Gov. Paterson to introduce marriage equality legislation in New York.
By on Apr 8th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Gov. Paterson to introduce marriage equality legislation in New York.
New York Gov. David Paterson (D) today said that he plans to re-introduce legislation making same-sex marriage legal in the state. “We’ll put a bill out and let the people decide one way or the other,” Paterson told WHCU-AM in Ithaca. In 2007, then-governor Eliot Spitzer introduced similar legislation, but it stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate. The state Senate is now controlled by Democrats but “still appears a few votes shy from having the 32 votes needed for passage.” New York state currently recognizes same-sex marriages performed legally in other states.
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Hey look, I’m all for same-sex marriage. But could Patterson be doing this to elevate his poll numbers, or am I just paranoid?
April 8th, 2009 at 8:48 pmIt would be about time.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:48 pmIt’s a great move, but the cynic in me thinks he is doing this just to help his horrible poll numbers. As a New Yorker, why couldn’t Spitzer just keep it in his pants…
April 8th, 2009 at 8:51 pmThe tides are turning and fundie heads are exploding all over the country.
I fear that, just like the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s, those who hold the most indefensible position on this issue will go to extreme measures to prevent extending equal rights to all Americans.
So, please, whatever form of protest you deem necessary, let is always be based on
PEACE
April 8th, 2009 at 8:52 pmBest news I’ve read all day. It was always curious that New York (my state) has been lagging behind.. Iowa. But I suppose that rat’s nest of politics in Albany has a great deal to do with it. Paterson has made such a botch of things recently, I wonder if he feels he has nothing to lose to introduce this while he can.
In any case, long overdue, and we’ll see how it goes.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:52 pmYAWN!
April 8th, 2009 at 8:53 pmThat’s great, Governor Paterson, and while you’re at it, why not have New York State ratify the Child Labor Amendment to the Constitution? It’s still out there, and it’s still active (it had no expiration date built in), and it still hasn’t been ratified by our great state. I totally support the rights of gay people to marry each other and enjoy all the benefits of marriage, but I would be even prouder of you if you would get the Legislature (or referendum vote of the people) to ratify the Child Labor Amendment. Thank you, and good luck.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:54 pmNEW YORK – Of all places – should have been the first to pass this legislation! Whatever the reason, I sincerely hope they allow gays & lesbians to marry.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:57 pmThe sun came up in Vermont this morning. This whole thing is about as big a nonissue as the imaginary war on christmas. See this freedom thing is something we are supposed to believe in…
April 8th, 2009 at 9:01 pmfire _ant_chavis Says:
NEW YORK – Of all places – should have been the first to pass this legislation! Whatever the reason, I sincerely hope they allow gays & lesbians to marry.
I don’t know if you know this about New York State, but nothing, and I mean nothing, gets passed unless the Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate Majority Leader all agree to it. Until recently, the Senate was controlled by the Republicans (while the Democrats had the Governorship and the Assembly, and still do), and they weren’t eager to have New York be the first state to legalize or recognize same-sex marriages.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:02 pmI doubt it’ll pass. The Dem majority has a few nuts in it when the Dems won majority rule last Novemeber; the Dem majority is by around three seats or so and a few senators threatened to vote with the other folks if same gender marriage came up for a vote.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:03 pmThat’ll get the spittle flingin’.
They‘re already rending their garments over Iowa…
Wish I was in the denture business – lots of teeth are going to get gnashed out over the next couple years…
…wish they‘d find themselves something that matters to worry about.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:15 pmGov. Paterson to introduce marriage equality legislation in New York.
– - Gov. Paterson doesn’t see gay or straight.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:15 pmWayne Ant Schneider Says:
Outside of the 5 burroughs, NY is pretty country. Lots of dairy farms and greenacres – LOL. Well, I’m keeping my fingers crossed for all of my compadres up in NY!
April 8th, 2009 at 9:18 pmblue state bob Says: ” As a New Yorker, why couldn’t Spitzer just keep it in his pants…” The irony here , bob, is that Spitzer’s scandal, unlike the previous four Republican sex scandals, was a heterosexual affair. Also, Paterson’s move does not cater to the mainstream thus it won’t help his poll numbers. At best he would break even and I doubt that. Paterson is being politically brave. This is the right thing to do.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:19 pmGays are screaming to get in and straights are lining up to get out. Seems about right although I would add, “be careful what you wish for” :)
April 8th, 2009 at 9:25 pmWhat are bi’s doing genius?
April 8th, 2009 at 9:30 pmdbadass Says:
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What are bi’s doing genius?
They have no worries Einstein.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:33 pmSo which are you…
April 8th, 2009 at 9:34 pmI think our weeping friend has come up with a brilliant strategy to sound less absurd than usual: say as little as possible.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:37 pmralph the wonder locust Says:
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I think our weeping friend has come up with a brilliant strategy to sound less absurd than usual: say as little as possible.
Oh hush you.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:43 pmThis is all great and everything, but Patterson is just doing this to distract because he’s a lousy governor.
Solve the MTA crisis and the budget crisis, Patterson!
Despite controlling both houses, Patterson and his fellow Dems can’t seem to get anything done.
April 8th, 2009 at 9:46 pmIt ain’t working for him, ralph. ;)
April 8th, 2009 at 9:47 pmOh hush you.
