... because sex is the center of their lives, they want it to be as pleasurable as possible, which means unprotected sex. Third, they enjoy the attention & pity that comes with being sick." (1995 in a newsletter)
- Rick Perry: "I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school. " (2011 in a campaign ad)
- Mitt Romney: "I should tell my story. I'm also unemployed." (2011 while speaking to unemployed people in Florida. Romney's net worth is over $200 million.)
- Newt Gingrich: "She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President. And besides, she has cancer." (1994, about his first wife)
- Rick Santorum: "Is anyone saying same-sex couples can’t love each other? I love my children. I love my friends, my brother. Heck, I even love my mother-in-law. Should we call these relationships marriage, too?" (2008)
- Michelle Bachmann: "Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas." (2009 during a debate)
- Mitt Romney: "PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air." (2006, when questioned about driving 12 hours with his dog in a cage strapped to the top of his car)
"Gay people are born into and belong to every society in the world. They are all ages, all races, all faiths. They are doctors and teachers, farmers and bankers, soldiers and athletes. And whether we know it, or whether we acknowledge it, they are our family, our friends, and our neighbors. Being gay is not a western invention. It is a human reality."
Carmen Cardona, a disabled veteran of the US Navy, is challenging the constitutionality of federal laws defining marriage as between two members of the opposite sex. She married her partner last year, and was subsequently denied a spousal increase in her veteran’s benefits by the VA regional office in Hartford, which cited the federal government’s definition of marriage.
She is being represented in the case, which is to be filed before the Court of Appeals for Veterans’ Claims in DC, by Yale Law’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic. They will be challenging the federal definition of marriage using the 5th amendment right to due process and simultaneously challenging the constitutionality of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. This is the first time someone has tried to challenge DOMA throught the Veterans’ Claims court. This case has a chance of heading to the Supreme Court: if Cardona loses this appeal, she can then appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Read the New York Times story and the Stars and Stripes story.
(via monkeyknifefight)
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