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[Nova]

Even if SCOTUS eventually overturns the rulings in Utah and Oklahoma, today's appellate judges are tomorrow's Supreme Court justices. The future of this issue gets clearer and clearer.

Let's just hope for sooner rather than later...

 

[Gardenlady]

I have to admit, some of these states surprise me lol. Congrats, Oklahomans!

 

[southcitymom]

Oklahoma is the Bible Belt, y'all.....this is almost more amazing to me than Utah. My heart belongs to Dixie (and I know Dixie will move into this new reality kicking and screaming), but this gives me hope that my sons may inherit a US where they can't get PUT BEHIND BARS for rolling a joint.

 

[Donjeta]

18 January 2014 Last updated at 17:03 GMT
UKIP councillor blames storms and floods on gay marriage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-25793358

Because we never had weather before gay marriage.

 

[matou]

SCOTLAND! (hopefully)

Scotland voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to allow same-sex marriages, becoming the 17th country to give the green light to gay marriage despite opposition from its main church organisations.

The Scottish government, which will hold a referendum on independence from Britain in September, said passing the same-sex marriage bill was an important step for equal rights and paved the way for same-sex wedding ceremonies later this year.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...o-approve-same-sex-marriages/article16697788/

 

[Nova]

I happen to be of Scot descent. It's good to know my ancestral Homeland is on the right side of this issue!

 

[josie1986]

So happy This has been passed.

Everyone deserves to be married whether they are they are male/ female or the same sex

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[Vic87]

Following a successful campaign by transgender activists the Scottish law will also end the so-called “spousal veto”, which required transgender people to receive written permission from their spouse before their gender can be recognised in law. This rule remains in place across the rest of the United Kingdom.

I never new that this was the case for transgender people. The legal system can be weird and mysterious!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/scotland-legalises-marriage-equality

 

[southcitymom]

The Feds....

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/08/politics/holder-same-sex-marriage-rights/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

 

[Nova]

Maybe the Rapture will be God's response to this latest outrage! Let's hope.

 

[Gardenlady]

Oh, maybe this is why God is hitting us with yet another snow storm this week? THANKS, gays! :crazy: :facepalm:

(Of course, I'm being sarcastic, GREAT move by Holder! :woohoo: )

 

[animlzrule]

Oh, maybe this is why God is hitting us with yet another snow storm this week? THANKS, gays! :crazy: :facepalm:

(Of course, I'm being sarcastic, GREAT move by Holder! :woohoo: )

NO, no, no Gardenlady! Aren't we supposed to blame Obama for that? :facepalm::crazy:

 

[Gardenlady]

Obama, gays, and feminists. Theyre why I have just enough extra snow this morning so that I have to shovel yet.again. hoh:

And now ill take myself over to the weather forum and get back on topic. :innocent:

 

[Donjeta]

In the meantime, in India... being gay is a crime again:

Back in 2009, Lesley Esteves was dancing in the streets after judges in Delhi decriminalised homosexuality. When the Delhi High Court suspended the draconian Section 377 of the Indian penal code which dated from the days of British rule, India’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community thought there was no turning back.

Five years on the euphoria has gone. In December, the country’s highest court overturned the lower court’s ruling, once again making gay sex a crime punishable by up to ten years in jail and putting tens of millions of Indians at risk of prosecution or harassment. Last month, that court – which had said gay people in India were just a “minuscule minority” – upheld its decision against an appeal and said it was up to the government to change the law.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...ion-recriminalises-homosexuality-9146244.html

 

[southcitymom]

Well look at what Texas has hiding under its Stetson: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/26/politics/texas-same-sex/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

 

[southcitymom]

Gay marriage ban struck down in Michigan: http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/21/justice/michigan-gay-marriage/index.html?hpt=hp_bn3

 

[Flutterby80]

Gay marriage ban struck down in Michigan: http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/21/justice/michigan-gay-marriage/index.html?hpt=hp_bn3

A local church (Muskegon, MI) started performing marriages this morning at 9 a.m.

http://woodtv.com/live-streaming-video/

First couple to get married in MI, 2 ladies who have been together for 27 years.

http://bit.ly/1dA9LJX

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

March 22, 2014 at 12:36 pm

Michigan same-sex couples making marriage history with joy, tears

Chad Livengood, Mike Martindale and Lauren Abdel-Razzaq/The Detroit News

Fighting back tears with as many tissues as they could grab, gay and lesbian couples in several counties Saturday arrived at a moment in their lives they never thought would come — their wedding day in Michigan.

Glenna DeJong of Lansing woke up Saturday morning not expecting to marry her partner of 27 years, Marsha Caspar, until Monday, when the Ingham County’s clerk initially planned to begin marrying gay couples. Then at 6:40 a.m. Saturday, she saw a Twitter announcement from county clerk Barb Byrum announcing she would begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples at 8 a.m.

“I’ve never seen her get up so fast, especially on a weekend,” DeJong said of Caspar. “We couldn’t wait and plan. We just had to act.”

Just after 8 a.m. Saturday morning, DeJong and Caspar became the first same-sex couple in Michigan to be married following a federal judge’s ruling striking down the state’s 2004 voter-approved ban on gay marriage.

“That was devastating,” DeJong said of the 2004 ban. “To be on the other side of history right now is joyous.”

Their marriage came a day after the state’s ban on gay marriage was scratched from the state constitution by U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman, prompting couples to flood some county clerks’ offices, including Ingham, Muskegon, Oakland and Washtenaw, on Saturday. Clerks who handle marriage licenses in Michigan’s 83 counties said they would start granting them to gays and lesbians, with some starting Saturday morning...

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140322/METRO06/303220032#ixzz2wi7eLxEq

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Trial over Michigan's gay marriage ban: The rundown

Judge expected to make decision soon in trial over Michigan's gay marriage ban

Author: Dave Bartkowiak Jr. , Online News Editor, @DaveBartko, [email protected]

Published On: Mar 19 2014 12:15:09 PM EDT Updated On: Mar 21 2014 03:06:37 PM EDT

DETROIT -
It has been three weeks since the beginning of a trial challenging Michigan's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.

On March 7, closing arguments were heard by Judge Bernard Friedman, who said he expects to make a decision within two weeks.

While we await that decision, let's take a look back at how we got here:

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/trial-over-michigans-gay-marriage-ban-the-rundown/25051194

 

[borndem]

A local church (Muskegon, MI) started performing marriages this morning at 9 a.m.

http://woodtv.com/live-streaming-video/

First couple to get married in MI, 2 ladies who have been together for 27 years.

http://bit.ly/1dA9LJX

:cheer:CELEBRATE!!!!:cheer:

:drumroll: .:loveyou: .:cheers: .:cheers:.:clap:. .:heartbeat: . . .:up::fireworks:

I am from North Carolina; I love this place, but I am ashamed of the state in which I was born. Just ashamed.

:banghead: