5/9/2012 8:22:39 AM

why dint tdub skew amendment 1 poll?

5/9/2012 8:24:37 AM

This literally made me laugh. A guy on my Facebook page posted a long rant about how religion shouldn't be used to pass discriminatory laws blah blah blah. This is one of the responses he got:

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"It's not a religion. It's Christianity genius. I do not have a religion but I know there is a God and he will bring his wrath down on us all for loving the sins of earth. We are a weak country worried about every ones feelings and it will be our demise"

Good to know Christianity isn't a religion

5/9/2012 8:44:50 AM

well the margin certainly surprised me, but that's probably because I'm somewhat sheltered from the morans outside the big city.

5/9/2012 8:46:23 AM

thats some ironic spelling there^

[Edited on May 9, 2012 at 8:51 AM. Reason : -]

5/9/2012 8:50:41 AM

Pretty sure he did that on purpose.

5/9/2012 8:51:40 AM

^^Hi, welcome to the Internet.

5/9/2012 8:53:15 AM

yeah that

5/9/2012 8:53:35 AM

I like how many people are surprised by the results. Clearly they haven't driven through most of NC.

5/9/2012 8:56:06 AM

It's not a religion. It's Christianity genius.
It's not a religion. It's Christianity genius.
It's not a religion. It's Christianity genius.
It's not a religion. It's Christianity genius.
It's not a religion. It's Christianity genius.
It's not a religion. It's Christianity genius.
It's not a religion. It's Christianity genius.

5/9/2012 8:57:56 AM

I'm not surprised it passed, just the margin. I was figuring high/mid 50s to low/mid 40s.

Most people haven't driven through most of NC lately, so I'm not sure what that has to do with anything.

[Edited on May 9, 2012 at 8:58 AM. Reason : .]

5/9/2012 8:58:27 AM

i called 60%, so I was close

5/9/2012 9:02:26 AM

i love how all the "vote against" whiners are relentlessly crying on facebook about this.

it's clear the state wanted the amendment. time to move on.

5/9/2012 9:02:27 AM

Haha, what the "state" wants is irrelevant. Unfortunately, the government and the people have forgotten about that due the their religious blindness, which is precisely why church and state should not be mixing.

[Edited on May 9, 2012 at 9:05 AM. Reason : .]

5/9/2012 9:05:19 AM

Because in North Carolina, some families are better than others.

Also, NC A1 is the topic on Diane Rehm today at 10am.
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-05-09/same-sex-marriage-north-carolina-president-obama-and-voters

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"Guests Brian Brown president, National Organization for Marriage; executive committee member, Vote for Marriage North Carolina. Michael Cole-Schwartz communications director, Human Rights Campaign. Michael Dimock associate director, Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. Maggie Gallagher president, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy; editor, http://www.MarriageDebate.com; head of the Culture War Victory Fund; author of the forthcoming book "Debating Same-sex Marriage.""

[Edited on May 9, 2012 at 9:13 AM. Reason : "I'm Diane Rehm and I have the voice of a demon and face of an angel."]

5/9/2012 9:11:18 AM

I had no doubt that it would pass, it's still terribly disappointing.

5/9/2012 9:14:56 AM

^^ Nice, will have to whip out the headphones for that.

5/9/2012 9:59:58 AM

lady at work comes up to me today

"OMG aren't you just so mad about yesterday? I'm gonna be so pissy all day because of what happened."

Let me explain that she has been in an "common law" type marriage for like 10 years now. She is going around telling everyone how she will be affected by this.

Why get so fucking hype right now? Why the fuck weren't you out there yesterday or days before trying to educate folks? Do not come back to me today and ask how I'm doing. I couldn't even talk.

5/9/2012 10:10:45 AM

that's because the cool thing to do is publicly announce how depressed you are about how the vote turned out, and how ashamed you are to live in NC.

5/9/2012 10:14:48 AM

yesterday she was also hired for the position they wouldn't let me interview for....so I need to congratulate her at some point today

I'm not sure I'll be able to speak though

5/9/2012 10:17:01 AM

so what's the process of this amendment now? Does governor have any type of veto power at this point? I realize this is an amendment and not a bill so it may work differently and my law knowledge is a bit rusty.

5/9/2012 10:17:52 AM

http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/how-gay-rights-is-nothing-like-legalizing-beastali

<3<3<3

[Edited on May 9, 2012 at 10:20 AM. Reason : poop]

5/9/2012 10:18:15 AM

this dyne-guy is cool, because he doesn't care about being cool!

[Edited on May 9, 2012 at 10:19 AM. Reason : ]

5/9/2012 10:18:18 AM

^^^ No veto power. Amendment is now law.

[Edited on May 9, 2012 at 10:18 AM. Reason : a]

5/9/2012 10:18:34 AM

thx^

5/9/2012 10:24:50 AM

Democracy: It's not perfect, but it's the best we have.