—
April 8th, 2009 at 9:49 pmThat sounds sort of gay…
dbadass Says:
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Oh hush you.
—
That sounds sort of gay…
You interested?
April 8th, 2009 at 9:52 pmGawd! Government get out of the bed business.
Government MYODB!
Government get out of the tax breaks for people with children.
Just git!
April 8th, 2009 at 10:05 pmCrymeariver Says:
dbadass Says:
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Oh hush you.
—
That sounds sort of gay…
You interested?
**
larry?
larry craig…?
:)
April 8th, 2009 at 10:20 pm:::
just up at youtube,
anti-gay ad audition tape.
ya gotta see this!
:<)
April 8th, 2009 at 10:22 pmEXCELLENT! and way overdue. If Iowa can be ahead of New York, something’s really screwed up.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:31 pmNah. He’s been pushing this ever since he took over from Spitzer.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:32 pmHello Joe Cantwell, I have a few things I would like to say a few things at a time.
I’m a California doctor who must choose between my faith and my job (x300)
I’m a Massachusetts parent helplessly watching public schools teach my son that gay marriage is ok (x300)
The storm is coming, but we have hope (x300)
Cure teh gay, nevermore.
(Ok, I inserted the last line.)
April 8th, 2009 at 10:34 pmI have to admit, I am just as happy for the gay community as I am watching the rapture ready crowd scramble and spew anger.
Sweet revenge.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:37 pm:::
i’ve seen that lady in the green shirt
somewhere else before. and i don’t
think it was massachusetts.
:)
April 8th, 2009 at 10:48 pmhad enough Says:
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I have to admit, I am just as happy for the gay community as I am watching the rapture ready crowd scramble and spew anger.
Sweet revenge.
Interesting that you are a vengeful person but could you enlighten me as to where all this “spewing” is?
April 8th, 2009 at 10:48 pmstick around
April 8th, 2009 at 10:50 pmCrymeariver Says:
had enough Says:
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I have to admit, I am just as happy for the gay community as I am watching the rapture ready crowd scramble and spew anger.
Sweet revenge.
Interesting that you are a vengeful person but could you enlighten me as to where all this “spewing” is?
***
here.
:)
caution: really bad acting ahead!
P
April 8th, 2009 at 10:53 pmAs Ray Taliaferro says, 2/3 of marriages end in divorce and 1/2 of the 1/3 mot divorced wished they were.
But absolutely, if one really wants to get married, the law should allow it regardless of orientation.
Personally, I feel the business arrangement created by marriage license kills the relationship.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:55 pmCrooks & Liars has the video from something called the National Organization for Marriage. It’s a twisted little piece of shit that’s supposed to show up on TV ads.
dbadass, you might want to explore the possibilities that come with being bi. It doubles your chances of having a date for the weekend. Well, maybe not your chances, what with your poor outlook toward others. I don’t think that you could even get a date with your hand.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:00 pmInteresting that our weepy friend thinks that schadenfreude is the same thing as vengeance.
As for the “spewing”, we’ve got a small sample here:
This qualification “..by a loving, tolerant, giving same sex couple…” does nothing to make an unnatural marriage – a so-called same-same gender marriage – any more natural. It doesn’t make the homosexual participants less sinful. In addition, this phrase describes very few homosexuals.
[snip]
Many practitioners are drug users and may experience emotional and mental problems, as might well be expected. This life choice is not really gay.
Many are diseased because of their behavior. Some are even “bug chasers” – deliberately trying to become HIV+.
But that’s just a small sample.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:02 pmjoe cantwell Says:
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Crymeariver Says:
had enough Says:
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I have to admit, I am just as happy for the gay community as I am watching the rapture ready crowd scramble and spew anger.
Sweet revenge.
Interesting that you are a vengeful person but could you enlighten me as to where all this “spewing” is?
here.
:)
caution: really bad acting ahead!
That was “spewing” anger? While I agree the acting was terrible, I think we all know that was just that…acting. So again I will ask, where is this “spewing” of anger?
April 8th, 2009 at 11:03 pm***
the storm is coming!
:)
caution: more really bad acting ahead!
P
April 8th, 2009 at 11:04 pminteresting that you are a vengeful person
Usually I am not but after years, perhaps all my life, watching the uppity, look down their nose religious types I yake some joy of watching them lose.
naughty me.
love that clip from youtube
April 8th, 2009 at 11:05 pmcry,
check out the finished product.
:)
:(
April 8th, 2009 at 11:07 pmThe rightwing nuts are losing their minds, wait a minute, they have already lost their minds. Blood veins are bursting, and their head are turning 180 degrees. I fear they are going to morph into some evil creature and try to eat everybody including themselves.
To them, this supersedes anything else on their agenda because God only knows this is the most important, earth shaking event to happen and it must, by any means necessary, be stopped. So Tea Bangers, switch your attention, stop the protest re: high taxes (because the people who read really know this is false).
April 8th, 2009 at 11:10 pmbut could you enlighten me as to where all this “spewing” is?
AM conservative talk radio.. the less popular shows on late night with a Christian slant.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:14 pmHoward Zinn was on TRNN again. how come thinkprogress never posts anything from real news or about the underground activists that are out getting things accomplished?
