Comments on: Clement to defend DOMA with different firm http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/25/king-spalding-withdraws-from-defending-doma-in-court/ the gay community's news source Mon, 20 May 2013 05:19:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: JJ http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/25/king-spalding-withdraws-from-defending-doma-in-court/#comment-21759 JJ Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:25:10 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=22379#comment-21759 Because, you idiot, 14 year olds cannot sign legal contracts. And if two adults choose to be married, knowing that they will have legal consequences if they do so, they have that right. How od we know a man and woman are really in love and wanting to be married? Do we have someone move in with them to ensure they have a sexual relationship? Being gay or lesbian does not mean a behavior, unless being straight means you are constantly having sex in public. It means it is who you are. In your case, that would be a bigot with some stupid idea that adults cannot decide with whom they want to spend the rest of their lives in a civil marriage contract.

]]> By: Little Man http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/25/king-spalding-withdraws-from-defending-doma-in-court/#comment-21709 Little Man Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:14:23 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=22379#comment-21709 Error in Quote:

Clement writes: “But having undertaken the representation, I believe there is no honorable course for me but to complete it. If there were problems with the firm’s vetting process, we should fix the vetting process, not drop the representation.”

http://www.politico.com/static/PPM153_clement.html

Wow! We see him in action already. Better than a championship boxing match. A battle of wits.

]]> By: Little Man http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/25/king-spalding-withdraws-from-defending-doma-in-court/#comment-21708 Little Man Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:50:46 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=22379#comment-21708 Ups! triple comment… !

]]> By: Little Man http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/25/king-spalding-withdraws-from-defending-doma-in-court/#comment-21707 Little Man Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:48:03 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=22379#comment-21707 Richard Socarides, president of Equality Matters is a bla-bber mouth – he acts like he’s part of the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, a committee in Congress, following the rules of Congress to defend its own, fairly passed DOMA law (Defense of Marriage Act). But he is not. He believes what he says only because he says it.

DOMA is not anti-gay (assuming people of homosexual behavior are happy), for it rules out of marriage many other people.

How do you differentiate between two roommates and two roommates? DNA testing? If couples of homosxual behavior want to enter civil marriage, well…. so would a host of other couples (blood-related, polygamists, roommates, minors). If DOMA is so discriminatory, then why do we discriminate against 14 year olds who also want to start a family?

]]> By: Little Man http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/25/king-spalding-withdraws-from-defending-doma-in-court/#comment-21706 Little Man Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:47:27 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=22379#comment-21706 Richard Socarides, president of Equality Matters is a bla-bber mouth – he acts like he’s part of the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, a committee in Congress, following the rules of Congress to defend its own, fairly passed DOMA law (Defense of Marriage Act). But he is not. He believes what he says only because he says it.

DOMA is not anti-gay (assuming people of homosexual behavior are happy), for it rules out of marriage many other people.

How do you differentiate between two roommates and two roommates? DNA testing? If couples of homosexual behavior want to enter civil marriage, well…. so would a host of other couples (blood-related, polygamists, roommates, minors). If DOMA is so discriminatory, then why do we discriminate against 14 year olds who also want to start a family?

]]> By: Little Man http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/25/king-spalding-withdraws-from-defending-doma-in-court/#comment-21705 Little Man Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:46:58 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=22379#comment-21705 Richard Socarides, president of Equality Matters is a blabber mouth – he acts like he’s part of the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, a committee in Congress, following the rules of Congress to defend its own, fairly passed DOMA law (Defense of Marriage Act). But he is not. He believes what he says only because he says it.

DOMA is not anti-gay (assuming people of homosexual behavior are happy), for it rules out of marriage many other people.

How do you differentiate between two roommates and two roommates? DNA testing? If couples of homosexual behavior want to enter civil marriage, well…. so would a host of other couples (blood-related, polygamists, roommates, minors). If DOMA is so discriminatory, then why do we discriminate against 14 year olds who also want to start a family?

]]> By: Legal Beagle http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/25/king-spalding-withdraws-from-defending-doma-in-court/#comment-21680 Legal Beagle Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:28:20 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=22379#comment-21680 Paul Clement is a slimeball. King & Spalding realized its mistake and canned his sorry ass. The no-name firm that he joined is a handful of nutbags with far-right clients. His 15 minutes of fame is over.

]]> By: Frank J. Cardinalli http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/25/king-spalding-withdraws-from-defending-doma-in-court/#comment-21653 Frank J. Cardinalli Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:34:16 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=22379#comment-21653 This is a very sad day for bigotry and intolerance in America.

]]> By: FlexSF http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/25/king-spalding-withdraws-from-defending-doma-in-court/#comment-21622 FlexSF Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:11:56 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=22379#comment-21622 Bring forth your best bigots, Boehner. You’re bigoted Republican values will be crushed by the full weight of the law!

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