One day, you may wake up and realize that "Democracy" isn't something to strive for. Democracy is and has always been mob rule. It sounds good in theory, until you live in a society comprised of mostly idiots.

5/9/2012 10:43:20 AM

But this is a republic!

5/9/2012 10:44:15 AM

majority rule doesn't really work in mental institutions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziNaZxvp-Qk&feature=related

5/9/2012 10:46:32 AM

I'm sorry that everyone hasn't realized this, and I mean it's pretty pathetic really, but this country is not a democracy or a republic, it' a cheerocracy.

5/9/2012 10:47:30 AM

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"I like how many people are surprised by the results. Clearly they haven't driven through most of NC."

It's surprising how sheltered people on this board are. Believe it or not, you people do not represent the majority of our state (or country).

I am enjoying all the internet arguments on facebook and twitter.

[Edited on May 9, 2012 at 10:53 AM. Reason : And by enjoying, I mean I want to stab pencils in my head.]

5/9/2012 10:50:46 AM

Great song.

Ideally, the Constitution would protect the individual from the government, and in this case, I think it actually does with the equal protection clause. Unfortunately, we live in an age where the Constitution doesn't really matter, and basically all that is needed to pass anything is a majority vote.

5/9/2012 10:50:52 AM

yeah, one of their better ones. "no point in democracy when ignorance is celebrated"

5/9/2012 10:54:56 AM

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"Believe it or not, you people do not represent the majority of our state (or country)"

The majority does not always rule, nor should it. We've seen how that works out in the past.

5/9/2012 11:00:53 AM

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"It's surprising how sheltered people on this board are. Believe it or not, you people do not represent the majority of our state (or country)."

I'm surprised at all the over the top reactions. I mean, nevermind the fact that there have been similar amendments passed in 30 other states, THIS ONE is the biggest deal ever for some reason.

And it seems like a lot of people didn't realize that gay marriages and civil unions were banned in this state for years prior to this amendment.

5/9/2012 11:09:56 AM

I just wish people would get as fired up about all the other fucked up shit going on in this country. People can't be bothered about innocent people getting mutilated by drones or drug offenders getting jail time, but this...this crosses the line.

5/9/2012 11:16:04 AM

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"THIS ONE is the biggest deal ever for some reason."

xienze is consistently posting some stupid shit in this thread

5/9/2012 11:19:09 AM

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"xienze is consistently posting some stupid shit in this thread"

Brilliant analysis, but the fact remains that people are making a huge deal out of this NC amendment, which seems odd considering it's been done 30 times before.

5/9/2012 11:22:28 AM

5/9/2012 11:24:16 AM

crazy that people care about what happens in the state in which they live

fucking crazy

5/9/2012 11:24:38 AM

See what I mean

Consistent

5/9/2012 11:24:42 AM

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"crazy that people care about what happens in the state in which they live fucking crazy"

No, I meant on a national basis. Look at CNN comments for instance.

^ And Ernie consistently stalks me for some reason. Can't resist making a comment whenever I do.

[Edited on May 9, 2012 at 11:27 AM. Reason : ...]

5/9/2012 11:26:01 AM

It's because NC is generally seen as one of the more progressive southern states, the nation doesn't know that the bible beaters run this state.

5/9/2012 11:27:43 AM

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"It's because NC is generally seen as one of the more progressive southern states, the nation doesn't know that the bible beaters run this state."

That's why the old southern redneck stereotypes get trotted out so quickly.

5/9/2012 11:28:36 AM

I'm wondering what kind of truly heinous shit flew under the social radar while everyone was/is preoccupied with A1

I'm lookin' at you, TSB

5/9/2012 11:29:05 AM

Stalking you

Talk about how many posts I have

Let's get all this out of the way so we can get back to you shitting on your own face in front of everyone

5/9/2012 11:29:36 AM

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"That's why the old southern redneck stereotypes get trotted out so quickly."

When old southern redneck things happen here? yeah

5/9/2012 11:32:02 AM

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"Stalking you Talk about how many posts I have Let's get all this out of the way so we can get back to you shitting on your own face in front of everyone"

Seriously man, it doesn't matter what fucking forum I post in, what the fuck I say, there you are posting "LOL, you're stupid". Fucking get over it and stop responding to me if you think it's so fucking stupid. I don't follow you around and tell you how much of a fucktard you are.

5/9/2012 11:32:03 AM

5/9/2012 11:33:21 AM

We've been here for 10 years and I've addressed you four times

5/9/2012 11:33:30 AM

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"When old southern redneck things happen here? yeah"

I'm just saying, the two things don't jive. Nationally we're seen as a progressive southern state, I get that, but the second a progressive initiative is shot down we're all just a bunch of dumb rednecks.

5/9/2012 11:33:35 AM