11-19-2003, 02:03 PM
And the waters will rise and the dam will burst,
Any day now, any day.
And the first will be last and the last be first,
Any day now, any day.
When a million hands will be untied,
A million doors and windows will be opened wide...
Well, it's finally happened. Despite the death grip that the bible-fucking religious right now holds over our country, Massachusetts has legalized gay marriage, thus becoming the first state to do so. And we managed to do it despite being governed by a Mormon (who, I might add, is seriously pissed off right now). The state's highest court has ruled that it is discrimination for state officials to refuse to hand out marriage licenses to gay couples. Thus, in 6 months, unless Gov. Romney somehow manages to overrule the decision (which isn't very likely), every gay couple in the state will be allowed to get married.
The best part is watching all the right-wing pricks piss and moan about it, because, unless they can come up with some smart way to justify denying marriage licenses to gays that doesn't involve the usual argument that marriage is "a sacred institution between a man and a woman", gay marriage will be legalized in MA, and then they will only be able to stop it by amending the constitution, which is damn near impossible.
Of course, Bush has already vowed to "defend the sanctity of marriage", because, as the War Against Terror has taught us, he is a fucking moron. But he can't really do anything, since only congress can amend the constitution, and that can take up to 6 years, and, assuming that America is not filled with morons, Bush won't still be in office in 6 years.
Ah, Massachusetts. Our state was the first to rebel against the British, we were the first state to give slaves their freedom, and now, we're legalizing gay marriage. We ought to change our motto to: "Massachusetts - Stirring up political shit since the 17th century"
Any day now, any day.
And the first will be last and the last be first,
Any day now, any day.
When a million hands will be untied,
A million doors and windows will be opened wide...
Well, it's finally happened. Despite the death grip that the bible-fucking religious right now holds over our country, Massachusetts has legalized gay marriage, thus becoming the first state to do so. And we managed to do it despite being governed by a Mormon (who, I might add, is seriously pissed off right now). The state's highest court has ruled that it is discrimination for state officials to refuse to hand out marriage licenses to gay couples. Thus, in 6 months, unless Gov. Romney somehow manages to overrule the decision (which isn't very likely), every gay couple in the state will be allowed to get married.
The best part is watching all the right-wing pricks piss and moan about it, because, unless they can come up with some smart way to justify denying marriage licenses to gays that doesn't involve the usual argument that marriage is "a sacred institution between a man and a woman", gay marriage will be legalized in MA, and then they will only be able to stop it by amending the constitution, which is damn near impossible.
Of course, Bush has already vowed to "defend the sanctity of marriage", because, as the War Against Terror has taught us, he is a fucking moron. But he can't really do anything, since only congress can amend the constitution, and that can take up to 6 years, and, assuming that America is not filled with morons, Bush won't still be in office in 6 years.
Ah, Massachusetts. Our state was the first to rebel against the British, we were the first state to give slaves their freedom, and now, we're legalizing gay marriage. We ought to change our motto to: "Massachusetts - Stirring up political shit since the 17th century"