wyltoknow: Ahh, another country falls to the gay agenda. Your nuclear families are next, breeders! Muahahaha!

Fano: wyltoknow: Ahh, another country falls to the gay agenda. Your nuclear families are next, breeders! Muahahaha!

The only breeders in France are Algerian or muslim in general

In 2005, with words like this, your ass would already have 10 Company men sniffing around in it.

Hobodeluxe: phunkey_monkey: Can you hear the French homosexual pedophiles cheering?

since when do pedophiles of any sort care about marriage or the law?

how are you supposed to raise a family when you don't even LOVE your own kids

LectertheChef: They had civil unions before, enjoyed nearly all the rights of married couples, except for adoption, and maybe one or two other things. Straight couples also have access to the civil union thing, for whatever reason.

That's because the French government doesn't recognize religious ceremonies. You can have a "church wedding," but you still have to go before their equivalent of a justice of the peace.

Won't someone think of le tortue?

rev. dave: This surprises me. That it didn't happen 50 years ago.

France has actually always been surprisingly uptight about certain things. Moreso than most Americans realize, but I think that goes back to WWI, with the French being so much friendlier to black American soldiers. Most of those guys thought France was paradise compared with what they had back home. So, Americans just assume that France is some sort of free for all orgy.

YouPeopleAreCrazy: WorldCitizen: Yay, another country ahead of the United States in equal rights.

Key words bolded. Do we want Washington to force the decision on the States?

/think carefully about your answer

Yes. We want Washington to force the hicks in the South to give equal rites to citizens of the United States.

YouPeopleAreCrazy: WorldCitizen: Yay, another country ahead of the United States in equal rights.

Key words bolded. Do we want Washington to force the decision on the States?
What other powers do we want to grant to the current administration?
What powers do we want to grant to the next administration?

/think carefully about your answer

You have a problem with the feds regulating that human rights are rights? Why do you hate the Union?

make me some tea: silgryphon: The United States should do the same

We are, little by little. I predict in 10 years 3/4 of states will legalize it. The last holdouts will be Deep South states, and they'll come around eventually because they will have to.

You mean like with the negras and tham thar civul ryats?

phunkey_monkey: Can you hear the French homosexual pedophiles cheering?

I know. We need to make ALL marriage ILLEGAL to stop the girl abusing pedophiles.

ThatGuyGreg: I FINALLY get a chance to use this photo I took!

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Consider it stolen.

YouPeopleAreCrazy: WorldCitizen: Yay, another country ahead of the United States in equal rights.

Key words bolded. Do we want Washington to force the decision on the States?
What other powers do we want to grant to the current administration?
What powers do we want to grant to the next administration?

/think carefully about your answer

I suppose you think the states should have been able to vote individually on things like segregation? Southern states MIGHT have finally voted against segregation by now. It might have been a race between them and South Africa. All Americans should be entitled to equal rights. Some Americans should not be more equal than others because they happen to live in a backwards state.

12349876: phunkey_monkey: Can you hear the French homosexual pedophiles cheering?

I know. We need to make ALL marriage ILLEGAL to stop the girl abusing pedophiles.

which girl is abusing the pedos

let me at em let me at em!@!

make me some tea: FINALLY France is as cool as Iowa!

[snort]

/Subby
//Yours would've made a better headline

LectertheChef: rev. dave: This surprises me. That it didn't happen 50 years ago.

France has actually always been surprisingly uptight about certain things. Moreso than most Americans realize, but I think that goes back to WWI, with the French being so much friendlier to black American soldiers. Most of those guys thought France was paradise compared with what they had back home. So, Americans just assume that France is some sort of free for all orgy.

They even give their black people health care, and it's the best in the world. Rubes.

make me some tea: We are, little by little. I predict in 10 years 3/4 of states will legalize it. The last holdouts will be Deep South states, and they'll come around eventually because they will have to.

It'll happen quicker than that. If Obama is re-elected, there will be a legal challenge on DOMA and the Justice Dept will only do the least it can to defend against it. The Supremes will hear the case and they will find DOMA and the bans on same-sex marriage at the state level unconstitutional, likely under equal protection.

