SFist: Dennis Herrera Loves Him Some Gay Marriage, But What About You?

cowinhollow

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:30:44 -0800

What happens to domestic partner law if this goes into effect? Do you have domestic partner laws and marriage laws? Do domestic partners have to get married now? That would suck? One word for all you excited Brides and Grooms: Prenup

fizzandpop

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:35:19 -0800

Listen to RobinSF. He speaks the truth! Unless you just love writing checks to mediators so you can be told that you still have to make payments on your ex-wife's car even though she's lent it to her new boyfriend and that douchebag is right now cruising around in a car that you are paying for.

RobInSF

Fri, 16 May 2008 10:53:55 -0800

Now that the gay peeps have the right to get married, allow me to give you all one word of very valuable advice from a divorced straight male. Don't.

HHumbert

Fri, 16 May 2008 09:05:16 -0800

Anita Bryant? I'd hit that. Ooops, too late.

daithi

Fri, 16 May 2008 08:58:51 -0800

That is my favorite passage Misterplow

MisterPlow

Fri, 16 May 2008 08:31:30 -0800

Sheesh, thanks plumpy ... One more bible quote (that I should have remembered before I posted earlier): "And, lo, for he who does not use-eth the winking smiley emoticon to announce that he is joking around: he shall be damned to suffer the wrath of a thousand fire breathing orcs!"

plumpy

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:40:27 -0800

Calm down and read MisterPlow again. He was clearly joking.

Tendernob

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:03:39 -0800

I’m not sure. He doesn’t actually know what the Bible says, which is a sure sign of a fundie...

bluecanary

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:34:30 -0800

Mister Plow wasn't being serious, was he?

sfsoma

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:59:17 -0800

MisterPlow: The bible is irrelevant in this situation. We live in a republic in which the people produced a more important document called a Constitution. It is designed to protect our freedoms from people like you!

largo01

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:31:48 -0800

Community Property in Marriage was passed down to California law through Mexico and before it, Spain. Community Property is something you only find in the South-West since it is Spanish in origin. So blame the Spaniards. Or better yet, just write a very thorough pre-nup next time.

fizzandpop

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:59:01 -0800

I'll just join in a prayer for the pie thrower.

daithi

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:53:35 -0800

Deep breaths Fizz and Pop, think of Liverpool and the Champions league final, oh wait, never mind,

Generic

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:50:23 -0800

The video of her getting pied is awesome. It's never pretty The Gay Mafia is forced to rear its hand.

fizzandpop

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:45:28 -0800

Don't get me started on the community property laws. There's a special place in hell for whoever drafted that piece of crap legislation.

Britt

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:44:04 -0800

Dear Sir. To answer your question: Am I opposed to gay marriage? I can answer absolutely not. After all, why should they be exempt from misery. Sincerely

fizzandpop

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:42:54 -0800

Did someone just bring up the bible? How's the outside toilet working for you? And another reason I hate weddings: I always have to answer probing questions about my own failed marriage in front of the unfortunate f**k buddy I've dragged along to act as my date. Have you people no tact? I'm trying to get laid here.

Chris Weekly

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:36:23 -0800

I am overjoyed that the gay community can now experience the joys of comminity property and visitation rights laws. Does the butch one get the shaft? (No pun intended).

The Angry Young Man

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:33:51 -0800

Anita Bryant?! Good reference. In re: the anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment ballot measure. Poor fundies have seriously chosen the totally wrong year to try to amend the California state constitution in this way. The measure passed in 2000 with 61% of the vote. Attitudes have changed dramatically in the last eight years, with more and more people in this state seeing less of a problem with it. In addition, this being a BIG presidential election year, we'll see far more lefties and young people at the polls than during an off season election and I don't see them going for it. The fundies have bigger successes with these kind of things when more folks stay away from elections, allowing them to swamp the polls. I see this ballot measure being nicely smacked down. Civil rights should never be determined by majority vote. Where would we be if things like desegregation were put up to a majority vote? Idiots who claim that it should be up to "the people" to figure these things out are being disingenuous and should talk to the hand!

Tendernob

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:22:06 -0800

Not quite, MisterPlow. Jesus never mentioned Teh Gays. The "man lying with man" stuff is in Leviticus - Old Testament - which Jesus had a big problem with. His message was forgiveness and non-judgment, and he didn't care for all the old Orthodox rules. And there's nothing about lesbianism anywhere in the Bible. Sweet. And now back to business - I couldn't find a juicy Bryant quote but I did find this 1977 National Lampoon parody: http://brumm.com/gaylib/images/anitacure1.gif

plumpy

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:16:20 -0800

Lacking from all the news coverage I've seen is any mention of the fact that a constitutional marriage amendment is pending signature verification for the November ballot. I'm kinda new to this state... any guesses on whether or not it's likely to pass if it shows up on the ballot?

MisterPlow

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:11:12 -0800

Hello? Anyone hear of a little book called *the bible*?!?! There's got to be something in there about how jesus said 'man must not lay down with he who is himself another man' or something. And I've got to figure there's something in there about 'woman may not lie with another woman ... regardless of how hot that may be-ith' Did I get that right?

fizzandpop

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:07:41 -0800

Great picture of that orange juice lady with pie on her face though. Is she still alive? Can we get a godtastic quote from her?

fizzandpop

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:05:46 -0800

I'm absoulutely f**kingg over weddings of any kind. "You're invited to give up four days vacation, spend $1,600 on airfare, purchase an overpriced gift from this list of stuff we don't want to actually buy ourselves, buy a new suit that someone will spill booze all over, sit at a table with a bunch of people you'll instantly dislike, and smile, smile, smile through the whole ordeal". T'gays are better off without it.

KatyG

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:49:26 -0800

generati, I *think* that the ruling takes effect in 30 days - that means to me that we can't get licenses until mid-June. Perfect wedding season! But yeah, I'd like to know the specifics, too.

atthebeach

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:41:20 -0800

I still don't understand why anyone of any status would want to get married. But good luck to those of you who do. I think it's a great ruling; same-sex marriage, like abortion, is an ethical and moral issue, not one that should be restricted by law.

generati

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:16:01 -0800

Does anybody know the date at which this ruling is to go into effect?

daithi

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:09:51 -0800

My ass of a partner seems to hate gay marriage, he has said no to me repeatedly over the last 15 years.