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Originally Posted by lesbodojo
I have been crying about this on and off this morning. I'm not sure what I should say here that won't get slammed by people who don't truly have a stake in this. Domestic partnership doesn't offer the same rights/benefits as marriage. Who knows when the opportunity for my gf & I to marry will come to fruition....maybe not for another 20 years! Decisions like this have a much bigger impact than some of you realize (fiscal, etc). And don't we have bigger issues to deal with in California than changing the constitution to ban people like me from pursuing happiness and love?
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Well don't get offened but this whole gay marriage stuff is why Bush won twice. It helped drive Jesus freaks to the polls that otherwise wouldn't have. now I'm not saying you should get your rghts but you need ot look at the bigger picture. did havign Bush for 8 years and republcains controling the Congress until 2006 help your cause? No. In fact it hurt it. Now gay marriage is banned nearly everywhere where before there wasn't any expressed opinion on way or the other.
I know you guy want things now but sometimes you need to wait until the rest of the world is ready. The gays have been too impatitent and lost. Now they won't have marriage rights in many area for DECADES if ever. Gays needed to wait until the old Jesus freaks died off. Maybe if gays never pressed the issue in 2000 maybe by 2016 it would have worked. Perhaps 2020 which is just 12 years away. How many of the 65+ crowd in 2000 will be alive to vote in 2020? How many younger voter that are much more tolerant of gay be around in 2020? MILLIONS.
The fact is gays should have gone for domestic partnerships which is something most people can accept then after 15-20 years of the public being used to that go for gay marriage. No they wanted it all right now and they blew it.
Now you have to get these new bans overturned and that's not going not happen anytime soon. sure you can take it to court. DON'T. It will just piss of the Jesus freaks and set you back futher. Lick your wounds and try to get domestic partnerships in all states maybe by 2032 probably closer to 2040 you can get gay marriage passed. THINK this time.