So from PPP poll, April 24: 54% for, 40% against

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"53 percent of voters actually SUPPORT some form of recognition for gay couples, be it civil unions or marriage."

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"Only 36 percent correctly identified that it would ban both gay marriage and civil unions. An astounding 10 percent actually think it somehow legalizes gay marriage."

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-24/politics/31391498_1_gay-marriage-ban-marriage-amendment-civil-unions

Pretty amazing that such a high % of people that were polled are clueless what the amendment actually says and does.

[Edited on May 1, 2012 at 2:41 PM. Reason :  ]

5/1/2012 2:41:11 PM

Not really all that amazing. I'm coming to realize that the majority is kinda dumb.

5/1/2012 2:46:51 PM

But by all means, let's put more decisions directly into the hands of the masses

5/1/2012 3:13:33 PM

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"Not really all that amazing. I'm coming to realize that the majority is kinda dumb."

Yeah but they'd be dumb even if they weren't religious, right Grumpy or Duke?

5/1/2012 3:19:46 PM

^lol. but in all seriousness...i think they would...they'd just have to find a real reason to justify their hatred and fear other than old old old books.

5/2/2012 4:49:30 PM

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"Yesterday I did one-stop voting and registration here in Randolph County. I abandoned the Republican Party and promptly voted in its primary. It felt strange filling in the circle next to "Ron Paul," but I managed. I voted against the amendment and would not have gone to the trouble of re-registering and voting had it not been on there."

                Same here

5/2/2012 6:41:29 PM

IMO you should shop at Replacements Limited for all your diningware-replacement needs: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/business/replacements-limiteds-stand-for-gay-marriage-draws-repercussions.html?src=me&ref=general&pagewanted=all

5/26/2012 12:32:16 AM

http://www.advocate.com/crime/2012/10/12/couple-says-they-were-beaten-asheville-being-gay

10/12/2012 2:42:18 PM

As a person who was adamantly against the amendment, I made some donations to the Equality NC group.

Since then, I've been getting emails from them non-stop. I didn't mind, of course. I donated to them and therefore ended up on their email list.

The other day I get another where I see they've chosen William Barber as their Gala Keynote Speaker. Those fuckers will never get another god damn dime of my money. What a waste.

10/13/2012 11:42:51 AM

Are you talking about the head of the NC NAACP: http://www.revwilliambarber.com/

10/13/2012 9:36:22 PM

^^^ Romney had a rally in Asheville and a gay guy gets assaulted. Sounds about right.

10/13/2012 10:07:19 PM

^Romney had a rally in Asheville and a gay guy fakes an assault to show his victim status. Sounds about right.

10/13/2012 10:33:56 PM

DoMA ruled unconstitutional by NY Court of Appeals.

10/18/2012 12:44:01 PM

^A lot of DOMA cases and the prop 8 case are piling up at the Supreme Courts door step. 4 SCOTUS justices are in their 70s. Obama v Romney could essentially be the vote for or against marriage equality in this country.

10/18/2012 1:02:18 PM

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"^Romney had a rally in Asheville and a gay guy fakes an assault to show his victim status. Sounds about right."

Hm, indeed. Thanks for pointing out the victim status of Southern bigots, damn liberal media and faggoty fakers!!!

10/19/2012 10:31:23 AM

10/20/2012 2:26:55 PM

1) Anybody with half a brain cell would know from the beginning that guy wasn't being serious. His clothes, demeanor and mannerisms didn't match the words. Somebody who was actually arguing that case would have been wearing a tie, wouldn't be wearing metrosexual glasses, and wouldn't have overly stressed his title of "Rev. Dr." - that's something a gay rights apologist would emphasize to put a spiritual veneer on his spiel.

His glasses would not perfectly match the lesbian in the white coat behind him.

2) The only search results for any batch of words in his speech point only to his speech. If he really did just substitute 'gay rights' into an old speech, those old speeches are not on the internet. Of course, I would never believe that somebody in his position would seek to alter anything to try to make his point more powerful.

[Edited on October 20, 2012 at 3:04 PM. Reason : a]

10/20/2012 3:03:19 PM

Most things said by non-famous people before the invention of the internet cannot be found on the internet.

It is a fact that religious conservatives used the bible as an excuse for owning slaves in the 1800s and claiming that skin color makes someone less deserving of basic human rights in the mid-1900s. You don't need to see his source material to understand that.

10/20/2012 3:24:53 PM

He also starts his speech by saying he is in favor of the ordinance (the context here is the city adding sexual orientation to their non-discrimination laws). He's not hiding anything.

10/20/2012 9:29:41 PM

pretty sure TULIPlovr has had a penis in his mouth, and enjoyed it.

10/21/2012 9:25:09 AM

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"It is a fact that religious conservatives used the bible as an excuse for owning slaves in the 1800s and claiming that skin color makes someone less deserving of basic human rights in the mid-1900s. "

And they were entirely correct with that interpretation.

10/21/2012 9:55:31 AM