April 8th, 2009 at 11:14 pmHope Says:
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The rightwing nuts are losing their minds, wait a minute, they have already lost their minds. Blood veins are bursting
Actually, I don’t think anyone really cares.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:16 pmThe concerned people who have a problem with same-sex marriage, are the descendants of those who were certain our society would fall into dust when interracial marriage was allowed.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:22 pmMaybe revenge is not the best term…instead, the fact the smug religious right no longer owns the institution of marriage brings a sense of satisfaction.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:25 pmCrymeariver Says:
Actually, I don’t think anyone really cares.
_________
Right right right.. until the next one decides he’s entitled to shoot up a church and kill a 61 yr old woman, or go stick his rifle in an open window and kill a couple of foreign students LEGALLY in the country, or lays in wait for the police and kills three of them because Glenn Beck has him convinced they’re there to take his guns away.
Keep telling yourself that, Shorty…
April 8th, 2009 at 11:32 pmThanks for the links, joe. You beat me to the punch.
Why are all the “family values” crowd pathological liars? Seriously. There are three things that no god should require.
1. Money
April 8th, 2009 at 11:32 pm2. Guns/soldiers
3. Liars trying to defend said god
Crymeariver Says:
So again I will ask, where is this “spewing” of anger?
__________
Glen Beck…
Bill O’Reilly…
Michael Savage/Weiner…
Ann Coulter…
April 8th, 2009 at 11:34 pmPlus. If God exists, and He’s all He’s cracked up to be, would He not be able to swing an election and stop teh ebil gheys with a thought?
April 8th, 2009 at 11:40 pmThe Republic of Hymenoptera Stupidity Says:
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Crymeariver Says:
Actually, I don’t think anyone really cares.
_________
Right right right.. until the next one decides he’s entitled to shoot up a church and kill a 61 yr old woman, or go stick his rifle in an open window and kill a couple of foreign students LEGALLY in the country, or lays in wait for the police and kills three of them because Glenn Beck has him convinced they’re there to take his guns away.
Keep telling yourself that, Shorty…
When you don’t know what to say, please don’t just say whatever pops into your head. Your irrational rant had absolutely nothing to do with my statement. Why are you filled with so much hatred?
April 8th, 2009 at 11:41 pmCrymeariver Says:
Actually, I don’t think anyone really cares.
So again I will ask, where is this “spewing” of anger?
_____________
Care to think again, Honeybuns?
_____________
Real article from Freeperville:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2224468/posts
Obama to Worship Jesus with Homosexual Child Molesters
Everyone Is Lying ^ | 04/07/09 | Mathias Brinkley
Posted on April 7, 2009 5:18:42 PM PDT by Mathias Brinkley
My countrymen, it is a dark time for those of us that know how fiendish the homosexual agenda in this country really is. Iowa and Vermont. Now the news breaks that Obama the Shadow King is inviting homosexual couples to his Easter Party at the White House. Truly an epic perversion of American cultural values, all across our nation.
____________
Talk about yer MAJOR whackaloons…
April 8th, 2009 at 11:42 pmObama to Worship Jesus with Homosexual Child Molesters
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My bad… this just means Obama’s inviting some REPUBLICANS…
April 8th, 2009 at 11:44 pmCrymeariver Says:
Hope Says:
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The rightwing nuts are losing their minds, wait a minute, they have already lost their minds. Blood veins are bursting
Actually, I don’t think anyone really cares.
***
i care.
**
if fact,
i care too much.
and that’s how come i get
to meet all the really cool chicks.
:)
life is good.
:)
April 8th, 2009 at 11:44 pmFinally! The Homosexual Agenda has been revealed.
Oh, the horror…
April 8th, 2009 at 11:46 pmpete Says:
Why are all the “family values” crowd pathological liars? Seriously. There are three things that no god should require.
1. Money
2. Guns/soldiers
3. Liars trying to defend said god
Amen pete! Don’t these folk study their Bibles? “What doth the Lord require of you? To act justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8)
April 8th, 2009 at 11:47 pmCrymeariver Says:
Actually, I don’t think anyone really cares.
If nobody cared, they would have allowed the right to cancel the 2006 & 2008 elections and stayed home. You are obviously a bizarre person behind the keyboard, cry, assuming that most americans are as ignorant and demented as you.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:47 pmCrymeariver Says:
Why are you filled with so much hatred?
_________
Riiight… keep telling yourself that.
I didn’t take a gun and go shoot strangers because tha… tha Libs are destroying the country!!!!!
Sorry, but hatred of homosexuals is simply part and parcel of right wing rage these days. Like the inane, utterly insane rant I linked to from Freep…
You wanted examples of right wing rage? You got ‘em.
Stop lying. Why are you SOOOOOOO dishonest?
April 8th, 2009 at 11:48 pmI still don’t think it’s anyone else’s right to vote on anyone else’s rights.
It’s not up for a vote.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:49 pmPeriod.
The Republic of Hymenoptera Stupidity Says:
Talk about yer MAJOR whackaloons…
April 8th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
W. O. W.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:49 pmIf I wanted to become a pro in accusing others of my own weaknesses, I’d pay the cheap price of admission to the republican party.
Cry, you’re a good study.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:51 pmGee… where’d Cryin’ go?
