Only 219 gay couples in NJ want "marriage" benefits?

It seems that it has been one month since civil unions have been legal in New Jersery, and a whopping 219 couples have had them. 219. wtf? I know there have to be more than 219 gay couples in New Jersey!

If no one cares enough to take advantage when a law like this goes into effect, the it will probably keep similar laws from going into effect elsewhere. So get off your asses people!

Massachusetts to gay couples: "Just kidding"

Apparently some Massachusetts lawmakers have decided that it's okay to take back civil rights, specifically the right for gay couples to marry in Massachusetts. An appalling 62 state legislators voted to advance a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in Massachusetts. Where's the outrage? Where's the brave wannabe presidential candidate denouncing this atrocity? Anyone? Someone please, ferchrissakes. Where is Al Sharpton and his eager-to-march-for-justice legs? Where are the couples of the approximate 8,500 gay marriages that were performed in Massachusetts? That little certificate doesn't symbolize a thing if they're not willing to stand up for it!

Frankly, I don't understand this anti-gay obsession. And I'm surprised that the almighty dollar hasn't knocked these Republicans off of their moral high-horse. I don't know the cost of a marriage license, but for arguments sake let's put a price of $100 on it. That's $850,000 that Massachusetts made. This doesn't take into account the money made by florists, caterers, reception halls, etc. And of course the state and the government taxes all of these business on the money they made from gay marriages. That's not pocket change. And here I thought Republicans liked money more than Jesus.

So, what's next? Taking away the right of women to vote?

Jersey beat NYC in doing this? say it's not so!

Kudos to New Jersey governor John Corzine for his willingness to sign into law a civil unions bill passed last week by New Jersey's state legislature.

This makes New Jersey the third state, after Vermont and Connecticut, to offer civil unions, which extend to gay men and lesbians all the rights state law affords married people. Unfortunately, the bill does not recognize gay marriage.

Jersey - maybe it's not so bad after all!

Mexico - surging ahead of the U.S. in equality

I was not even aware that civil unions were up for discussion in Mexico, until I read this article stating how an overwhelming majority of lawmakers in Mexico City voted to legalize civil unions.

Mexico City's assembly on Thursday voted for the first time in the country's history to legally recognize gay civil unions, a measure that will provide same-sex couples with benefits similar to those of married couples. The mayor was expected to sign the measure into law. Mexico City is a federal district with its own legislature, and the law will apply only to residents of the capital, with a population of 8.7 million. This is the first time any state legislature has approved such a law anywhere in Mexico.

Mexico!?! Mexico is progressing at a faster rate than the U.S.!?! That is amazing - now when is the U.S. going to catch up with the rest of the world? If the huge Catholic population in Mexico can legalize civil unions, then surely the bible thumpers here can do the same.

File under: gay marriage Mexico

Tennessee - where homophobia is thriving

According to an article in the Nashville Tennessean, an Associated Press exit poll showed that the marriage amendment had the strongest support among married women with children, small-town residents, weekly churchgoers and conservatives.

I feel so sorry for those children of those 'married women with children' as statistically a crop of them are going to be gay.

The same article also quotes the following sage:
Paula Donald, 41, said she voted Tuesday because she is against same-sex relationships.
"A lot of people don't realize that's damnation to their soul," said Donald, who voted in Lebanon.

Let's just for argument's sake say that this sage is correct...why does she care about the damnation of other people's souls? If people stopped getting up in other people's business things would be a lot better all around.

Other states with voters suffering from the Gladys Kravits syndrome...Idaho, South Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin. Colorado, South Dakota and Arizona were too close to call.

and now...off to find my girlfriend and see what we can do about destroying the sanctity of marriage...

file under: gay marriage backwards thinking Tennessee