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Proposition 8 officially struck down.
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Feb 7, 2012, 02:49 PM
 
The 9th Circuit Court in California struck down the state's voter-passed ban on gay marriage, ruling 2-1 that it violates the rights of gay Californians.

Originally Posted by Judge Reinhardt
Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples.
The Court concludes that the law violates the 14th Amendment rights of gay couples to equal protection under the law.
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Feb 7, 2012, 02:52 PM
 
For the time being.
     
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Feb 7, 2012, 03:18 PM
 
Also, can't wait to see the GOP Primary candidates make retarded statements regarding this.
     
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Feb 7, 2012, 03:18 PM
 
I'm not confident the Supreme Court will uphold the ruling. I think they'd rather just let the states fight it out.
     
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Feb 7, 2012, 03:38 PM
 
Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
Also, can't wait to see the GOP Primary candidates make retarded statements regarding this.
Probably involving the term "activist judges"?
     
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Feb 7, 2012, 05:07 PM
 
The FLDS lawyers are preparing their amicus curiae for the next round of hearings.
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Feb 7, 2012, 08:21 PM
 
Pigeon: Prop 8 is still the law of California. It was ruled against in a 2-1 decision by the 9th Circuit, but it hasn't been "officially struck down" anymore than it was "officially struck down" at previous court levels. It now goes on to the SCOTUS, which can either accept the appeal or reject it. If the appeal is rejected or the appeal is accepted and then the SCOTUS rejects it, only then is it "officially struck down." Nothing like jumping the gun.

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Feb 7, 2012, 08:49 PM
 
Originally Posted by Chongo View Post
The FLDS lawyers are preparing their amicus curiae for the next round of hearings.
You are aware that a slippery slope argument is a fallacy, right?

There's absolutely no reason to think that because gays are permitted to marry that polygamy must also be legal. There is no logical relationship between these two ideas whatsoever.
     
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Feb 7, 2012, 08:51 PM
 
Time to secede, South California. Don't let the door hit you...
     
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Feb 7, 2012, 09:40 PM
 
right on for human rights
     
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Feb 7, 2012, 10:56 PM
 
Originally Posted by lpkmckenna View Post
You are aware that a slippery slope argument is a fallacy, right?

There's absolutely no reason to think that because gays are permitted to marry that polygamy must also be legal. There is no logical relationship between these two ideas whatsoever.
There is, for those who have nothing else to fall back on except the same tired old nonsense. One more step; great news!
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Feb 7, 2012, 10:59 PM
 
Originally Posted by OldManMac View Post
There is, for those who have nothing else to fall back on except the same tired old nonsense. One more step; great news!
It's truly sad that the guy making stupendousman type arguments about gay marriage not contributing to society is winning tonight in three states.
     
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Feb 7, 2012, 11:06 PM
 
Originally Posted by lpkmckenna View Post
There's absolutely no reason to think that because gays are permitted to marry that polygamy must also be legal. There is no logical relationship between these two ideas whatsoever.
That wasn't the connection. The Mormon Church donated a crap ton of money to get the amendment on the ballot.
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Feb 7, 2012, 11:13 PM
 
Originally Posted by Big Mac View Post
Pigeon: Prop 8 is still the law of California. It was ruled against in a 2-1 decision by the 9th Circuit, but it hasn't been "officially struck down" anymore than it was "officially struck down" at previous court levels. It now goes on to the SCOTUS, which can either accept the appeal or reject it. If the appeal is rejected or the appeal is accepted and then the SCOTUS rejects it, only then is it "officially struck down." Nothing like jumping the gun.
Oops, you're right. I got a little excited seeing a judgement passed nullifying the opinion of bigoted asshats. It's still a step in the right direction.
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Originally Posted by besson3c View Post
It's truly sad that the guy making stupendousman type arguments about gay marriage not contributing to society is winning tonight in three states.
It is very sad indeed. It shows the profound level of ignorance that some people possess, and how easily they are manipulated to rally against something that has no effect on their personal lives.
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Originally Posted by Chongo View Post
The FLDS lawyers are preparing their amicus curiae for the next round of hearings.
Originally Posted by lpkmckenna View Post
You are aware that a slippery slope argument is a fallacy, right?