He wanted examples of hysterical right wing rage…
He got ‘em…
Apparently he wasn’t COMFORTABLE w/ the truth…
April 8th, 2009 at 11:51 pmThe Republic of Hymenoptera Stupidity Says:
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Crymeariver Says:
Actually, I don’t think anyone really cares.
So again I will ask, where is this “spewing” of anger?
_____________
Care to think again, Honeybuns?
_____________
Real article from Freeperville:
http://www.freerepublic.com/ focus/ f-bloggers/ 2224468/ posts
Obama to Worship Jesus with Homosexual Child Molesters
Everyone Is Lying ^ | 04/07/09 | Mathias Brinkley
Posted on April 7, 2009 5:18:42 PM PDT by Mathias Brinkley
My countrymen, it is a dark time for those of us that know how fiendish the homosexual agenda in this country really is. Iowa and Vermont. Now the news breaks that Obama the Shadow King is inviting homosexual couples to his Easter Party at the White House. Truly an epic perversion of American cultural values, all across our nation.
____________
Talk about yer MAJOR whackaloons…
OMG, is your mind that simple. You refer to a blog for your evidence of spewing anger? The thoughts of one irrational person and you cast that on 150 million? Wow, you need help my friend. BTW, did you notice all the comments of people condemning this individual.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:51 pmpastcaring ceratopogonidae Says:
I still don’t think it’s anyone else’s right to vote on anyone else’s rights.
___________
But… but… doesn’t the Constitution protect righties’ rights to discriminate??
April 8th, 2009 at 11:52 pmThe Republic of Hymenoptera Stupidity I know your attention span isn’t that long so Ill remind you as to what we are talking about again so you won’t look quite as foolish with your next post:
Crymeariver Says:
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Hope Says:
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The rightwing nuts are losing their minds, wait a minute, they have already lost their minds. Blood veins are bursting
Actually, I don’t think anyone really cares.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:54 pmpastcaring ceratopogonidae Says:
I still don’t think it’s anyone else’s right to vote on anyone else’s rights.
I agree. The constitutions of the states and the US should never be amended to limit anyone’s rights. The purpose of a constitution is to limit government. Those who propose constitutional amendments to “define marriage” are committing a wrong the founders would be very uncomfy with.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:55 pmCrymeariver Says:
OMG, is your mind that simple.
_________
No, but your’s clearly is.
You wanted examples of right wing rage.
You got them.
Since you can’t discredit the information, all you can do attack me w/ childish insults. Very transparent, and very, very lame.
Why are you so hateful and dishonest?
April 8th, 2009 at 11:55 pmTRoHS….no…not according to the copy I carry with me.
Must not be the same copy the wingers have though…
:[
April 8th, 2009 at 11:55 pmExactly…the standards were set to protect people…not open them up to targeting or unequal treatment and not to subject people to another persons opinion
.
No citizen is above another in a Democratic Republic.
People conveniently forget this when they don’t approve of other people not in their in-groups.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:57 pmCrybaby,
TRoHS already gave you examples of violence committed by admitted rightwing whackjobs who murdered people in the name of their ideology — and you pretended not to know what he was talking about.
What’s it gonna be?
April 8th, 2009 at 11:57 pmOne irrational person? The whole debate against gay marriage is irrational.
Wow, you need help my friend.
Hear that, TRoS? You, too, can be a ranting hatemonger like Cry. Please seek help.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:57 pmCrymeariver Says:
Actually, I don’t think anyone really cares.
________
Again, you CANNOT discredit the information, you keep throwing childish insults.
You have lost the argument and cannot STAND to admit it.
You are a weak,dishonest person and a fraud.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:58 pmThe Republic of Hymenoptera Stupidity Says:
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Crymeariver Says:
Why are you filled with so much hatred?
_________
Riiight… keep telling yourself that.
I didn’t take a gun and go shoot strangers because tha… tha Libs are destroying the country!!!!!
Sorry, but hatred of homosexuals is simply part and parcel of right wing rage these days. Like the inane, utterly insane rant I linked to from Freep…
You wanted examples of right wing rage? You got ‘em.
Stop lying. Why are you SOOOOOOO dishonest?
And still you provide no proof of this “rage”…I even tried to do your work for you. I went to Drudge. God knows if righties are up in arms about something, Drudge is gonna have it spread across the top of the site in RED. You know what I found? Not a single mention. Out of all those articles, not one mentioned even a hint of this story.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:59 pmThe Republic of Hymenoptera Stupidity Says:
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Crymeariver Says:
Actually, I don’t think anyone really cares.
________
Again, you CANNOT discredit the information, you keep throwing childish insults
This is rich from you LOL…so I’ll try this approach, please provide me with one of this “childish insults”
April 9th, 2009 at 12:00 amMegaloptera McWars Says:
Hear that, TRoS? You, too, can be a ranting hatemonger like Cry. Please seek help.
___________
You can smell his desperation like rancid flopsweat…
He’s got no argument. That’s whyhe’s reduced to junior high insults.
WEAK… and LAME…
Why are you so hateful and dishonest, Cryin”???
April 9th, 2009 at 12:01 amThe Republic of Hymenoptera Stupidity please, if you would just calm down and respond to 76 & 77.
Thank you.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:03 amCrymeariver Says:
And still you provide no proof of this “rage”…I even tried to do your work for you. I went to Drudge.
