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Barrack Obama&#039;s position is that it should NOT be Federally banned  AND be left up to the states.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As is also the position of Joe Biden, Dianne Feinstein, Harry Reid and even Hillary Clinton. All very important Dems.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#39;ll add&#8230; Barrack Obama&#39;s position is that it should NOT be Federally banned  AND be left up to the states.</p><p>As is also the position of Joe Biden, Dianne Feinstein, Harry Reid and even Hillary Clinton. All very important Dems.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Kevin</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/11/republicans-and-democrats-against-prop-8-in-ca/comment-page-1/#comment-162113</link> <dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:21:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=4317#comment-162113</guid> <description>I&#039;ll add... Barrack Obama&#039;s position is that it should NOT be Federally banned  AND be left up to the states.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As is also the position of Joe Biden, Dianne Feinstein, Harry Reid and even Hillary Clinton. All very important Dems.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#39;ll add&#8230; Barrack Obama&#39;s position is that it should NOT be Federally banned  AND be left up to the states.</p><p>As is also the position of Joe Biden, Dianne Feinstein, Harry Reid and even Hillary Clinton. All very important Dems.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Kevin</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/11/republicans-and-democrats-against-prop-8-in-ca/comment-page-1/#comment-128597</link> <dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:21:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=4317#comment-128597</guid> <description>I&#039;ll add... Barrack Obama&#039;s position is that it should NOT be Federally banned  AND be left up to the states.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As is also the position of Joe Biden, Dianne Feinstein, Harry Reid and even Hillary Clinton. All very important Dems.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#39;ll add&#8230; Barrack Obama&#39;s position is that it should NOT be Federally banned  AND be left up to the states.</p><p>As is also the position of Joe Biden, Dianne Feinstein, Harry Reid and even Hillary Clinton. All very important Dems.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Lilytiger</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/11/republicans-and-democrats-against-prop-8-in-ca/comment-page-1/#comment-93950</link> <dc:creator>Lilytiger</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:59:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=4317#comment-93950</guid> <description>Wow, I now want to get my reverendship off the internet and only do gay marriages. Any feelings of hesitancy is now completely vanished.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Completely.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, I now want to get my reverendship off the internet and only do gay marriages. Any feelings of hesitancy is now completely vanished.</p><p>Completely.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Miranda</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/11/republicans-and-democrats-against-prop-8-in-ca/comment-page-1/#comment-93755</link> <dc:creator>Miranda</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:01:04 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=4317#comment-93755</guid> <description>From what I&#039;ve read here, it seems that whiterosebuddy seems to believe homosexual individuals are not actually humans, but some sort of sub-human species. Its that type of scary belief that you really can&#039;t reason with....you just can&#039;t. I don&#039;t understand it and I don&#039;t want too. I just pray there are more people who see discrimination in any form as discrimination in EVERY form.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From what I&#39;ve read here, it seems that whiterosebuddy seems to believe homosexual individuals are not actually humans, but some sort of sub-human species. Its that type of scary belief that you really can&#39;t reason with&#8230;.you just can&#39;t. I don&#39;t understand it and I don&#39;t want too. I just pray there are more people who see discrimination in any form as discrimination in EVERY form.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: CPL</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/11/republicans-and-democrats-against-prop-8-in-ca/comment-page-1/#comment-93700</link> <dc:creator>CPL</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:45:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=4317#comment-93700</guid> <description>The Slippery Slope being if discrimination against gays is allowed, it will not be long before those who were successful in outlawing gay marriage will move along to denying another group equal rights; how would you like to see interracial marriages banned again?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Or better yet - how the Massa could sleep with the slave woman, and her man couldn&#039;t do a damned thing about it - let alone put his foot up Massa&#039;s ass for messing with his woman.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That&#039;s what discrimination and legalizing it allows.  It will not stop with Gay Marriage and honestly, I thought Cali has other issues to be concerned with, but then again, it didn&#039;t stop outsiders from coming into the state to get rid of Gray Davis and replace him with Ah-nold.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Slippery Slope being if discrimination against gays is allowed, it will not be long before those who were successful in outlawing gay marriage will move along to denying another group equal rights; how would you like to see interracial marriages banned again?</p><p>Or better yet &#8211; how the Massa could sleep with the slave woman, and her man couldn&#39;t do a damned thing about it &#8211; let alone put his foot up Massa&#39;s ass for messing with his woman.</p><p>That&#39;s what discrimination and legalizing it allows.  