I know this current court is extremely conservative, but they're also very pro-individual rights. It's basically the same court which struck down ALL sodomy laws a few years ago.

make me some tea 2012-07-03 08:51:42 PM silgryphon: The United States should do the same We are, little by little. I predict in 10 years 3/4 of states will legalize it. The last holdouts will be Deep South states, and they'll come around eventually because they will have to.
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Considering like only 1 state has passed it by popular vote... 10 years is wildly optimistic for 3/4 of the states.

California will probably be legal if only for court rulings. New York I could see going for it very soon.

Hell, Hawaii, probably the bluest state in the nation has gay marriage ban in their constitution! Though, I could see that changing within 10 years.

But beyond those three states? I don't see many more.

/Sad as that is.

Dwight_Yeast: make me some tea: We are, little by little. I predict in 10 years 3/4 of states will legalize it. The last holdouts will be Deep South states, and they'll come around eventually because they will have to.

It'll happen quicker than that. If Obama is re-elected, there will be a legal challenge on DOMA and the Justice Dept will only do the least it can to defend against it. The Supremes will hear the case and they will find DOMA and the bans on same-sex marriage at the state level unconstitutional, likely under equal protection.

I know this current court is extremely conservative, but they're also very pro-individual rights. It's basically the same court which struck down ALL sodomy laws a few years ago.

I would hope. I really don't want to have to live in a separate country from my partner for another 10 years (it will be 2 years this Thursday).

Bonjour you cheese-eating butt-surrendering monkeys

No Line For Beer: LectertheChef: They had civil unions before, enjoyed nearly all the rights of married couples, except for adoption, and maybe one or two other things. Straight couples also have access to the civil union thing, for whatever reason.

That's because the French government doesn't recognize religious ceremonies. You can have a "church wedding," but you still have to go before their equivalent of a justice of the peace.

Actually they're two seperate things. There's marriage, and then there's the civil unions, which they called PACS (pacte civil de solidarité).

coeyagi: Ok, well, the 500-to-1 longshot of being the last country to adopt gay marriage is out.

Taking bets!

4-to-1 Iran!
3-to-1 Saudi Arabia!
2-to-1 United States!

Vatican City. What do I win?

Hey everybody, let's all get laid!

phunkey_monkey: Can you hear the French homosexual pedophiles cheering?

Unfortunately for you, child molestation is still illegal in France.

good for you france

Nice!

Gay Paris

WorldCitizen: I suppose you think the states should have been able to vote individually on things like segregation? Southern states MIGHT have finally voted against segregation by now.

Mississippi still hasn't ratified the 13th Amendment.

Now That's What I Call a Taco!: coeyagi: Ok, well, the 500-to-1 longshot of being the last country to adopt gay marriage is out.

Taking bets!

4-to-1 Iran!
3-to-1 Saudi Arabia!
2-to-1 United States!

Vatican City. What do I win?

Damn. Good one.

coeyagi: Ok, well, the 500-to-1 longshot of being the last country to adopt gay marriage is out.

Taking bets!

4-to-1 Iran!
3-to-1 Saudi Arabia!
2-to-1 United States!

I'll put $20 on Turkmenistan.

It's like they don't even care what the Republicans here think of them. France is like a bunch of liberal, elitist, socialist, Honey Badgers.

From French to English, "LeBron James" roughly translates to "TheBron James." Stay tuned next week when I translate "Matt LeBlanc," which is about one order of magnitude more difficult to translate than the previous entry, which if you don't remember, was "LeBron James."

LectertheChef: Actually they're two seperate things. There's marriage, and then there's the civil unions, which they called PACS (pacte civil de solidarité)

To add another wrinkle, since the 1789 Revolution, French law has separated legal and religious marriage, to the point that traditionally couples had two services: the legal one recognized by the state and the religious one recognized by the church.

More recently, many French couples skipped the (expensive and pointless) religious ceremony and only went through the legal one.

jake3988: make me some tea 2012-07-03 08:51:42 PM silgryphon: The United States should do the same We are, little by little. I predict in 10 years 3/4 of states will legalize it. The last holdouts will be Deep South states, and they'll come around eventually because they will have to.
===================================== =================

Considering like only 1 state has passed it by popular vote... 10 years is wildly optimistic for 3/4 of the states.

