Talk about gay face

I thought I heardhead explosions!

This is grand. Congrats to DC. Marriage equality has now found its way below the Mason-Dixon line.
The Congressional GOP is always screaming about state’s rights, so it will be interesting to see how they ateempt to use the Congress to over-ride the legislative act of a local government. But I expect no less from them. Their lack of principle has been well-documented long before today.
As for NOM, it looks as if they missed the fourth grade lesson of representative democracy.
A good day.  

Maggie and BrianTake it like men and stop the whining asshats.
This is all but a done deal.  

Poor Brian…Messes with your plans to screw with Maine again, doesn’t it?
Bummer.

IndeedBut of course, NOM isn’t a “PAC”….

lol I know what you mean

an urgent civil rights violation?really Brian?
What civil right are you talking about?  The right to discriminate?

I’m glad they used the word “arrogance”because in their earlier email today they arrogantly told a city that they do not live in or vote in or represent, “We Will Overturn Your Same-Sex Marriage Bill”.  Nation-building begins at home, I guess.

these people make my head hurt…

“The people of D.C. have a right, guaranteed by the charter, which is D.C.’s constitution, to vote to protect marriage.”  

really? line and section number please…. cause I don’t see that anywhere implied or explicitly stated.   If we’re gonna have a vote lets vote on everyone’s marriage that way we aren’t violating the 14th amendment’s equal protection clause… the key word being EQUAL.  
I am normally not a violent person, but why can’t we herd these people into a space shuttle and aim it at the sun?  

I was thinking more like a SS officer or Hitler youth, go on, picture that in a brown shirt. seig heil!

More like an hysterical nutjob

its a wasteOf a good space shuttle…that is

sabers rattle..are you listening?I am waiting for Utah’s Freshman Representative Chaffetz to start with his LD$ corp sponsored rant about this and how he needs to protect the citizens of this country…I tell you the spew coming out of the wing-nuts mouths about marriage equality is enough (if dried out) to fertilize the Sinai.

It’s not NOM’s place to be truthful or accurate…it’s their job to create an atmosphere of confusion and turmoil. To excite the villagers to go after the monster that is gay rights.
They do this so well. Where’s the New York Times to call them on their shit?

“defenders of marriage” recommended listening, if you’ve not heard the song before, or even if you have.  roy zimmerman in concert
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Maggie and Brian:STFU

Bri   http://www.mycaddy.com.sg/word…
LOSER!

hey if ya LOST in the Nation’s CapitolGuess that means same sex marriage is INEVITABLE

Baby i’m waiting forthe Miss Bishop Harry Jackson eruption…

It never ceases to amaze meReally, how is it that a bunch of people can get all worked up and hysterical over strangers they don’t even know getting married down at City Hall, or in an open and affirming church the haters don’t go to in the first place? I never did understand it.

What is it about representative democracy that is beyond these idiots?The constitutional purpose of any legislature is to…
wait for it…
MAKE LAW!
But, somehow, it becomes government usurpation of the people’s rights when the folks elected by the people pass laws that these bigots don’t agree with. And when the people pass laws they don’t agree with (as was the case with Washington’s Referendum 71,) it suddenly becomes a matter for the courts to decide. And when the courts issue ruling that they don’t agree with, it goes back to being something that the legislatures should handle.
I swear, they are a group of blathering ignoramouses.

Oooh, anti-discrimination law in Chocolate City vs. LGBT discrimination!!This is going to be better than an MMA battle!! Get the popcorn!  

what kind of busybody are you?oh, you’re not.  well, that explains it then.  so there!  :D

She didn’t want to keep you waiting:link

“I think we’ll eventually get the right to vote [on same-sex marriage] like in California and Maine,” said Bishop Harry Jackson, of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, who is leading the appeal effort. Referendums in those two states overturned legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry.
“What was done [Tuesday] is just a battle in the war,” Jackson said. “The war is not over.”

Uh huh.  A war on the offering plate.  How much do you suppose he can squeeze out of his followers to “help him win the war” before he hits the legal wall?

That’s Bishop Harry Jackson, Emeritus, Esquire, PhD., BBC, BVD to you!He collects titles like the Cubs collect losses.

Even better!:

Mayor Adrian Fenty, a Democrat, still must sign the bill into law, which he has pledged to do most likely before Christmas. From the time the mayor signs the gay-marriage bill, Congress will have 30 legislative days to enact a joint resolution of disapproval. President Obama would have to sign that resolution for the city law to be blocked.
If approved by the Democractic-controlled Congress as observers say they expect it will be, gay marriage is on track to become legal in Washington by late January, making it the first jurisdiction below the Mason-Dixon Line to allow full civil equality for gays and lesbians.

This is going to be a hoot!!