It will not stop with Gay Marriage and honestly, I thought Cali has other issues to be concerned with, but then again, it didn&#39;t stop outsiders from coming into the state to get rid of Gray Davis and replace him with Ah-nold.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: CPL</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/11/republicans-and-democrats-against-prop-8-in-ca/comment-page-1/#comment-93698</link> <dc:creator>CPL</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:40:40 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=4317#comment-93698</guid> <description>He&#039;s not going to answer that, Liza, because he can&#039;t.  In any case, gay marriage will not do anymore in society than hetro marriages, which means y&#039;all should have the same opportunity for high rates of divorce just like we hets have.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#039;m a Christian, but when I see what other &quot;christians&quot; do in Jesus&#039; name, I literally throw up in my mouth because those individuals believe Jesus is either too dumb or too lazy to sort things out Himself.  My job is to practice unconditional love and acceptance of everyone I meet - to be admiring of strengths and tolerant of weakness, as well as being accepting of all.  If that doesn&#039;t fit with my understanding of God, I guess He will show me the way to go.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that doesn&#039;t mean I impose my beliefs on someone else, especially if they don&#039;t want them.  If gays are discriminated against, what&#039;s to stop the government from trying to overturn &lt;i&gt;Loving v. Virginia&lt;/i&gt; and outlawing interracial marriages?  I&#039;m against any form of discrimination because if it&#039;s allow against one group of people, it will not be long before there&#039;s an attempt to extend the discrimination to others.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;White Rose Buddy, what about THAT you don&#039;t see?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He&#39;s not going to answer that, Liza, because he can&#39;t.  In any case, gay marriage will not do anymore in society than hetro marriages, which means y&#39;all should have the same opportunity for high rates of divorce just like we hets have.</p><p>I&#39;m a Christian, but when I see what other &#8220;christians&#8221; do in Jesus&#39; name, I literally throw up in my mouth because those individuals believe Jesus is either too dumb or too lazy to sort things out Himself.  My job is to practice unconditional love and acceptance of everyone I meet &#8211; to be admiring of strengths and tolerant of weakness, as well as being accepting of all.  If that doesn&#39;t fit with my understanding of God, I guess He will show me the way to go.</p><p>But that doesn&#39;t mean I impose my beliefs on someone else, especially if they don&#39;t want them.  If gays are discriminated against, what&#39;s to stop the government from trying to overturn <i>Loving v. Virginia</i> and outlawing interracial marriages?  I&#39;m against any form of discrimination because if it&#39;s allow against one group of people, it will not be long before there&#39;s an attempt to extend the discrimination to others.</p><p>White Rose Buddy, what about THAT you don&#39;t see?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: CPL</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/11/republicans-and-democrats-against-prop-8-in-ca/comment-page-1/#comment-93691</link> <dc:creator>CPL</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:33:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=4317#comment-93691</guid> <description>Um, the ReThugs like being hypocrites and want to stay in the closet?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They are the party of &quot;Do as I SAY; not as I DO.&quot; And take that to a whole &#039;nother level.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;&lt;&lt;eye roll&gt;&gt;&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Um, the ReThugs like being hypocrites and want to stay in the closet?</p><p>They are the party of &#8220;Do as I SAY; not as I DO.&#8221; And take that to a whole &#39;nother level.</p><p>&lt;&lt;&lt;eye roll&gt;&gt;&gt;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: whiterosebuddy</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/11/republicans-and-democrats-against-prop-8-in-ca/comment-page-1/#comment-93607</link> <dc:creator>whiterosebuddy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:10:25 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=4317#comment-93607</guid> <description>Bastard refers to a child not born into a legal marriage. If you were trying to construe it&#039;s use as different from that your presumptions are wrong. The reason the children were bastards is because there was no father legally responsible financially to support the child. I have no issue with anyone recognizing any child that is solely their responsibility. However, under the law, no man is finacially responsible for children not legally born into a marriage.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Marriage is not about being fair. That is one of the non-logical arguments folks attempt to use to justify that which has no real justification. Heather has made a choice to enter into a relationship which grants her no legal rights. That is her perogative. I do not have to support her aberrant, deviant choices simply because you perceive not to as unfair.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What I think is unfair is to raise any child without a mother or father in their home. I am not concerned with the irrational narcissitic choices Heather makes as an adult. It is children who need to be protected from individuals who care more about their genital needs than doing what is in the best interest of children. How anyone could possibly think it was &#039;fair&#039; to use your criteria to be raised fatherless or motherless to satisfy some adults sexual desires  is beyond me, Now, that to me is cold blooded and cold hearted...no  love there at all. When adult sexual needs supercedes children&#039;s RIGHTS it is inhumane.