Vitter & Craig Team Up

[globe9]

I heard last week that Senators Vitter and Craig have teamed up to sponser an amendment change to the U.S. Constitution defining marriage as between man and woman thus making it illegal for gays to marry.

What do you guys think of this?

I am a gay woman and I've been with my girlfriend for over 5 years. We have the greatest relationship. If it was legal for us to marry, we would. I am also a Catholic and a republican(strange, I know). I can understand how some older, more conservative people could get hung up on the word marriage. I really do understand that. I would be happy with the term civil union to at least give us some rights in all states.

For instance, my GF, a cop, could be seriously hurt tomorrow and I could be denied entrance to her hospital room b/c I'm not really family in their eyes.

I just get so worked up thinking about this and then to think that the 2 idiots sponsoring this thing to "PROTECT MARRIAGE" are the jacka$$ who got caught with a prostitute and the other retard who got caught trying to solicit sex in a men's room! We really should have made a move to recall Vitter or demand his resignation when all of this went down.

I should have at least had my brother beat the sh!t out of him when they were kids.

[BTG]

I am mixed about the whole gay marriage thing with a slight lean toward being for it, but it does indeed piss me off that these two buffoons have the nerve to try to sponser anything that involves morals. Vitter needs to keep up the good fight on getting funding for our state and all of that good stuff and shut the hell up about this kind of thing.

I see him from time to time at events for our kids(b-day parties and school things) and I do not speak to him. On one hand I am trying to let him have his time with his kid, but I also just don't feel like listening to him. He needs to get down off of that high horse of his.

[PNG]

You must remember that since the isssues of national debt, fuel prices, education, criminal justice, food prices, and many other issues have all been resolved; it is time to focus on the important stuff such as marriage. Since marriage has a failure rate of around 70% in the States, maybe it should be outlawed all together..........................

[Dilfan]

Since marriage has a failure rate of around 70% in the States, maybe it should be outlawed all together..........................
Maybe you are right, since the major cause of divorce is MARRIAGE! No marriage, no divorce problems..... seems simple enough.:confused:

[PNG]

Do not let the divorce attorney lobby hear you say that!

[globe9]

You must remember that since the isssues of national debt, fuel prices, education, criminal justice, food prices, and many other issues have all been resolved; it is time to focus on the important stuff such as marriage. Since marriage has a failure rate of around 70% in the States, maybe it should be outlawed all together..........................

I agree the issue of marriage may not seem very important to you, b/c I'm assuming you are allowed to get married(if you already aren't), if you so wish. This issue isn't important to me just so I can run around showing off a diamond ring and planning a huge wedding. Marriage affords 2 people a lot of rights. These are rights denied to my GF and I, even though we've been living together in a monogamous relationship for over 5 years and I can easily see us in this relationship for the rest of our lives. We have a very good relationship. If my GF were to get seriously ill, I wouldn't have any say so in any of the medical decisions. Since our home is in her name(she owned it before we met), if she were to pass, her parents could kick me out of my home a minute later and I would have no recourse(even though I pay all of the utilities and 1/2 the mortgage and have done so for years). There are many other rights that we don't have that are important and I believe we are entitled to. If the word "marriage" freaks people out, as it seems to do, just use the words "civil union" or something else. I don't really care. I just want to have the security and ability to participate in life altering decisions should the need arise.

[PNG]

I agree the issue of marriage may not seem very important to you, b/c I'm assuming you are allowed to get married(if you already aren't), if you so wish. This issue isn't important to me just so I can run around showing off a diamond ring and planning a huge wedding. Marriage affords 2 people a lot of rights. These are rights denied to my GF and I, even though we've been living together in a monogamous relationship for over 5 years and I can easily see us in this relationship for the rest of our lives. We have a very good relationship. If my GF were to get seriously ill, I wouldn't have any say so in any of the medical decisions. Since our home is in her name(she owned it before we met), if she were to pass, her parents could kick me out of my home a minute later and I would have no recourse(even though I pay all of the utilities and 1/2 the mortgage and have done so for years). There are many other rights that we don't have that are important and I believe we are entitled to. If the word "marriage" freaks people out, as it seems to do, just use the words "civil union" or something else. I don't really care. I just want to have the security and ability to participate in life altering decisions should the need arise.

Lighten up. I was agreeing with you. Holy ****!

[T. Slob]

The fact that they're actually doing this is unbelievable. It's like an SNL skit.

[Pelican Six]

globe9,

Why don't you and your girlfriend draft general powers of attorney for the other spelling out which rights you wish the other to have over your estates and medical decision-making authority? If you are both concerned about the property issue, you can transfer the title into both of your names. Draft wills naming each other sole beneficiaries of your estates.

There are many current legal strategies that can give you as much or as little control over another person's life as you wish, and vice versa. Marriage is not the be-all, end all for determining how much a role you can play in someone's life.

[Alex]

Vitter should divorce Wendy (a bitch, I waited their table one time) and marry Senator Craig. A match made in heaven!

[T. Slob]

I'm very curious to see how Vitter's re-election bid goes 2010. I'm kind of surprised so many people who would typically support him are still pissed at him. Former Vitter voters, what say you?

[mojo]

Not a Vitter voter, but did hear that Melancon is aiming for the job.

[Alex]

I'm very curious to see how Vitter's re-election bid goes 2010. I'm kind of surprised so many people who would typically support him are still pissed at him. Former Vitter voters, what say you?

People keep getting re pissed when he does stupid things - for instance: trying to dip into his campaign funds to pay his legal bills in regards to the DC madame case.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/22850554.html

I have never contributed to his campaign, but if I had i would have to explain to the idiot that the money sent to his campaign was for running for office and not to pay his legal bills he ran up as a result of his whoring.