'Vegas of gay marriage'

Chicago Sun-TImes ^ | 6/17/07 | Ken Maguire

[tuesday afternoon]

MASS. | Repeal of 1913 law would let out-of-state couples wed, too

BOSTON -- Fresh off the success of defending gay marriage from its latest attack, advocates say they have one more fight in Massachusetts: repealing a 1913 law that bars same-sex couples in most other states from coming here to get married.

Some say the law -- which says couples cannot be married here unless their unions would be legal in their home states -- has its roots in the effort to block interracial marriage, and plan to try to get it repealed.

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Supporters of gay marriage drive by opponents outside the Statehouse on Thursday in Boston, where lawmakers voted to kill a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex weddings. (AP)

RELATED STORIES • Colombia gives gays same rights as straight couples Opponents of gay marriage, including Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the former governor, have said that repealing the law would make Massachusetts the ''Las Vegas of gay marriage.''

Valid in other states? ''This radical social experiment will be exported to the other 49 states,'' Kris Mineau, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, said Friday. On Thursday, lawmakers killed an effort to let voters decide on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.

Now attention turns to the 1913 law, which, if repealed, would mean gay couples from other states could legally marry in Massachusetts. The possible impact on other states is unknown. Most states prohibit gay marriage, but a Massachusetts certificate could provide the foundation for legal challenges.

Opponents of the 1913 law say it was approved as part of a deal with states that barred interracial marriages and didn't want couples fleeing to Massachusetts to marry. Others say there's little evidence to support that claim.

After gay marriage became legal in May 2004, hundreds of couples from other states came to Massachusetts to wed. But Romney directed municipal clerks not to give licenses to out-of-state couples, citing the 1913 law. So far, only Rhode Island allows its gay couples to wed in Massachusetts.

AP

[tuesday afternoon]

I read that the governor of MA was going to try and repeal this law. And LAMBDA is warming up right now for the civil trials to come.

[tuesday afternoon]

Sorry for the formatting errors.

[Darkwolf377]

Fresh off the success of defending gay marriage from its latest attack,

Aka keeping it off the ballot.

Those Democrats SO love democracy...except when they don't. Then, they're talking about "constitutional republic" along with the rest of us.

[expatguy]

You guys back home in America have no idea of what you are doing do you?

You are wondering why America's influence is declining worldwide and you are starting to see now that much of the world is not willing to follow you into the abyss.

These are dangerous, very dangerous waters that you are treading into and there is no way to undo it once it is done.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[Caipirabob]

Their world is going to come crashing down around them the second the voters get a chance to express their opinion.

Many scumbag politicians have been waking up to the fact that they work for the people. Not the other way around. It just may take a few more years for them to realize it in MA.

[goldstategop]

They are not happy that they can marry in Massachusetts. They seek to export their evil to the rest of the nation.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Vaquero]

'Vegas of gay marriage'

unfortunately, what happens in Mass-of-2-sh*ts, isn't necessarily going to stay in Mass-of-2-sh*ts.

[Nathan Zachary]

"You are wondering why America's influence is declining worldwide and you are starting to see now that much of the world is not willing to follow you into the abyss."

Europe and Asia are such a models of moral decency....NOT!

[Elsie]

'Vegas of gay marriage'

 

 

"What happens in Vegas; stays in Vegas."

And, what happened in S&G could very well happen elsewhere! 

Genesis 13:13       Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."

Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.

 

Psalms 12:8      The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.

      More?

 

Isaiah 3:9   The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.

 

 

Ezekiel 16:49-50
49. "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
50. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.

 

But there IS hope!!!

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

 9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
     Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

 

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If you could NOT change, you would be in most pitiful shape.....

And, what happened in S&G could very well happen elsewhere! 

Genesis 13:13       Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."

Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.

 

Psalms 12:8      The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.

      More?

 

Isaiah 3:9   The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.

 

 

Ezekiel 16:49-50
49. "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
50. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.

 

But there IS hope!!!

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

 9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
     Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

 

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If you could NOT change, you would be in most pitiful shape.....

[expatguy]

Singapore wont follow you and neither will Poland. There are numerous other countries as well that wont be embracing gay marriage as the United States is.

And what I have to say is correct, America is marginalizing themselves.

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[perfect_rovian_storm]

The rest of the world IS the damn abyss.

[Sherman Logan]

The countries opposing this moral degeneracy are generally in sub-Saharan Africa and the Muslim world, not exactly the allies we need.

Most of the “industrialized world” is headed in the same direction as MA.

I’m not sure how Latin America is dealing with this issue.

In any case, it appears to be the wave of the future. Doesn’t make it right, but it does make it popular.

[massgopguy]

Go to the MassResistance.com web-site to see what the “Pride” parade consisted of this year.

[BigFinn]

You have just about said it all. The flauntly in public is the most destestable thing. In San Diego, the perverts even take the school children and walk the toddlers in rainbow arrayed strollers in the parade.

[gidget7]

THe thing is, MA has no right to make law for other states. aWhich is exactly what this is doing. If a state has laws on the books that say marriage is between a man and a woman, who does MA think they are over riding those laws. They can’t. Not unless other states allow them to.

[gidget7]

I hear you, and so many others do too. Unfortunately this is being put in place, We Americans have no say. The will not allow us to have a say.

I for one, do not know what it is going to take to wake up these narcissistic selfish people. A revolution? I pray not, but I also pray for an end to this slide into the abyss, and not for the end that winds up IN IT!!

[gidget7]

Heck expat, even CENTRAL America won’t follow.

[gidget7]

They do that in MA as well. And every year it gets worse. They were bordering on it before but this year, it was a porn fest on display. And yes, lots of kids present. It is the saddest part of all this.