Comments on: House GOP to hold hearing on ‘defending marriage’

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:49:23 +0000

Washington Blade:

What is your problem here? Why is it that my comments in favor of the gay community have not posted, yet you’ve allowed a clearly anti-gay poster, “kijafha,” to infect this site with his incredibly long winded anti-gay bias?

Is this site run by smart gays or what?

By: Peter the saint

Peter the saint — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:45:42 +0000

Can I get a witness?? haha, well lookie lookie, it’s ms.maggie (to be a witness Friday). No surprise there: Defending her hometown from the evil gay people who are all around her! All this talk about budget deficits, and she’s still garnering a paycheck for propaganda? Is it still from Mr. Bush, Ms. Maggie? Or is it now from the Koch brothers. Not only is “the love of money the root of all evil”, but luckily for us, “the truth shall set you free”. Oh those wonderful, christian values… if only christians would read and then heed. Don’t be Pharisees and Scribes—- believe! Believe! :D

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:45:29 +0000

While on your little rant, society doesn’t get to trump the Constitution unless it clears MAJOR constitutional hurdles. For the record, the Supreme Court has already declared that gays are a legally recognized group in America and also that marriage is the most fundamental way a free person exercises his/her rights. Gay marriage is coming.

Hey guess what? I used far less words than you to get to the point. Get over your heartburn now buddy. Change is coming.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:19:04 +0000

I hope that gay groups and allies in Congress use this hearing as an opportunity to attack the real threat to marraige: divorce. Numerous studies have shown that conservative Christians divorce at a rate higher than that of the general population. The Bible Belt states have some of the higfhest divorce rates in the country while gay friendly Massachusetts has the nation’s lowest divorce rate. I’m disappointed that HRC and other gay rights organizations have not trumpted those facts and exposed the hypocrisy of the Christian Right. Divorce is the Achilles Heel of the Christian Right and it is time for us to take our aim!

By: DBAZ

DBAZ — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:25:56 +0000

kijafha has tried very hard to come across as an educated well spoken individual, but alas all they have done is come across as a person blinded by bigotry, and narrow-minded. In the end with all their talk they still had no argument that made any sense at all perhaps thats because there is no argument that will ever make any sense.

By: Buuwassha

Buuwassha — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:20:37 +0000

Wow. You are really ignorant. Better go back on your meds.

By: Skeeter Sanders

Skeeter Sanders — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:37:33 +0000

Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), chair of the House Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution, has said President Obama could be impeached for his decision to drop his administration’s defense of the Defense of Marriage Act in court, and the upcoming hearing would likely represent his views.

In a March interview with Think Progress, Franks said he supports defunding the Justice Department if it doesn’t defend DOMA and added he would “absolutely” favor impeaching Obama and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder if support for doing so “could gain collective support.”

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Rep. Franks is a constitutional ignoramus. Refusing to defend the Defense of Marriage Act by no means constitutes a “high crime or misdemeanor” that the Constitution says are grounds for impeaching the president.

Furthermore, defunding the Justice Department for refusing to defend DOMA would be an unconstitutional ex post facto measure that is strictly prohibited by Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution — not to mention a clear act of congressional interference in the authority of the executive branch, which Article I does not authorize Congress to do.

By: Skeeter Sanders

Skeeter Sanders — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:35:54 +0000

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Furthermore, defunding the Justice Department for refusing to defend DOMA would be an unconstitutional ex post facto measure that is strictly prohibited by Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution — not to mention a clear act of congressional interference in the authority of the executive branch, which Article I does not authorize Congress to do.

By: Joey Y

Joey Y — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:18:18 +0000

Once married people don’t get breaks and differences in taxes, hospital visitation, and a myriad of other “special privileges” they seem to think they deserve, I’ll buy your argument. However until that day comes, either everyone is treated the same with regards to their money, daily lives, and medical decisions, or NO ONE, including the subset of the population with a 50% “I changed my mind” divorce rate should have an opinion about it.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:17:41 +0000

You know, I am really sick to death of the Republicans and all of their gay bashing. Their hate-filled caucus is full of liars who promissed the American people jobs and priority on fixing the economy and now all they do is waste everyone’s time going after the rights of LGBT Americans. In November of 2012, it will definitely be time to toss them out on their as**s! Now they are even talking about impeaching Obama for not enforcing the rotten DOMA, I say we should recall them for their crap, tell Obama, who has been much less than our fierce advocate, to get busy supporting Same-sex marriage and ENDA. Unfortunately, we will have to wait until January of 2013 for the Dems to be back in control of the House, and even then the Dems could lose control of the Senate.