But these are people trained to cherry-pick.If they can cherry pick from their own bible, they’re not going to hesitate a second cherry picking in the civil realm.  They’re very consistent in their propensity to cherry-pick!
It’s the same thing with them accusing us of recruiting their children.  Of course they think we’ll recruit their children, because evangelism is ALL ABOUT recruitment, and they start them from day one.

Lets not sit back and ‘wait and see’ what our opponents attempt. How about we make some noise too. Believe me our opponents are out in force this week in DC. They are everywhere. Loud and proud. They are making the most noise and being heard. Their plan is to overwhelm Senate offices and shut them down if they don’t get their way.
Time once again for us to step up. Thank the DC Council, contact Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (1.202.225.8050) tell her to hang tough.  

Ah, the NOMbies are back!How long before they (re)start begging for bucks? And why is it these “conservatives” never really want to respect “states’ rights”? Damned hypocrites.

If Utah is requiring everyone to have AK-47s…Or Mississippi is reinstalling “whites only” facilities, then of course the GOoPers will proclaim “states’ rights”… But on something to expand civil rights? Oh no, that can’t happen!

Hey, don’t worry.Even if the Republicans in congress try to overturn this or force a referendum (and I’m sure they will), we have a Fierce Advocate (TM) who will stand up to them and defend our rights, just exactly as he has done time and again before now.  Right?  You remember all his fierce advocacy, don’t you?  And Reid and Pelosi will follow him in lock step, as always.
If the Republicans make a peep about this, I’m guessing we’re screwed.  Fingers crossed that they’re too busy screwing the public at large to pay attention to us.  For once.

I prefer to call them “NOMskulls”

The Dems have miscalculatedThe Republicans will jump on this as a showdown going into the 2010 election cycle and to distract from the healthcare shenanigans.
Congress will end up voting on this.

You mean Mr JackosnI will not honour his religious title.
Not the title of a carpetbagger
And until I know where he got his dcotorate from and in what field, I will not honour that.
I worked my then cute tail off in a University founded in the 13th century for mine.

It’s just another variationof the “activist judge” meme. I don’t remember details, but in the past when non-discrimination laws were passed by popular vote they went to court to get the results overturned.

No, it wont be a hoot.The Republicans will make this a real populist battle.
And they may very well win.
And the President will probably sign the resolution, citing DOMA.

The battle winds upAnd a Mormon leads it off, of course.

A Utah Republican renewed his pledge Tuesday to prevent the nation’s capital from allowing gay couples to marry after the Washington, D.C., Council signed off on such a measure

He feels that the whole thing is against the will of the LDS Elders, oops, I meant the DC people…

Chaffetz sits on a House subcommittee that oversees the district. Congress can revoke D.C. laws within 30 days after they are signed by the mayor.
Chaffetz promises to introduce legislation in January.

A bit more from the Congressional Ambassador from the LDS

“Some people legitimately and often ask: ‘Why is it that a congressman from Utah, or anyplace else, is sticking their nose in this?” asked Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. “Article I, Section 8 of our Constitution says that in all cases, the Congress shall oversee the laws of Washington, D.C., and that is what we’re trying to do.”

Republicans have no power to move anything to the floor from committeeNow a traitorous Dem might be able to force a vote, but they have no pay off to have an anti-gay vote.

Miss Harry you hold your breath for that vote…..do that honey

If more bodies would GET “busy” instead of being busybodiesThey’d pay attention to their OWN lives, and get their G*D DAMN nose out of OUR business.

as expectedChaffetz is trying to enforce the will of Provo on the rest of the nation…
I think its time for all of them to STFU

He won’t get very far with that,since the committee is chaired by Stephen F. Lynch from MA, an LGBT ally.  The Utah twerp can propose as much legislation as he wants, but unless Lynch permits the committee to vote on it withing 30 days of the Mayor of DC signing the bill, the twerp looses.

Brian and Maggie Asking for another PaycheckThese anti-gay industrialists are excellent at targeting and scaring the religionists of the U.S.  Unfortunately, we are grossly outnumbered and they know it.  That is why they are trying to go around the DC Office of Ethics and Elections and the City Council and the DC Human Rights Act to the judiciary.  A tactic we should take to heart and utilize to get our federal rights NOW.

So much for judicial activism…apparently they want to appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court:

Bishop Harry Jackson, pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Md., and leader of a coalition of social conservative and Christian groups opposed to same-sex marriage, is encouraging Congress to intervene and prevent same-sex marriage from becoming law in D.C.
He also has vowed to continue a court challenge of a D.C. Board of Elections & Ethics decision in October that refused to place on the ballot a voter initiative seeking to ban same-sex marriage in the District.
The board concluded that an initiative banning same-sex marriage would violate the city’s Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation. Jackson filed suit in D.C. Superior Court seeking to overturn the election board’s action. He has said he would appeal the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if he and his backers lose in lower courts.

