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I just wanted to drop in and give Vana my support. The Gay Marriage Ban ammendment in Georgia was the most the painful part of election day for me.
Because it was so pointless, and people were so jazzed about it.
Protect Traditional Marriage! Keep gays from 'marrying'.
ME: But it's already illegal for same sex couples to marry in Georgia
THem: But now, it'll be Extra-Crispy Illegal! Yay!
*sigh*
The only result I could see coming out of it was that it would make people I know feel really bad.
The Baptist church coalition spent a bunch of money on TV spots and everything. THAT REALLY wasn't necessary.
It was like, "Whee! Look at me! I'm spending lots of cash to make people different than me feel bad! YAY!"
Is there something WRONG with me that I can't see how that makes my marriage any safer?
I mean, if you want to keep marriage holy, pass a law requiring that all people must pass a breath-a-lizer before saying "I do."
'Cause, you know... if you can do it drunk of your @$$ in front of an Elvis impersonater, it ain't all that holy.
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Passing a constitutional amendment to ban something that's already illegal accomplishes two things.
It sends a powerful message.
And laws can be overturned by activist judges if they rule the law is unconstitutional. Hard to do when the law is in the constitution...
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I know that, but the most immediate and personally relevant result was to make my workshop buddy Steve and his partner of almost 11 years feel like crap.
It's hard to feel the same about my neighbors and their noble and lofty ideals when my friends are hurting.
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