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It irks me when people who are against my right to marry another man do stuff like this.

Posted by Dano (aka dano) Jun 24 '09, 11:42

I'm totally willing to take the position that it's none of my business, but when they support "preserving the institution of marriage" by banning gay marriage and then do stuff like this, it annoys me.

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Since so many people like to go with the slippery slope argument for why they're against gay marriage...when is someone going to take it the other way - Jim Jun 24, 11:58 26
- divorce should never be a crime - - 'lia Jun 24, 12:06 2
  - Jim isn't being serious, he's making it an analogy to the arguments used against gay marriage. -- nm - Andie Jun 24, 12:09
  - . That's the point you must've missed. -- nm - Jim Jun 24, 12:09
- Divorce and adultery WERE crimes once upon a time in the 60s and 70s. - TWuG Jun 24, 12:05 11
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    - easier everywhere except NY. Grrrrr... -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 12:11 5
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        Well, I'm doing it now. - znufrii Jun 24, 12:16 3
        
        Whenever I finally get to NY to meet you, if ever, I'm so buying you a beer for this whole divorce saga. - TFox Jun 24, 12:17 1
        
        *shrug* - znufrii Jun 24, 12:22
        
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  - No, they weren't. -- nm - mara Jun 24, 12:07 3
    - I was off a bit, but in 1949 or 1950 South Carolina (how appropriate) finally declared divorce legal. Adultery as a crime is still on the books - TWuG Jun 24, 12:17 2
      - If you could link to one such statute, I'd be ever so grateful. -- nm - mara Jun 24, 12:20 1
        
        Michigan -- (link) - TWuG Jun 24, 12:24
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- If I were caesar, applying criminal penalties to adultery would be among my first acts. -- nm - Max Jun 24, 12:04 5
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    - maybe, but the application of penalties is lacking. -- nm - Max Jun 24, 12:07 3
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        $5000 and 90 days in jail, and forfeiture of all assets in a divorce. -- nm - Max Jun 24, 12:11 1
        
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- i always say this, if Elizabeth Taylor can get married, what? 8 times, and still be a beloved national icon, - Andie Jun 24, 12:00 3
  - This is about as illogical as many of the arguments against it. I award you an internet. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 12:09 2
    - laughing - Andie Jun 24, 12:12 1
      - Yeah, I got that after I posted :) I totally agree. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 12:15
"Just do as I say, don't do as I do" -- nm - Genesis Jun 24, 11:56
everyone deserves the opportunity to be institutionalized -- nm - 'lia Jun 24, 11:50
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especially when...they're gay. -- nm - Mel - Wolf Pack of One Jun 24, 11:45
It's the "institution of marriage" that's sacred, not individual marriages. Duh. -- nm - TWuG Jun 24, 11:45
It's a bizarre form of idealism, mixed with the conviction that only appearances actually matter, mixed with "ends justifies the means" thinking. -- nm - mara Jun 24, 11:44
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