Another State Heard From...

[sleigh]

Maine has just legalized same sex marriage.  Doubtless hundreds of thousands of heterosexual married couples have just watched their marriages shatter and fall apart in an instant, and are now wandering about aimlessly with a shocked look on their faces.  What, that didn't happen?

Comments

[genders]

Nah. They were all too busy gathering the storm!

[barbarienne.livejournal.com]

What I particularly liked about it was the governor saying, explicitly, that no religion has to recognize a gay marriage if they don't want to. He's drawing a very clear line between government and religion, and reaffirming that this is a civil-rights issue, not a moralistic one.

I hope that will shut up at least some of the religious objections. The whole "We'll be forced to perform marriage for GAYS!" crap has just taken a direct slapdown.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

This is such good news. May it spread to further states.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Seems that it will.

B

[davidbcoe.livejournal.com]

I was going to post about this today, too. What amused me was the guy from saveAmerica.com saying that supporters of the bill wanted to destroy marriage and confuse children. Confuse children? My 14 year-old is very clear on who she is and who she's attracted to. She's also very clear on the fact that she has gay friends and that they deserve the same shot at marital bliss that she'll get. Seems pretty clear to me.

Gay Marraige

[(Anonymous)]

I hope the CA Supreme court is taking heed to what has now happened in 5 other states. And I hope it has an impact. I live in CA. I am gay. I don't want to get married. Even if it were legal in CA, I still wouldn't want to get married. I am not interested in the government being involved in my personal relationships. BUT, I still beleive I should have the choice - like my hetro brothers and sisters!