Oops, forgot the source:http://dcagenda.com/2009/12/15…

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,,,Watch. the. fuck. out.
NOM may be absolutely reprehensibly mockable in the blogosphere, but they have won just about every battle they have engaged themselves in.
They can launder money and break tax codes left and right while they pass bigoted laws and NO ONE CHALLENGES THEM.  In this nation they are given the run of the mill.  They control the debate.  The courts won’t lift a finger to even consider stopping them from abusing their privileges as a bigoted Christian institution in a bigoted nation.  They have the power.  

Great to hear n/t

True…… absolutely do NOT underestimate them. They get results. they MEAN it.

If they don’t get Congress to actthey will get injunctions in court til they get this up to the USSC, which will probably grant the referendum…and we know how that will go…

Agreed……but I’m reasonably optimistic on this one. DC is famously liberal, the mayor is definitely going to sign this, and I honestly can’t see a Democratic congress going out of its way to squelch marriage equality in DC. That said, if the Knights Who Say NOM actually try to pull something, we do need to be ready. I’m not underestimating them, and you’re right that we need to be wary.
(I still am inordinately amused by the fact that their name is NOM. It’s almost enough to make me suspect that it was deliberate so that we could make jokes about it. Almost.)

States rightsIt’s almost like they want to have each state a separate entity and have them joined in some sort of confederation or something, isn’t it?  ;^)
Oh, and the media ate my baby.  Same old crap, different day from this guy.  

Maggie GallagherFor showing up after Maine to sneer your fugly face at us in our pain.
Well it’s a NEW DAY
so DC….THIS
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They are hurting children!!!  Just think where all the money spent on taking away LGBT rights.  Here is a story about toys for tots donations so far below that many children who used to recieve toys will go without this year  All the money Christian groups like Focus on the Family spent on prop H8.
 Sorry toys for tots, It is so sad that Christian Groups have spent so much money denying Civil Rights for US Citizens than helping needy children.

P.S. from Brian
If anyone has seen my neck, please let me know.
Kiss, kiss.

The Dems will roll over and play dead for anyone who tells them toI honestly can’t see a Democratic congress going out of its way to squelch marriage equality in DC.
Um…what? Where have you been the last year? President “Gawd Is In the Mix” will jump at the chance to have this killed, and as we’ve seen with health care “reform,” he’s perfectly fine sending his attack snake Rahm out to make sure it happens.

thanks for a giggle….an un-PC sizest giggle, (my kinda gal)

Send Mag’s coal for her stockingI had a BAD BAD idea I think it’s the Post Office which has boxes which ship for a standard price, whatever you fill them with…..charcoal briquettes would be my choice.
Imagine if every LGBT and our allies sent her such a box to her Westchester, NY home address…..hmmmmmm?
Come on she has been very very NAUGHTY.

btw her name isn’t Gallagher that’s her maiden nameMaggie Srivastav

Who are the other members?And will they get pressure put on them by the administration to enforce DOMA so the president isn’t embarrassed?

my maggie in DC comic   http://s810.photobucket.com/al…
enjoy

Her name is whatever she want it to be….Sure, call her out for insisting that “tradition” is the only moral choice, and then cherry-picking her traditions – chances are she doesn’t see anything wrong with having the vote or owning property, and might take umbrage if her husband applied loving physical correction. She’s a shit.
But she can call herself anything she wants. After all, we feel free to call her all sorts of things. Fair’s fair.

Well…I do know that Miss Bishop Harry Jackson has a BA from Williams and a MBA from Harvard. I’ve read nothing about any seminary or divinity school study.
Of course, that MBA says a lot about what Miss Thing is really all about…

It purports to be a 501(c)(4)and it should have its tax exempt status revoked because it is not a charity.

Anything they propose will never get out of committee

Fred Karger has Challenged Themand he is keeping a close watch on NOM.  Please support his efforts at Californians Against Hate.

Weddings on the Capital Steps?I’d like to see a same-sex wedding on the Capital steps everyday until DOMA is repealed. A little ‘in your face ‘ action for the Congress…

true she can call herself anything she wantsI mentioned her husband’s name because that’s very likely the name on their address, to send the coal.

Harry Jackson opposes gay rightsIran opposes gay rights
Harry Jackson believes scripture is infallible
Shiite Islam believes their scripture is infallible
Harry Jackson is…(gasp) an Islamic terrorist?

the president supports states rights.i think he couldn’t politically get away with backing federal interference in what is a local matter on par with states rights.  i think if congress wants to see a true firestorm (figuratively), they’ll interfere with this marriage bill.  i think we should take a cue from Congress’s lack of interference with the earlier DC law allowing recognition of marriage conducted in other jurisdictions.  also, in the budget passed sunday congress also withdrew prohibitions on DC funding for domestic partner benefits and some other measures that conservatives oppose.  the signal seems to be “hands off DC”.