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Dick Cheney claimed that boy so that he would not have to endure the aberrant circumstances his daughter has placed that male child in. Dick understands the child needs to even if his own daughter is too caught up in having her sexual needs met that she didn&#039;t care enough to raise him with father.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bastard refers to a child not born into a legal marriage. If you were trying to construe it&#39;s use as different from that your presumptions are wrong. The reason the children were bastards is because there was no father legally responsible financially to support the child. I have no issue with anyone recognizing any child that is solely their responsibility. However, under the law, no man is finacially responsible for children not legally born into a marriage.</p><p>Marriage is not about being fair. That is one of the non-logical arguments folks attempt to use to justify that which has no real justification. Heather has made a choice to enter into a relationship which grants her no legal rights. That is her perogative. I do not have to support her aberrant, deviant choices simply because you perceive not to as unfair.</p><p>What I think is unfair is to raise any child without a mother or father in their home. I am not concerned with the irrational narcissitic choices Heather makes as an adult. It is children who need to be protected from individuals who care more about their genital needs than doing what is in the best interest of children. How anyone could possibly think it was &#39;fair&#39; to use your criteria to be raised fatherless or motherless to satisfy some adults sexual desires  is beyond me, Now, that to me is cold blooded and cold hearted&#8230;no  love there at all. When adult sexual needs supercedes children&#39;s RIGHTS it is inhumane.</p><p>Dick Cheney claimed that boy so that he would not have to endure the aberrant circumstances his daughter has placed that male child in. Dick understands the child needs to even if his own daughter is too caught up in having her sexual needs met that she didn&#39;t care enough to raise him with father.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: whiterosebuddy</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/11/republicans-and-democrats-against-prop-8-in-ca/comment-page-1/#comment-93595</link> <dc:creator>whiterosebuddy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:00:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=4317#comment-93595</guid> <description>Yes, I chose those words so as to not be offensive. I much prefer far more accurate terms such as deviant and aberrant or abnormal. There is nothing aberrant, deviant, or abnormal about being single widowed or divorced.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, I chose those words so as to not be offensive. I much prefer far more accurate terms such as deviant and aberrant or abnormal. There is nothing aberrant, deviant, or abnormal about being single widowed or divorced.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Miranda</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/11/republicans-and-democrats-against-prop-8-in-ca/comment-page-1/#comment-93570</link> <dc:creator>Miranda</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:29:20 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=4317#comment-93570</guid> <description>There&#039;s no contradiction once you realize who&#039;s pushing these issues in the first place. These WMD - weapons of mass distraction tactics - are just the cries of &quot;there&#039;s the wolf&quot; while they rob us blind.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#39;s no contradiction once you realize who&#39;s pushing these issues in the first place. These WMD &#8211; weapons of mass distraction tactics &#8211; are just the cries of &#8220;there&#39;s the wolf&#8221; while they rob us blind.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Miranda</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/11/republicans-and-democrats-against-prop-8-in-ca/comment-page-1/#comment-93567</link> <dc:creator>Miranda</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:24:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=4317#comment-93567</guid> <description>&quot;non-normal behavior&quot;....yeah...ok.....I&#039;m assuming my childless, single heterosexual azz is probably not normal either.....and my divorced friends are probably a lil wierd too....and my single mom friends too....and my widowed cousin........and my two single cousins that adopted......geez...I&#039;m surrounding by freaks.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;non-normal behavior&#8221;&#8230;.yeah&#8230;ok&#8230;..I&#39;m assuming my childless, single heterosexual azz is probably not normal either&#8230;..and my divorced friends are probably a lil wierd too&#8230;.and my single mom friends too&#8230;.and my widowed cousin&#8230;&#8230;..and my two single cousins that adopted&#8230;&#8230;geez&#8230;I&#39;m surrounding by freaks.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Monie</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/11/republicans-and-democrats-against-prop-8-in-ca/comment-page-1/#comment-93564</link> <dc:creator>Monie</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:20:39 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=4317#comment-93564</guid> <description>It is funny that you mentioned the children as &quot;bastards&quot; since one of the key Republicans in this country, VP Dick Cheney welcomed a  a &quot;bastard&quot; grandson about 2 years ago through his lesbian daughter Mary.  Mary had this child, through artificial insemination, with her partner Heather Poe.  I am almost certain that Cheney adores his grandchild, much like most loving humans do, since most humans know HOW to love regardless of what their sexual orientation is.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now in the event that Mary Cheney is no longer available to take care of her child that she decided to raise with Heather Poe---is it fair for Heather to be shut out of this child&#039;s life since  she is the  woman who was loved and committed to his mother?  Or does love conquer all in this case? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Better yet, will it be different because it is Dick Cheney&#039;s daughter, since we are all aware that Republicans/conservatives reek of hypocrisy----and the moral rules only apply to others?