California will probably be legal if only for court rulings. New York I could see going for it very soon.

Hell, Hawaii, probably the bluest state in the nation has gay marriage ban in their constitution! Though, I could see that changing within 10 years.

But beyond those three states? I don't see many more.

/Sad as that is.

I thought NY legallized it already? Or were you talking about furry marriage?

coeyagi: Now That's What I Call a Taco!: coeyagi: Ok, well, the 500-to-1 longshot of being the last country to adopt gay marriage is out.

Taking bets!

4-to-1 Iran!
3-to-1 Saudi Arabia!
2-to-1 United States!

Vatican City. What do I win?

Damn. Good one.

Somalia.

Fano: wyltoknow: Ahh, another country falls to the gay agenda. Your nuclear families are next, breeders! Muahahaha!

The only breeders in France are Algerian or muslim in general

Well, it's in Europe...
Still, it's great news. It just won't last very long.

Makh: It's like they don't even care what the Republicans here think of them. France is like a bunch of liberal, elitist, socialist, Honey Badgers.

I've more respect for honey badgers than I do for the modern-day GOP.

Fabulous indeed

What? But Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby assured me that France had already legalized gay marriage! I can't believe Sacha Baron Cohen lied to me!

Same-sex marriage creates MORE married people.

Unlike divorce which creates LESS married people.

You really want to defend marriage? I have an idea.

Mrtraveler01: LectertheChef: Dwight_Yeast: France accepts gay marriage. The UK will in the next few months. And the US is on the wrong side of history. Again.

Hell, Ireland's got it planned. Mother farking more Catholic than the Pope Ireland will have same sex marriage before we do.

Actually the Catholic Church's infulence in Ireland is a shell of its former self.

Guess that what happens when you diddle little boys and then try to cover up the whole thing.

Hellfire?

Arkanaut: I can't believe Sacha Baron Cohen lied to me!

His whole schtick is lying to people.

ThatGuyGreg: I FINALLY get a chance to use this photo I took!

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Wow...that is gorgeous!

Taste the rainbow, France. Taste the rainbow.

AverageAmericanGuy: rev. dave: This surprises me. That it didn't happen 50 years ago.

There was this little conflagration that was kind of keeping people busy. Maybe you've heard of it?

WORLD WAR II

...In 1962?

Dwight_Yeast: Makh: It's like they don't even care what the Republicans here think of them. France is like a bunch of liberal, elitist, socialist, Honey Badgers.

I've more respect for honey badgers than I do for the modern-day GOP.

I have more respect for honey badgers than I do for most people. Honey badgers are farking badass.

God-is-a-Taco: Fano: wyltoknow: Ahh, another country falls to the gay agenda. Your nuclear families are next, breeders! Muahahaha!

The only breeders in France are Algerian or muslim in general

Well, it's in Europe...
Still, it's great news. It just won't last very long.

Three or four generations allowing divorce lawyers to clean up even more than they already do.

chopit: coeyagi: Now That's What I Call a Taco!: coeyagi: Ok, well, the 500-to-1 longshot of being the last country to adopt gay marriage is out.

Taking bets!

4-to-1 Iran!
3-to-1 Saudi Arabia!
2-to-1 United States!

Vatican City. What do I win?

Damn. Good one.

Somalia.

I am going to rule against that one on a technicality. You need a government to make things legal or illegal.

How could they tell?

davidphogan: coeyagi: Freedom Fries to make a 10-year anniversary comeback!

I have an idea here... Let's call gay marriage French Marriage. That way when the French next piss off neocons we can call it Freedom Marriage. Right?

No, no, no, this time we'll call them Family Fries.

AverageAmericanGuy: Arkanaut: I can't believe Sacha Baron Cohen lied to me!

His whole schtick is lying to people.

What? Now you'll tell me he isn't actually from Kazakhstan.

Theaetetus: WorldCitizen: I suppose you think the states should have been able to vote individually on things like segregation? Southern states MIGHT have finally voted against segregation by now.

Mississippi still hasn't ratified the 13th Amendment.

Not true. 1996. It took them over 125 years, but give credit where it's due.