_______
He’s regressing folks… he’s gone from junior high to grade school now…
It’s Magical Thinking Time…
He’s covered his eyes… since he can’t see us… we must have DISAPPEARED!!!
WEAK… WEAKER… WEAKEST!!!
Why are you so DISHONEST and HATEFUL???
April 9th, 2009 at 12:04 amCrybaby’s got nothing, so he attempts to divert the conversation.
Typical dishonesty.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:04 amZooey, if you are going to be late to the party, at least don’t be lazy and read what has already transpired :)
April 9th, 2009 at 12:06 ambutting in:
colbert, asking about the demise of newspapers, investigative journalism:
“are we about to enter a golden age of corruption?”
gawd, that man can hit ‘em.
perfectly serious, deadpan, right on.
and, oh, it could be…
it was an epiphany for me… but no surprise…
April 9th, 2009 at 12:07 amCrymeariver Says:
Thank you.
________
if you would just stop lying…
I know… I know… it’s EMBARRASSING to get all gussied up and prance on over to TP and think yer gonna show the Libs a thing or two, and ya git yer Cheney handed to you on a platter, w/ yer head stuck up it ta boot…
But… you are giving us a good laugh…
April 9th, 2009 at 12:07 amI read all the comments before making my own comments.
F uck you, Crybaby.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:07 amZooey Lepidoptera Says:
Crybaby’s got nothing, so he attempts to divert the conversation.
__________
Yep… kinda sad, innit?
April 9th, 2009 at 12:08 amHow about Barry bowing to the Saudi King…anyone catch that. I thought I had lost my mind and had to watch it over and over. I never thought I would live to see a U.S. President bow to a King.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:08 amZooey Lepidoptera Says:
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I read all the comments before making my own comments.
F uck you, Crybaby.
*POP* LOL
April 9th, 2009 at 12:09 amThe Republic of Hymenoptera Stupidity Says:
Yep… kinda sad, innit?
April 9th, 2009 at 12:08 am
What did you expect? Really. :-D
April 9th, 2009 at 12:09 amI never thought i’d live to see a U.S.President hold a saudi kings’ hand.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:10 amI still don’t think it’s anyone else’s right to vote on anyone else’s rights.
From what I understand, the majority can not vote for or against rights of the minority.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:10 amEqual Protection Clause. Right on! (Not to mention that this also violates 1st amend.)
April 9th, 2009 at 12:10 amCry, what are you hoping to achieve with your endless diversion? Are you trying to get us to sign on the dotted line to stop calling republicans losers & failures and label them victims instead? Is that it, are you all victims underneath it all?
April 9th, 2009 at 12:11 amCrymeariver Says:
How about Barry bowing to the Saudi King…anyone catch that. I thought I had lost my mind and had to watch it over and over. I never thought I would live to see a U.S. President bow to a King.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:08 am
Bowing is showing respect. I’m not sure what the hand-holding between he and GWB was all about.
Since you can’t hold up your end of the argument with TRoHS, maybe you can enlighten us on this one.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:11 amZooey Lepidoptera Says:
The Republic of Hymenoptera Stupidity Says:
Yep… kinda sad, innit?
April 9th, 2009 at 12:08 am
What did you expect? Really. :-D
***
zoo,
WOW is
MOM spelled upside down.
learned that from roger ebert today.
:<)
i care.
:)
April 9th, 2009 at 12:14 amCrymeariver Says:
God knows if righties are up in arms about something, Drudge is gonna have it spread across the top of the site in RED.
________
You CAN’T be this lame…
Who’s Richard Poplowski? What did he just do?
http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/04/07/richard_poplowski/
April 7, 2009 | It would be convenient to pretend that Richard Poplawski, who killed three Pittsburgh policemen on Saturday with an AK-47, was just a right-wing nutcase. A devotee of the white supremacist Web site Stormfront, Poplawski believed that the United States was controlled by a secret Jewish cabal that had a master plan to abrogate freedom of speech and use the U.S. military to police Americans.
It would be easy for us to cordon Poplawski off, pretend that his ugly and paranoid worldview had nothing to do with the Obama hatred spouted by the American right. But the truth is that Poplawski’s hateful views cannot be separated from the increasingly extreme ideology and rhetoric that characterize the contemporary American conservative movement. As his friend, Edward Perkovic, told the Associated Press, Poplawski feared “the Obama gun ban that’s on the way” and “didn’t like our rights being infringed upon.”
Such obsessions don’t come out of a vacuum. Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and the GOP have been whipping up hatred and fear of Obama and “liberal Democrats” for years. Joined by the National Rifle Association, which has run false and irresponsible ads claiming that Obama is planning to take away Americans’ guns, they have encouraged and helped to create a pathological right-wing subculture in which free-floating hatred of “the government” mixes with a maniacal fetish for guns. Poplawski is the diseased fruit of that ugly tree.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:16 amhad enough Says:
From what I understand, the majority can not vote for or against rights of the minority.
Absolutely, our constitution protects the unalienable rights of the minority from the tyranny of the majority…even if it’s terribly unpopular.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:17 amCrymeariver Says:
How about Barry bowing to the Saudi King…
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Wow… what a cop out… you have NO ARGUMENT, so you just decide to change the subject?
Isn’t that admitting you lost? Why are you so hateful and dishonest?
