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[09 Jun 2005|06:18pm] |
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Outrageous quotes about the "sanctity of marriage"
Posted by Bluebear
Added to homepage Thu Jun 09th 2005, 09:45 AM ET
1. A U.S. representative from Georgia declares that allowing this type of marriage "necessarily involves the degradation” of conventional marriage, an institution that “deserves admiration rather than execration."
2. This type of legal marriage must be forbidden, says the Republican senator from Wisconsin, "simply because natural instinct revolts at it as wrong."
3. "The next step will be the demand for a law allowing them, without restraint, to have free and unrestrained social intercourse with your unmarried sons and daughters," warns a Kentucky congressman. "It is bound to come to that! There is no disguising the fact. And the sooner the alarm is given and the people take heed, the better it will be for our civilization."
4. "When people (like this) marry, they cannot possibly have any progeny," writes an appeals judge in a Missouri case. "And such a fact sufficiently justifies those laws which forbid their marriages."
5. These types of marriages are "abominable," according to Virginia law. If allowed, they would "pollute" America.
6. In denying the appeal of this type of couple that had tried unsuccessfully to marry, a Georgia court wrote that such unions are "not only unnatural, but always productive of deplorable results," such as increased effeminate behavior in the population. "They are productive of evil, and evil only, without any corresponding good in accordance with the God of nature."
7. Attorneys for the state of Tennessee argue that such unions should be illegal because they are "distasteful to our people and unfit to produce the human race." The state Supreme Court agrees, declaring these types of marriages would be "a calamity full of the saddest and gloomiest portent to the generations that are to come after us."
8. Lawyers for California insist that a ban on this type of marriage is necessary to prevent "traditional marriage from being contaminated by the recognition of relationships that are physically and mentally inferior," and entered into by "the dregs of society."
9. "The law concerning marriages is to be construed and understood in relation to those persons only to whom that law relates," thunders a Virginia judge in response to a challenge to that state’s non-recognition of these types of unions. "And not," he continued, "to a class of persons clearly not within the idea of the legislature when contemplating the subject of marriage."
Gay marriage? No, actually the quotes date from 1823 to 1964 and refer to interracial marriage. 15 states still criminalized black-white marriage until the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned those laws in the appropriately named 1967 case, Loving vs. Virginia.
http://www.ericzorn.com/columns/request/
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| Oh well... |
[07 Jun 2005|05:26pm] |
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So much for hoping that Cardinal Ratzinger would be more tolerant and accepting as Pope Benedict XVI. I kept saying that people shouldn't panic, and that he might turn out to be an Earl Warren, but I take it back. Everyone panic.
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| Hmm... |
[03 Jun 2005|05:02pm] |
Changing ONE gene in a fruit fly changes it's sexual orientation
I'm not sure about this. I'm really frightened that parents will start aborting their kids based on this gene or something. I think a lot of it has to do with my asian parents paranoia- it's popular in China to abort kids of they're going to be girls. On the other hand, maybe some people (I doubt it) will be convinced that it's not a "lifestyle".
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[18 May 2005|08:35am] |
This is for my boy. Don't worry, babe, justice is right around the corner.
My Lutherans are making my day. Joy!
I'm praying for HK, it's where I'm from. Let's hope they can get their act together. Despite being a part of China.
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| Whoa... |
[10 May 2005|11:42pm] |
Color me extremely pissed off.
Isn't it a wonder that LGBT kids grow up hating themselves when there are no positive images of themselves, not even in a public library one of the places that is supposed to present information to kids when they cannot get it from other sources?! And people wonder why LGBT are 2 to 4 more likely to commit suicide than their straight peers. *eye roll*
In other news, I sincerely pray for the World Churches Council that they may see that all people are God's children regardless of their age, gender, race, sexual orientation, AID status, etc.
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| This is good news |
[08 May 2005|10:05pm] |
From: Steve Ballmer
Sent: Fri 5/6/2005 9:01 AM
To: All Employees of MS in Puget Sound; All Employees of MS in MSUS
Subject: Microsoft's principles for public policy engagement
During the past two weeks I've heard from many of you with a wide range of views on the recent anti-discrimination bill in Washington State, and the larger issue of what is the appropriate role of a public corporation in public policy discussions. This input has reminded me again of what makes our company unique and why I care about it so much.
One point really stood out in all the emails you sent me. Regardless of where people came down on the issues, everyone expressed strong support for the company's commitment to diversity. To me, that's so critical. Our success depends on having a workforce that is as diverse as our customers - and on working together in a way that taps all of that diversity.
I don't want to rehash the events that resulted in Microsoft taking a neutral position on the anti-discrimination bill in
Washington State. There was a lot of confusion and miscommunication, and we are taking steps to improve our processes going forward.
To me, this situation underscores the importance of having clearly-defined principles on which we base our actions. It all boils down to trust. Even when people disagree with something that we do, they need to have confidence that we based our action on thoughtful principles, because that is how we run our business.
I said in my April 22 email that we were wrestling with the question of how and when the company should engage on issues that go beyond the software industry. After thinking about this for the past two weeks, I want to share my decision with you and lay out the principles that will guide us going forward.
First and foremost, we will continue to focus our public policy activities on issues that most directly affect our business, such as Internet safety, intellectual property rights, free trade, digital inclusion and a healthy business climate.
