Meaning I'll move away if the amendment (which is probably getting to the ballot) passes.
Didn't realize there was one up for consideration
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/04/27/minn-lawmakers-push-for-vote-on-gay-marriage-ban/
― scissorlocks and the three bears (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Wtf was I doing back then interrupting delicate dowry negotiations?
― Concatenated without abruption (Michael White), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
You made Alfred lose interest and turn to the arms of brodie. So he chooses a sock and I'm stuck still making love to a sock of another kind.
― a giant and leaky bag of mayhem (Jesse), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 15:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Mods, rename thread "Marriage to Alfred: Your Thoughts." Thanks!
― My mom is all about capital gains tax butthurtedness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link
got it
― mod, Wednesday, 27 April 2011 16:08 (thirteen years ago) link
forks i think that was a joke
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
marriage to Alfred is serious business
― I just like… I just have to say… (Starts crying) (DJP), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 16:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Alfred, do I have to get rid of my wooden souvenir plaque from Che's gravesite?
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm just hoping this new title attracts some odd Batman fetishists.
― Concatenated without abruption (Michael White), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
presuming this means alexander o'neal will be played at the wedding ceremony, then i am pro-marriage to alfred
― tInA-yOtHeRs (donna rouge), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't criticise my lifestyle...
― grill 'em bake 'em fry 'em burn 'em (snoball), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
btw I would totally marry Lord Soto, despite his habit of treating a hairbrush as a microphone.
― My mom is all about capital gains tax butthurtedness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 16:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Bristles facing or away?
― Concatenated without abruption (Michael White), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 16:20 (thirteen years ago) link
(says a lot about a person imho)
― Concatenated without abruption (Michael White), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
If you sharpen it and drive it into Fidel's heart, you'll have won the heart of a community.
― My mom is all about capital gains tax butthurtedness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't you mean Raul's heart?
― Concatenated without abruption (Michael White), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Nota bene: Jake Gyllenhaal and I are on the outs.
― My mom is all about capital gains tax butthurtedness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 16:48 (thirteen years ago) link
um I love Alfred and wish him the best in his new life and all but this is going to make searching for this as the gay marriage thread (which I do periodically when something newsworthy happens) sorta impossible
― no slouch of a snipster (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I am sure mod will change it back after the ceremony
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
If you look for me, I'll be there.
xpost
― My mom is all about capital gains tax butthurtedness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
how's this
― mod, Wednesday, 27 April 2011 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I should move this thread over to my OKCupid profile.
― My mom is all about capital gains tax butthurtedness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha
I was just playing around while waiting for some articles to be copy-edited. I'll put the thread title back the way it was unless you guys say not to.
― the wages of sin is about tree fiddy (WmC), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I think 'gay marriage' in the title makes it searchable and we don't want to jinx alfred, do we?
― Concatenated without abruption (Michael White), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
lol works for me
― no slouch of a snipster (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Mazel tov, Alfred!
― the wages of sin is about tree fiddy (WmC), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Eric is the one threatening to relocate in the face of legal discrimination, I think he should be getting the bulk of the proposals.
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, but I'm running away from marriage to Alfred.
― scissorlocks and the three bears (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Works for me. You'll have to endure my screwball comedy collection though.
― My mom is all about capital gains tax butthurtedness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Sounds a lot like my conjugal arrangements. 'My Man Godfrey' or 'Bringing Up Baby'? Oh, wait maybe 'The Lady Eve'.
― Concatenated without abruption (Michael White), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm a strict Lover Come Hack To Me honeymooner.
― scissorlocks and the three bears (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXpOA3jPC04
― omar little, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
― omar little, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
so happy for alfred
― motivatedgirl (Matt P), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Rev likes this.
― 3.5" flopson (The Reverend), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
who is that person and did i vote for them
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
funny to read the first few posts itt with the new thread title in mind.
i know we've covered this a billion times but i've finally come around to thinking that marriage is regressive and civil partnerships/groupings/co-owners of gay or whatever you want to call it are where it's at. the end.
― motivatedgirl (Matt P), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
that really only works if you strip the civil benefits of marriage out of all unions and leave "marriage" to be a symbolic religious ceremony, otherwise you are setting up segregated "separate but equal" tracks; also it's likely to be an unsatisfactory answer for gay couple who want to have their marriage performed by their (presumably willing) church
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Guess I won't be checking out your ass at Score next Saturday.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:41 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
yeah, this. so not gonna happen, i know. i guess all i'm saying is if i were offered the choice to marry, i would only consider doing it for tax/legal benefits, and even then i doubt i would do it, just because the word doesn't fit/describe/empower the reality of my current relationship, and i don't really think i can define "marriage" for myself, outside of where it comes from.
alfred why would this decision affect your view of my ass
― motivatedgirl (Matt P), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:53 (thirteen years ago) link
This thread is about marriage to ME, heathen.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:56 (thirteen years ago) link
guess all i'm saying is if i were offered the choice to marry, i would only consider doing it for tax/legal benefits,
But this is why lots of straights get marrried too!
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean i used to have more sympathy for gays who wanted to get a "traditional" marriage, but now i gotta say i side more with ilx poster "table is the table," i.e. i think it's a limiting and kind of depressing semantic concession to heteronormative patriarchal capitalist the_west, why would i do that to what keeps my mind/body/emotions happy in the face of all that, "society" etc.
xp but just because you're "taken" doesn't mean we can't "expand the definition" of "taken"!
― motivatedgirl (Matt P), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm having those problems as we speak, Matt...
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Marriage is regressive yes but it's also aspired to by billions of people. It's only a problem when one highly-strung group of arseholes wants it to be an exclusive club.
― when my brodie smiles at me i go to port stephens (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
hey al, i sent u a webmail.
― motivatedgirl (Matt P), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 21:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh cool! Thanks, Matt.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
eh no disrespect for 'civil union' proponents but i just want to say that economic and legal matters are at the core of the "traditional" form of marriage throughout history. lots of people focus on the romance & kids but at a fundamental level the history of marriage is primarily about building & consolidating wealth and ensuring legal protection. granted i understand that it also carries an ugly history of inequality and some distinctly modern ideas of romantic love & family.
to be honest, i don't quite understand why we need another parallel term for gay marriage when the word at hand is perfectly suited to describe a financial and legal partnership.
― i can tina turner (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 13:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Agreed.
http://pileusblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/new-hampshire-bill-would-abolish-marriage-licensing/
I didn't see anything about this so far in this thread. I can't find the site where I originally read about this bill, but this story seems to be accurate, though a little obnoxious.
― a giant and leaky bag of mayhem (Jesse), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link