April 9th, 2009 at 12:18 amHey cry, it isn’t the new president’s fault that you’re a culturally deficient ass hat.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:18 amOutstandingInAPlagueOfLocusts Says:
Absolutely, our constitution protects the unalienable rights of the minority from the tyranny of the majority…even if it’s terribly unpopular.
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You can blame it on that pesky Equal Protection Clause in the 14th Amendment…
April 9th, 2009 at 12:26 amCan anyone figure out what our weepy friend had in mind when he asked “could you enlighten me as to where all this “spewing” is?”
I mean. clearly he wasn’t looking for comments from right-wingers, because several of us provided some, and our lachrymose colleague simply dismissed them as non-representative.
He wasn’t interested in the bona fide spewing of conservative media figures, because when TRoHS cited them, Weepy acted as if they had nothing to do with his question.
So what’s he looking for? Or is he just not looking, but instead sitting there with his face buried in his elbow and his ears covered?
Actually, that kind of makes sense…
April 9th, 2009 at 12:26 amCrymeariver Says:
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Gee… where’d Cryin’ go?
April 9th, 2009 at 12:27 amNow, now, TRoHS… what you see as hate-filled dishonesty may in fact be nothing more sinister than incompetence, and panic at finding himself in the deep end without his swimmies.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:29 amI think an argument can be made to blame it, in this case on the 1st Amendment clause as well, specifically the est. of rel. part, as bills such as prop hate is religiously motivated.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:30 amHow about Crazy Shelly (R-Mn) telling her simple-minded constituents that their President is “anti-America”?
How about all the socialist/Marxist/fascist/tyrant crap?
How about using “librul” as a curse?
Far-left loons?
April 9th, 2009 at 12:32 amCrymeariver Says:
So again I will ask, where is this “spewing” of anger?
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Once again I will say it is on Am conservative less popular late night shows.
An example would be Roy Masters. Very different type of show and very anti gay.
at times while listening to kgo 810 am at night, the am signal from SF, CA. to my home in Oregon is frequently interrupted by a homo phobe hateful crazed Christian station going on and on about those who are damned to hell.
And then there is the am radio Sunday morning church shows.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:32 am:Crymeariver Says
… so I’ll try this approach, please provide me with one of this “childish insults”
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Crymeariver Says:
When you don’t know what to say, please don’t just say whatever pops into your head. Your irrational rant…
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I know your attention span isn’t that long so Ill remind you as to what we are talking about again so you won’t look quite as foolish with your next post:
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OMG, is your mind that simple.
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Riiiiiiiiight… no childish insults there…
April 9th, 2009 at 12:35 amThe Republic of Hymenoptera Stupidity Says:
Crymeariver Says:
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Gee… where’d Cryin’ go?
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Not to worry… I think we just found the poor li’l feller…
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ter kel the sl ut Says:
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So, I guess we all know how long it takes to register a new name here…
Talk about a sad admission of failure…
April 9th, 2009 at 12:36 amApril 9th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Just ignore it. When it doesn’t find any Cheeto™ dust, it’ll slink away.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:39 amDon’t get offended, folks…
It is SUCH an admission of defeat.
Talk about embarrassing yourself…
I’m sure this one will convince others of the righteousness of the conservative cause w/ this sort of behavior.
Weak… weaker… weakest…
April 9th, 2009 at 12:40 am:]
April 9th, 2009 at 12:41 amralph the wonder locust Says:
Just ignore it. When it doesn’t find any Cheeto™ dust, it’ll slink away.
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Spot on the money, ralphie…
Means Cryin’ had NOTHING to go on…
April 9th, 2009 at 12:41 amThis is great news! Honestly, I think it’s ridiculous that New York and New Jersey haven’t lead the way on this in the first place. Equal rights for everyone! Stop trying to deny people their rights you hateful conservative ideologues!
April 9th, 2009 at 12:42 amP.D. Says:
Hey look, I’m all for same-sex marriage. But could Patterson be doing this to elevate his poll numbers, or am I just paranoid?
I suspect he’s looking at his poll numbers. He needs to do something to recover from the damage he has done to his career after the way he handled filling Hillary’s seat.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:44 amSo… another clean kill…
I guess this means I should stencil another little caricature of a troll going down in flames on the fuselage of my trusty plane, huh?
Whack-A-Troll™… the Sport of Kings!
April 9th, 2009 at 12:45 amToo bad stupidity and hatred aren’t as fast and easy to defeat.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:47 amter kel the sl ut Says:
Hey all…
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The bitter stench of flopsweat…
A painful shriek of failure…
April 9th, 2009 at 12:47 ampastcaring ceratopogonidae Says:
Too bad stupidity and hatred aren’t as fast and easy to defeat.
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Sad and true, pastcaring… and that is why we must continue to fight the good fight.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:48 amIgnore it and it will distract itself by staring into its’ own navel.
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April 9th, 2009 at 12:49 amAnother clean kill, indeed, TRoHS. I’m glad I was here to witness the death blow, although I usually get a little squeamish when you cut them in two at the waist like that.
I always find it creepy when the top half picks up the bottom half and lets the legs scurry it away into the tall weeds.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:49 amBTW, Do Worms have navels?
April 9th, 2009 at 12:49 amCrymeariver Says:
How about Barry bowing to the Saudi King…anyone catch that. I thought I had lost my mind and had to watch it over and over. I never thought I would live to see a U.S. President bow to a King.
