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Originally Posted by Jaymax
For those who would like to read Judge Walker's ruling, you can find it here:
Prop 8 Ruling FINAL
or
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/whats-a-boy-to-do/WalkerDecision.pdf (broken link) |
Thanks for the link = the second one chicagonow is much
easier to read. The most interesting part was this - why because the basis behind the proponents of Preposition 8
is children. Their reason for the exclusion of gays to marry is for children...
Um Yvette just mentioned some statistics
about growing up in families without a mother and father
at home. How important it is to have that kind of thing.
I’m not a sociologist. I’m not a psychologist. I’m just
a human being but you don’t need to be wearing a white
coat to know that kids need a mom and dad. I’m a dad and
I know that I provide something different than my wife
does in our family and my wife provides something
entirely different than I do in our family and both are
vital.”
“When moms are in the park taking care of
their kids they always know where those kids are. They
have like a, like a radar around them. They know where
those kids are and there’s just a, there’s a bond between
a mom and a kid different from a dad. I’m not saying
dads don’t have that bond but they don’t. It’s just
different. You know middle of the night mom will wake
up. Dad will just sleep you know if there’s a little
noise in the room. And, and when kids get scared they
run to mommy. Why? They spent 9 months in mommy. They go back to where they came.”;
PX390 Video, Ron Prentice Addressing Supporters of
Proposition 8, Part I at 5:25-6:04: Prentice tells people
at a religious rally that marriage is not about love but
instead about women civilizing men: “Again, because it’s
not about two people in love, it’s about men becoming
civilized frankly, and I can tell you this from personal
experience and every man in this audience can do the same if they’ve chosen to marry, because when you do find the woman that you love you are compelled to listen to her, and when the woman that I love prior to my marrying her told me that my table manners were less than adequate I became more civilized; when she told me that my rust colored corduroy were never again to be worn, I became more civilized.”;
I didn't even know statements like the above are even
allowed in a court case - there is no relevancy there.
The above statements have slammed everyone from adoptive parents, single fathers and single mothers, and
a woman's role in marriage.
This holier than thow mentality of selective normalcy has to stop. Do they actually think "their children" have the
best situation, simply because it is a marriage between a man and a women with biological children? I beg to differ - and I am not wearing a white coat either
I never knew my role in my marriage was to civilize my husband. God knows he has left the house in a yellow jogging suit, that I told him never to wear - I must be
married to a caveman
In the reading of the whole case, I have never seen more
stereotypes and discrimination in my life. You might be
able to pass this stuff off in your church, but not on a
legal level.
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