CA Supreme Court to rule on Gay Marriage today (5/15) at 10:00am

[Gemini Cricket]

Clay Aiken came out of the closet.
No surprise there.
But he's on the cover of People with his child. "Yes I'm Gay" is printed on the cover in big letters.
I wonder if this will have a positive effect for the No on Prop 8 camp. I hope so.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Clay Aiken came out of the closet.
No surprise there.
But he's on the cover of People with his child. "Yes I'm Gay" is printed on the cover in big letters.
I wonder if this will have a positive effect for the No on Prop 8 camp. I hope so.

Well, that should lock up the 57 year old, never-married women

[Chernabog]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

But he's on the cover of People with his child. "Yes I'm Gay" is printed on the cover in big letters.

It should have said "Yes I'm Creepy Beyond All Reasonable Belief (But I Have A Cute Profile on Manhunt.net!)" .... or something similar

[Chernabog]

Best Yahoo News comment on Aiken coming out:

13. hollaatrgurl - Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:18pm PDT
It's like Michael Jackson all over again...without the monkey, or child molestation, of course.

lmao... the interwebs are funny!!!

[Moonliner]

FYI...

Wikileaks has this about the LDS church and prop-8

[Ghoulish Delight]

LA City council had a procedural vote yesterday that set their official position as against Prop 8.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Thanks BTD. Not nearly as entertaining, but at least they said what the issue was.

I think it will be effective for the demographic they were aiming for, and it was more of a political ad then an entertainment ad (hope that makes sense).

Sadly, my dad is weirded out by "gay marriage" though he's adopted one of my friends as his "gay son". I've tried to use that (and the what if I was gay, you wouldn't want me marrying the person I love just because it wouldn't be a guy" analogy) on him. His issue is with the term "marriage". While "marriage" may have started out as a religious thing, it's turned into a verb, like Google.

I was happy to see another ad on the issue, during primetime, on Fox and I hope it reaches the inner cockles of the parental generation and helps them relate, as parents to the issue.

[Kevy Baby]

I have been meaning to look this up, but I just don't have the time.

I was listening to some people who say that if Prop 8 passes, that their church can be sued if they refuse to marry homosexuals. On the surface, this sounds like hogwash, but I can see some potential (legal) validity to this.

Anybody got any info on this?

[Morrigoon]

The government cannot interfere with the free practice of religion. I can't walk in wearing a reversed cross and a "love satan" t-shirt and expect them to want to baptise me, KWIM?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Um, I assume you mean if Prop 8 doesn't pass. If it does pass, it will be against the California constitution for people of the same sex to get married, so I can't imagine having it pass would lead to church's getting sued.

If you meant if it doesn't pass, then that's the situation we're in now, where the state recognizes same sex marriages. In that case I don't know what the case would be, but the supreme court of the state ruled that the state must recognize marriages between same sex couples, not that anyone would be forced to perform the service so I can't imagine anyone winning such a suit.