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is funny that you mentioned the children as &#8220;bastards&#8221; since one of the key Republicans in this country, VP Dick Cheney welcomed a  a &#8220;bastard&#8221; grandson about 2 years ago through his lesbian daughter Mary.  Mary had this child, through artificial insemination, with her partner Heather Poe.  I am almost certain that Cheney adores his grandchild, much like most loving humans do, since most humans know HOW to love regardless of what their sexual orientation is.</p><p>Now in the event that Mary Cheney is no longer available to take care of her child that she decided to raise with Heather Poe&#8212;is it fair for Heather to be shut out of this child&#39;s life since  she is the  woman who was loved and committed to his mother?  Or does love conquer all in this case?</p><p> Better yet, will it be different because it is Dick Cheney&#39;s daughter, since we are all aware that Republicans/conservatives reek of hypocrisy&#8212;-and the moral rules only apply to others?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: whiterosebuddy</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/11/republicans-and-democrats-against-prop-8-in-ca/comment-page-1/#comment-93551</link> <dc:creator>whiterosebuddy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:56:03 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=4317#comment-93551</guid> <description>The question is not how the marriage hurts anyone. The issue is how do same gender sex marriages benefit society? They do not. What you have are individuals seeking benefits based on their narcissitic sexual desires as if that proclivity entittles them to benefits that society has granted for the benefit of society vs. individual.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The post was specific to behavior vs. race. Race is not a behavior. Behaviors which are deleterious to society or individuals are prohibited by law. It is solely the sexual behavior which is creating for the demand for some special rights based on the choice of how they engage sexually.&lt;br&gt;Nothing bizarre or troubling. The point was there are numerous sexual behaviors which society feels no need to condone and which society has specifically deemed illegal. Ergo, sexual behavioral choices is no basis to grant marriage &#039;rights&#039; which is truly as you noted a rite vs. a right.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The purpose of marriage is to benefit society. Not the individual. The so called &#039;benefits&#039; are incenitives to encourage individuals to marry as marriage is a legal state which carries with it specific responsibilities...the biggest being that children are not bastards and are the responsibility of the father into whose marriage they are born, thus relieving the state of financial responsibility and creating a stable community.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That is why marriage was a legal binding contract. It benefitted the state. Not the individual.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The question is not how the marriage hurts anyone. The issue is how do same gender sex marriages benefit society? They do not. What you have are individuals seeking benefits based on their narcissitic sexual desires as if that proclivity entittles them to benefits that society has granted for the benefit of society vs. individual.</p><p>The post was specific to behavior vs. race. Race is not a behavior. Behaviors which are deleterious to society or individuals are prohibited by law. It is solely the sexual behavior which is creating for the demand for some special rights based on the choice of how they engage sexually.<br />Nothing bizarre or troubling. The point was there are numerous sexual behaviors which society feels no need to condone and which society has specifically deemed illegal. Ergo, sexual behavioral choices is no basis to grant marriage &#39;rights&#39; which is truly as you noted a rite vs. a right.</p><p>The purpose of marriage is to benefit society. Not the individual. The so called &#39;benefits&#39; are incenitives to encourage individuals to marry as marriage is a legal state which carries with it specific responsibilities&#8230;the biggest being that children are not bastards and are the responsibility of the father into whose marriage they are born, thus relieving the state of financial responsibility and creating a stable community.</p><p>That is why marriage was a legal binding contract. It benefitted the state. Not the individual.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: caligirl</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/11/republicans-and-democrats-against-prop-8-in-ca/comment-page-1/#comment-93548</link> <dc:creator>caligirl</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:50:49 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=4317#comment-93548</guid> <description>your last sentence is--in essence--why i will be voting against prop 8.  however, i fully agree with AM2k6&#039;s point that california has many pressing urgent issues which need to be addressed.  life-or-death issues (jobs, budget crises, homelessness, uninsured children, substandard public education) do not get the attention they deserve in this state, and that&#039;s a damn shame.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;i do not see how marriage equity is a life-or-death issue, but i can&#039;t support a proposition that has discrimination as its basic premise.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>your last sentence is&#8211;in essence&#8211;why i will be voting against prop 8.  however, i fully agree with AM2k6&#39;s point that california has many pressing urgent issues which need to be addressed.  life-or-death issues (jobs, budget crises, homelessness, uninsured children, substandard public education) do not get the attention they deserve in this state, and that&#39;s a damn shame.</p><p>i do not see how marriage equity is a life-or-death issue, but i can&#39;t support a proposition that has discrimination as its basic premise.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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