There's absolutely no reason to think that because gays are permitted to marry that polygamy must also be legal. There is no logical relationship between these two ideas whatsoever.
There's one already in the system
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SALT LAKE CITY (CN) - A challenge to Utah's bigamy law made by the stars of television's "Sister Wives" will move forward, a federal judge ruled, but it cannot target the governor or attorney general.
Kody Brown and his so-called sister wives - Meri, Janelle and Christine Brown, and Robyn Sullivan - filed a lawsuit against defendants Gov. Gary Herbert, Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and Utah County attorney Jeffrey Buhman in July 2011. The polygamous family claimed that Utah's bigamy law violates the First and 14th Amendments.
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Feb 8, 2012, 11:59 AM
 
Originally Posted by OldManMac View Post
It is very sad indeed. It shows the profound level of ignorance that some people possess, and how easily they are manipulated to rally against something that has no effect on their personal lives.

The dude is second place in the overall delegate count, thanks to three states that are generally not even ultra conservative. ****ing terrifying.
     
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Feb 8, 2012, 12:16 PM
 
It's kind of funny how some people pick and choose when to invoke the constitution, yet when they do invoke it claiming it is oh-so-important.
     
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Originally Posted by besson3c View Post
It's kind of funny how some people pick and choose when to invoke the constitution, yet when they do invoke it claiming it is oh-so-important.
Start thinking of the Constitution as The Bible of the United States of American and it all starts making sense. A crazy amount of sense.
     
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Originally Posted by Chongo View Post
There's one already in the system
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So? It still has nothing to do with the slippery slope fallacy. They are two separate issues, and, AFAIK, no one is claiming that one group should be allowed to marry legally if the other does. This is part of the problem with these issues; opponents of one want to grasp at straws and use emotionalism against the other, to make their "point," because they know that they can't win their argument on logic.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
Start thinking of the Constitution as The Bible of the United States of American and it all starts making sense. A crazy amount of sense.
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Originally Posted by OldManMac View Post
So? It still has nothing to do with the slippery slope fallacy. They are two separate issues, and, AFAIK, no one is claiming that one group should be allowed to marry legally if the other does. This is part of the problem with these issues; opponents of one want to grasp at straws and use emotionalism against the other, to make their "point," because they know that they can't win their argument on logic.
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Feb 8, 2012, 03:23 PM
 
Yeah I agree.

Furthermore, consider the slippery slope arguments that were made against inter-racial marriage. How were they incorrect? If inter-racial marriage was still outlawed today, the do you think gay marriage would have any chance? I don't. One step at a time is the only way this works, for better or for worse.

To be clear, I certainly don't think they were right morally, and I honestly think that bigamy should be a civil rights issue too, now or in the future, as long as all parties are willing and mentally competent and whatever. But the slippery slope in and of itself seems to be accurate here.

Aside, Chongo I'm honestly confused what your meaning is. Are you for or against the FLDS's actions, whatever they may be here?
     
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Originally Posted by Shaddim View Post
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So? It doesn't change the fact that they are separate issues, no matter how much you'd like to intertwine them.
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Feb 8, 2012, 05:59 PM
 
Kinda like how women's suffrage and blacks' suffrage were separate issues. Separate, but also kinda... equal
     
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Feb 9, 2012, 01:26 PM
 
Originally Posted by Shaddim View Post
I am.
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So much for the "nobody is making that argument" argument.
     
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Feb 10, 2012, 02:42 PM
 
Originally Posted by Shaddim View Post
I am.
Are you saying that recognizing gay marriage but not polygamy is inherently unfair? Because that's the real issue. Like I said, there's no logical reason that polygamy MUST be recognized because gay marriage is recognized.

IMO, there is no good reason to deny gay marriage, because it harms no one. Polygamy has terrible social consequences, which is why even societies that traditionally recognized it (like Islam and ancient Judaism) often put an end to the practice. Polygamy rewards the rich and punishes the poor.

We all know you're rich, Shaddim. If you were poor, you wouldn't have two partners. I'm happy you've found your own niche, but your own life circumstances proves to the rest of us exactly why polygamy is socially damaging.

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Feb 10, 2012, 03:06 PM
 
As I've said before, I'm not a huge fan of polygamy in general, but consenting adults trumps that in my book, at least from a philosophical standpoint.
     
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Feb 10, 2012, 03:19 PM
 
I really don't have a dog in this race .... but I thought I'd just point out that polygamy is not nearly as uncommon as Western societies would like to believe:

According to the Ethnographic Atlas Codebook, of 1,231 societies noted, 186 were monogamous. 453 had occasional polygyny, 588 had more frequent polygyny, and 4 had polyandry.[3]
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In fact, monogamy is far less common. Just saying ....

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Feb 10, 2012, 03:22 PM
 
The polyandry stat is telling, however.
     
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
The polyandry stat is telling, however.
At the least, I imagine you get less babies than with the other models.
     
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@Dakar

Indeed. OTOH I think polygynous societies simply have the legal and societal structures in place to acknowledge publicly what so-called monogamous societies very often do privately while pretending not to.

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