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MASSACHUSETTS VALUES AND THE DEMS' DILEMMA
NY POST ^
| 2/10/04
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Posted on 02/10/2004 6:13:12 AM PST by Liz
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:19:31 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The Post's criticism of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's gay marriage ruling is simply nonsense ("Kerry & Gay Marriage," Editorial, Feb. 6). The Post notes that crime, drug use and welfare dependency are "directly traceable to teen illegitimacy." What on earth do the problems caused by underage, heterosexual premarital sex have to do with allowing committed, adult gay couples to marry? Nothing. The Post also claims that the Massachusetts court, by requiring gay marriage, turned "several-score centuries of venerable social practice tradition squarely on its head." It was not long ago that commentators said the same of courts that overturned laws discriminating against racial minorities, interracial couples and women. The Post should not confuse what is traditional with what is commendable. There is nothing more traditional and longstanding in this world than discrimination, oppression and prejudice. Michael Kavey New Haven, Conn.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 2004; bringbackthepuritans; civilunion; homos; kerry; landofbawnweyfwank; lte; marriage; massachusetts; massachusettsliberal; newenglandsucks; outoftouch; queers; yankeeelitism; yankeeliberals
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posted on
02/10/2004 6:13:13 AM PST
by
Liz
To: Liz
Is anyone interested in a constitutional amendment to separate Massachusetts from the rest of the union?Although impossible, that would have the additional benefit of finally getting rid of Teddy. What happened to the colony that gave us John and Sam Adams?
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posted on
02/10/2004 6:21:56 AM PST
by
xJones
To: xJones
Not if you don't kiss off Vermont too!! I will have to declare my 6 acres of land in western Mass to be a separate nation state, like the Vatican, before you ditch them. Pay special attention to the ultra left of Northampton/Amherst.
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: Liz
Have you heard Kerry's stock response to questions o why he voted against the DOMA?..he always says that he voted against "gay bashing" on the Senate floor..so, one asks, why no follow up question.....does thast mean allt he Senators who voted for the DOMA, included a great many dems, are all guilty of gay bashing..
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posted on
02/10/2004 7:32:21 AM PST
by
ken5050
To: Liz
Wow - we just might have a battle of MA values vs TX values.
Last one standing wins.
To: familyofman
130 years ago, when Utah embraced a novel and unconventional kind of marriage, the Federal government sent an army in to change things, and would not allow the state back into the Union until it adopted a constitution that outlawed polygamy.
IIRC, Mit Romney's ancestors were involved in that dispute.
Now is the time, to simply suspend Massachusetts as a state, and rule it directly from Texas until it will produce a constitution reflecting Western [i.e. Judeo-Chrisstian] values.
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posted on
02/10/2004 7:42:36 AM PST
by
Chris Talk
(What Earth now is, Mars once was. What Mars now is, Earth will become.)
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:15:16 AM PST
by
KQQL
(@)
To: KQQL
He
might?!
Johnny, my hero....
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:16:42 AM PST
by
mewzilla
To: familyofman
I hear that CBS-TV's "Survivor" is considering a Texas version tentatively called "Survivor - Texas Style!"
Contestants will start in Dallas, travel to Waco, Austin, San Antonio, back to Houston and down to Brownsville on the border, proceed up to Del Rio, on to El Paso then to Midland, Odessa, Lubbock and Amarillo. Then turn back east to Abilene, Fort Worth and Dallas.
Contestants will be driving pink Volvos with bumper stickers that read: "I voted for Al Gore. I love the Dixie Chicks. Texas BBQ sucks, and the Alamo was a waste of time. I want Hillary in 2004, and I'm here to confiscate your guns!"
Whoever makes it back to Dallas alive, wins.
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:38:38 AM PST
by
Liz
To: Liz
Way to tough for anyone to survive. But, I think Richard Hatch should be sent out on a test run.
To: TonyRo76
That, and also, " Most Fatuous Comment of the Week. "
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posted on
02/10/2004 11:39:13 AM PST
by
Liz
To: ken5050
" Shucks, I'm agin' gay-bashing, ain't everybody? "
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posted on
02/10/2004 11:43:32 AM PST
by
Liz
To: Liz
Gov Romney has an opportunity to become a national figure by standing up and defying the Court.
But if he's like most of our Repub governors, cravenness and submission are second nature.
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posted on
02/10/2004 11:44:48 AM PST
by
swarthyguy
(Russia doesn't conduct negotiations with terrorists -- it destroys them," Vlad Putin)
To: Liz
If anyone wanted to give the United States an enema, I would offer Taxachusetts to be the recipient of the probe!
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posted on
02/10/2004 11:44:54 AM PST
by
leprechaun9
(Beware of little expenses because a small leak will sink a great ship!)
To: xJones
I was kinda hoping global warming would cause the oceans to rise and Marthas Vinyard would dissappear.
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posted on
02/10/2004 11:45:42 AM PST
by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
Comment #17 Removed by Moderator
To: leprechaun9
Massachusetts state symbol. I hear
Teddy wears a replica as a lapel pin.
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posted on
02/10/2004 11:58:42 AM PST
by
Liz
To: OrioleFan
I was kinda hoping global warming would cause the oceans to rise and Marthas Vinyard would dissappear.Yes. And continental drift along the San Andreas fault zone is going to get rid of northern California some day.
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posted on
02/10/2004 1:56:19 PM PST
by
xJones
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