After looking at the question from all sides, I've concluded that diversity in the workplace is such an important issue for our business that it should be included in our legislative agenda. Since our beginning nearly 30 years ago, Microsoft has had a strong business interest in recruiting and retaining the best and brightest and most diverse workforce possible. I'm proud of Microsoft's commitment to non-discrimination in our internal policies and benefits, but our policies can't cover the range of housing, education, financial and similar services that our people and their partners and families need. Therefore, it's appropriate for the company to support legislation that will promote and protect diversity in the workplace.
Accordingly, Microsoft will continue to join other leading companies in supporting federal legislation that would prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation - adding sexual orientation to the existing law that already covers race, sex, national origin, religion, age and disability. Given the importance of diversity to our business, it is appropriate for the company to endorse legislation that prohibits employment discrimination on all of these grounds. Obviously, the Washington State legislative session has concluded for this year, but if legislation similar to HB 1515 is introduced in future sessions, we will support it.
I also want to be clear about some limits to this approach. Many other countries have different political traditions for public advocacy by corporations, and I'm not prepared to involve the company in debates outside the US in such circumstances. And, based on the principles I've just outlined, the company should not and will not take a position on most other public policy issues, either in the US or internationally.
I respect that there will be different viewpoints. But as CEO, I am doing what I believe is right for our company as a whole.
This situation has also made me stop and think about how well we are living our values. I'm deeply encouraged by how many employees have sent me passionate emails about the broad respect for diversity they experience every day at Microsoft. I also heard from some employees who underscored the importance of feeling that their personal values or religious beliefs are respected by others. I'm adamant that we must do an even better job of pursuing diversity and mutual respect within Microsoft. I expect everyone at this company - particularly managers - to take a hard look at their personal commitment to diversity, and redouble that commitment.
The questions raised by these issues are important. At the same time, we have a lot of other important work to do. Over the next 18 months we'll release a broader, more advanced and more exciting set of products than at any time in the company's history. Let's all recommit to the job ahead, using our diversity as a strength to work together creatively and with respect for each other.
Thanks.
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| Not to mention... |
[08 May 2005|09:37pm] |
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That now, in St. Paul, Minnesota, Catholics are being denied communion if they wear rainbow sashes. Seriously, people He said, "take and eat, this is my body given for you", not "given for those of you who abide by the rules of an institution run by old men".
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| Ok, you wanted to make me mad... |
[08 May 2005|09:31pm] |
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So, basically, the Vatican pressured Rev. Thomas J. Reese, editor of Jesuit Weekly America to resign because he was presenting both sides of the argument on same-sex marriage, stem cell research and abortion. That is ridiculous.
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| Press Release from Fred Phelps |
[28 Apr 2005|10:56am] |
Ya'll know our good friend, Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church. Well this is what he's gotta say:
"WBC to picket big fag bash in Philadelphia - Sunday, May 1 on Independence Mall -- billed by the fags as a National Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of their filthy GLBT movement -- in religious protest & warning: "God is not mocked!" God Hates Fags & Fag-Enablers! Ergo, God hates America, now a vile homofascist regime irreversibly cursed of God and doomed. And, This is a challenge to their fag champion Barney Frank to debate these issues with WBC Pastor Fred Phelps in Philadelphia May 1 *"
Everybody get your Angel wings out!!! (yes, that deserved three exclamation points)
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| Ave Maria |
[22 Apr 2005|01:03am] |
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum.
Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus Ventris tui, lesus.
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et hora mortis nostrae.
Amen.
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| ONE by one |
[18 Apr 2005|09:57am] |
Everyone, please take the time to sign this declaration to commit only ONE per cent of the U.S. budget to fighting poverty.
One by one we can make poverty history.
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[14 Apr 2005|10:31am] |
Everyone, please take the time and view this. Thanks.
In other news, HOLY SH-T!
And obviously the Catholic Church owes no apology to the entire population of this country for their moral delinquency. This is just utterly proposterous, not to mention the following:
1) Leaders in the LGBT rights movement have ramped up efforts to combat crystal meth usage which has a substantial link to unsafe sexual practices. So, unlike the Catholic Church and the child molestation scandals, we are not only publically acknowledging that we have a problem but we are actually doing something about it.
2) William Donohue: F- You! Gay men are forbidden to donate blood at all! No, gay men are not even afforded this most basic right! Yes, healthy gay men were turned away from blood donation centers in the aftermath of 9/11! Yes, even those who could demonstrate that they were HIV- were denied the right to give their blood to save their fellow people. So you can shove your "contaminating the New York blood supply" up yours.
3) HIV being spread from the "gay community" to the "straight community" is entirely, I repeat, entirely because society as a whole, and the Catholic Church in particular, condemns homosexuality and therefore gay men feel compelled to have sex on the Down-Low! This means that gay men go to underground clubs and bath-houses, have unsafe sex, and then feel compelled by society to return to their wives and continue to live a lie by having sex with their wives and therefore passing on any diseases. I think, if anything, it is the society at large which should apologize for forcing gay men to seek out unsafe havens for them to be themselves rather than allowing them to live openly. If society allowed us to live our lives out and proud without harrassment, HIV would never be passed to the "straight community".
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| Well then... |
[14 Apr 2005|10:05am] |
So much for repentence.
In the 11-page statement, devoid of remorse but rife with anti-abortion and antigay language, Mr. Rudolph said he had originally intended to bomb the Olympics every day to "confound, anger and embarrass" the government for legalizing abortion, but was foiled by his own poor planning. The statement was released after Mr. Rudolph pleaded guilty to four bombings: the Olympic attack here in the summer of 1996, attacks on an abortion clinic and gay club here in 1997 and an explosion at a clinic in Birmingham, Ala., in 1998. Collectively, the bombings killed two people and injured 150.
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