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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/us/15 ... riage.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/15/same.s ... index.html

This makes California the 2nd state after Massachusetts to legalize gay marriage. But there will probably be a backlash that leads to some ballot initiatives that might overturn this decision. California isn't as liberal as most people think and I wouldn't put money down just yet that this court decision will stand over time.

But for now, its a major civil rights victory.

Straight people, fear for your lives!

I called my family up in California and warned them and proceeded to hide under my bed all day

Where in California do you have family? I'm 4th generation and have relatives up and down the state.

All over really. I'm not sure of specifics. I know some are north, some south, some in between

GOD HATES FAGS
FAGS HATE GOD

God hates sin. PERIOD!

God hates Babylon Party Machine.

And shrimp.

Hahahaha, I hope that godhateshrimp is NOT a parody, cause that is hilarious!!!


Oh and Mike
"Is it alright if me and my lifemate here put on suits and kiss each other and pledge eternal love?"
"NO FAGGOT!!!"
"Can I blow him on a tight rope?"
"AWESOME CAN I BRING MY KIDS!?!!??!"

Oh the new Against Me video has dudes straight up making out...it surprised me a little.

No, it's true. God really does hate shrimp: Leviticus 11:9-12, Deuteronomy 14:9-10

The whole point of godhatesshrimp.com is to point out how people today pick and choose which biblical rules to follow. It's asinine to use the Bible as a rulebook these days, because so many things are "conveniently outdated" to some people, while others are "obviously relevant".

Oh darn.
I thought religion was going to get even wackier

In some fairness, I don't think that's limited to the Bible or people using it. The Bush Administration decided to invade Iraq and decided how to justify it afterwards. It's just human behavior. We like to be "right" in what we do, so we find a justification for it. Communist China and the USSR were both very successful at this without using religion, which is one argument I'd make that religion per se isn't the problem.

Anyone that honestly thinks the members of Westboro Baptist Church hate gay people because they think the Bible tells them to, I got news for you -- gay people scare them and this is how they have come to justify their fear, pure and simple. I've heard plenty of other homophobic people justify their fears using any number of other justifications, but it always comes back to fear and ignorance. Its been the same thing for blacks, Hispanics, Jews, Catholics, Muslims, immigrants, you name them. Same problem with different faces and names.

Oh, I know it's a wider problem than religions. I'm just saying that dogmatic faith makes it very convenient to dislike things because, after all, who among us non-believers is so powerful we can tell the Almighty he's wrong?

Or the government or the Communist Party or even our own mother or father.