Well, at least Obama wasn’t strolling along holding hands with him like Bush did.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:50 amralph the wonder locust Says:
I always find it creepy when the top half picks up the bottom half and lets the legs scurry it away into the tall weeds.
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Especially when the top half is busy trying ta stuff its head up the bottom half’s Cheny fer safe keeping. You’d think the li’l feller might run into a tree or sump…
***THUMP***
Heh… THAT’Sgonna show in the morning…
April 9th, 2009 at 12:54 amhad enough Says:
As Ray Taliaferro says, 2/3 of marriages end in divorce and 1/2 of the 1/3 mot divorced wished they were.
But absolutely, if one really wants
If the conservatives really cared about the sanctity of marriage, they should be working towards outlawing divorce and making adultery a crime. But, of course they will never make adultery a crime because if they did that, they would lose half their members in Congress.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:54 amGizmoD10E Says: “it’s ridiculous that New York and New Jersey haven’t lead the way on this in the first place.”
Being my neck of the woods, yeah, that is odd! Maybe there’s enough acceptance, familiarity and comfort here that everyone is rather complacent about bringing things to their proper conclusion?
April 9th, 2009 at 12:55 amI don’t know…
I love being flagged.
I’m sure Madam Blow-up feels the same way on the recieving end.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:58 amsorry everyone, had some IRL stuff to tend to but its bedtime now. I hope you all have a wonderful night and I’ll end where I started.
This is a non-story, no one is talking about this, nobody :)
nite nite
April 9th, 2009 at 12:58 amCrybaby has delusions of adequacy.
**eyes rolling**
April 9th, 2009 at 1:02 amNobody, I mean NOBODY is “talking about this,” the troll contends, and he makes this contention on a site where several people are “talking about this.”
Good night until the next time you sign back in as your old self, crybaby.
April 9th, 2009 at 1:06 amCrymeariver Says:
This is a non-story, no one is talking about this, nobody :)
nite nite
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What… a… PHONY…
April 9th, 2009 at 1:06 amter kel the sl ut Says:
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Talk about a tacit admission of failure…
April 9th, 2009 at 1:08 amThe heads are still spinning from Amanda’s intellectual deadlift of the fratboys. Great job, Amanda!
April 9th, 2009 at 1:12 amter kel the sl ut Says:
Hey all,
new here.
I’m doing a research paper…what do you think Amanda’s “O” face looks like?
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like your sister when
you did her???
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does that help?
:)
April 9th, 2009 at 1:15 amCrying moron did you REALLY snivel about insults when you come in with a NICK mean to insult us. STFU fool. You are an ignorant troll too stupid to see you were taken apart here. Too stupid to see that we NOTICED you didnt respond to the guy who answered your where is the hatred spewing mentioning Beck, Wienerdog Savage and O’falafel. You are a punk. You are a troll. You dont come here to discuss you come here to annoy and provoke. What a sad shallow life you must have how pathetic can you POSSIBLY be?
April 9th, 2009 at 1:18 amter kel
f uck me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
What a coincidence that is what your trailer trash whore of a mother was saying last night while she was blowing syphilitic lepers for pocketchange. Of course no one would. Too skanky. Ever find out who your daddy was? Could have been anyone in the city much less the trailer park. Your whore of a mother doesnt know either does she?
April 9th, 2009 at 1:20 amReal intellectual prowess there right-winger, you’re sure remedying your party’s image as anti-intellectual, choosing harrassment tactics over reasoned debate.
April 9th, 2009 at 1:24 am***
britney spears
when you shot her
in the face with your
shotgun, dick?
:0
April 9th, 2009 at 1:27 amter kel the sl ut Says:
amanda terkel is trash dot com
and soon to come
amanda terkel goes to hell dot com
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abstinence only
and huffin’ the glue.
:<0
:)
April 9th, 2009 at 1:28 am>>>
dill
doh
cheney?
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o’reilly?
loofah?
falafel?
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April 9th, 2009 at 1:30 am…
still new here?
:)
April 9th, 2009 at 1:30 amlow road trolls dot com
April 9th, 2009 at 1:36 amThe spiders never sleep.
God damn the pusher-man.
April 9th, 2009 at 1:42 amtombaker Says:
The spiders never sleep.
God damn the pusher-man.
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“I’ve seen a lot of people walking around with tombstones in their eyes.”
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April 9th, 2009 at 1:45 amlooks like you had a good time with the huckleberries.
well done, and thanks, from me anyway, for keeping up the spirit of having fun at it – it’s a fool’s mission to take their fuss seriously, as much as it does truly piss a f’er off to know people run around thinking the twisted righty things they so.
cheers – c’ya for the “thursday edition”
April 9th, 2009 at 1:51 am.
#144 ter kel the sl ut Says:
Duely noted…
… Properly FLAGGED!
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April 9th, 2009 at 2:19 amSpeaking of same-sex marriage:
George W. Bush wants to enter into a same-sex marriage: Bush is gay.
“George Bush is gay” (Retrieved December 19, 2008, from georgebushisgay.com).
“Is President Bush a Girly Man? . . . ‘Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me’ — President Bush, May 27, 2004” (Retrieved December 19, 2008, from bettybowers.com).
“I Want to Know: Is George W. Bush Gay or Isn’t He Gay?” (Posted by Joy Tomme. Retrieved December 19, 2008, from ratbangdiary.blogspot.com).
“Is George W. Bush secretly gay?” (Retrieved December 19, 2008, from amazon.com).
“George Bush is gay ” (Retrieved December 19, 2008, from bebo.com).
“Is George Bush gay?” (Johndevlin. Retrieved December 19, 2008, from archinect.com).
“Is George Bush Gay?” (Jon Ponder. Retrieved December 19, 2008, from pensitoreview.com).
“George Bush Is Gay, And Massari Bothers Little Children (You Can’t Argue With My Logic)” (Retrieved December 19, 2008, from p3n1s.spaces.live.com).
“BUSH IS GAY” (Retrieved December 19, 2008, from bushstole04.com).
“George W. Bush: the first Gay President? . . . Well, there seems to be a theory suggesting that!” (Retrieved December 19, 2008, from sandmonkey.org).
“Is George Bush Gay / 4 Compromising Images / You Decide” (By Pushpinderbagga. Retrieved December 19, 2008, from indianpad.com).
“Does Bush enjoy Gay S&M sex? (DC)” (Retrieved December 19, 2008, from houston.craigslist.org).
“Breaking News: Bush performs gay sex acts” (Retrieved December 19, 2008, from perspectives.com).
“Bush Is Gay Themes Created by CoolChaser Users!” (Retrieved December 19, 2008, from coolchaser.com).
“George W. Bush & His Homosexual-Prostitutes & Sex-Slaves” (Retrieved December 19, 2008, from forum.prisonplanet.com).
Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang, J.D. Candidate
April 9th, 2009 at 3:22 amB.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
this is all bull. Gays already have the right to marriage everywhere in the US by way of the 14th Amendment: “nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
April 9th, 2009 at 9:40 amFirst of all let me say that I am not a New York state resident. But I am, as a mother of a gay son, an active Gay Rights supporter and activist. From my point of view, it doesn’t matter why Patterson is making this move. Hell, it doesn’t even matter if it passes (although that would be great).Along with the Iowa and Vermont’s passing of same-sex marriage and Washington DC’s announcement that they will now recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states all in the past week, this announcement from Gov. Patterson just puts this issue out in the public. Publicity never hurts.
April 9th, 2009 at 11:08 amNow, I have a point about the equal rights for gltb community that, to my surprise and dissapointment, NOBODY as of yet has brought up. I first had this thought a few years ago when the Bush admin first bashed gays rights (in my opinion anyway). The main point that Bush made back then, is the point that anti-gay right supporters are making now, is that it will destroy the family because GOD and the BIBLE state that marriage should be between a man and a woman….but wasn’t one of the cornerstones of our country’s founding to keep all americans free from tyranny and RELIGOUS persecution by SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
I was taught in school that this is one of the major things that sets us apart from other nations. That we are free to worship, love and live however we choose with no threat of persecution or discrimination from the government. The fact that this is an issue at all in this nation is an abomination.
darr, I have been arguing the separation of church and state part of the gay marriage issue for years, including here at TP. I do so to protect the rights of gays (and any other minority) but also to protect religious rights. Any law based on any religious doctrine is discriminatory against other religious doctrine.
Many of us here at TP argue for gay rights very strongly. The gay rights threads are often our longest and most passionate. You might want to look at some of the archives to see what I mean. You can check just the last two days for examples.
April 9th, 2009 at 11:47 amPatrioticLiberalChristianMantisReligiosa thank you for pointing that to out me.I will certainly check those out.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:18 pmI should have been more specific in my earlier post. But when I said “nobody” as of yet has brought up the separation of church and state in regards to gay rights, I meant nobody who has authority, ie no political representative, high ranking attorney or any major news anchor has brought this up. Don’t you think it’s time someone in authority should be screaming about this…besides Herrara, the city attorney for San Francisco.
“Prevent AIDS Now Initiative Committee” (PANIC) Proposition 64 (1986)? California Proposition 8 (2008)which is OBTUSE (Linguistic ambiguity, lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility.) New York is not a state that holds its youthful population & the consideration is based on the voting population (numbers) not on the aspects of Human Rights. I challenge you to review the 62 counties in New York State for the level of service provided by the individual Health Departments and then look at the Health Department servicing NYC. I believe it is in Queens County. It is the financial VOTEX of doom or Vacuum.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:26 pmCryingMoron you are a punk. Which screechmonkey does your thinking for you? Bushie KISSED those guys and held their hands and you rightwing whiners didnt say squat. Obama gives the guy a nod and you regurgitate the crap you are told to spew like the stupid little propaganda parrot you are. You are a punk and a troll. Bite my bag moron
April 9th, 2009 at 7:45 pmA lot is going on in New York today, glad I’m not the only one covering it.
April 14th, 2009 at 1:11 pmIt’s about time!! The time is now for NY… when Iowa is more progressive than NY it really speaks loudly!! The Mid-West is known for its conservative attitudes. Now, we have a state in the Mid-West that has done the right thing. It really is time for NY to come to terms with this issue. This has nothing to do with religion… although same-sex unions were celebrated at the alter IN the church (about) 500 years BEFORE straight marriages were!! The records are in the Vatican Library!!!
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