It has to be just very complicated Solitaire.

I'm very confused about life.
lostfoundfinding: Well NC. At least my generation knew what it was voting against.

lostfoundfinding:

Well NC. At least my generation knew what it was voting against.

Amendment one passed.

No longer considering myself a North Carolinian. I mean come fucking on people, how blatantly bigoted and oppressive do you have to be?  It just baffles me that this is even a discussion. I’m looking forward to the day where all the Republicans anti-gay politicians as well as their constituents have to get up and apologize to LGBT’s for basically believing, “You know, it was wrong to enslave African Americans, it was wrong to steal and kill Native Americans, and it was wrong to oppress women. We acknowledge that BUT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HOMOSEXUALS THIS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT!>?!@? They’re…gay…and stuff…and letting them have marriage means….errr..well what if God like changes his mind and lets them into heaven?”

Most people didn’t even realize the backlash of passing Amendment 1. First off, gay-marriage was ALREADY illegal, this was just an 11th hour push by republicans while they still had numbers to (barring the supremacy clause and a super pro-rights president, which will eventually happen) permanently ban same-sex marriage in NC.

I mean, does anyone realize the repercussions on civil unions? Completely ignore same sex marriage for a moment. Heterosexual civil unions get stripped of all rights as well. Want benefits from your partner’s (of the opposite sex) employer? Sorry, Amendment 1. You were beaten by your partner? Sorry, spouse abuse isn’t really applicable here, Amendment 1. Your partner is in the hospital in a coma and you want to be their proctor? Sorry, Amendment 1.

Linguistically, republicans are beyond ignorant. The intended reading and the textual reading of Amendment 1 are so far off.

The only redeeming feature of this fucking mess is that the Republicans, in their deep passion for holding up God’s Word(when are we taking away female rights, by the way? I can find multiple passages saying women should be submissive, so we should stay consistent, no?), they screwed up and left off the second line of Amendment 1, the line that, at least somewhat, attempted to save some rights to civil unions for both heterosexuals and homosexuals. But it wasn’t on the ballot. Therefore I’m sure that it’s going to be taken to court, so there is hope yet. Although not in humanity, but that was non existent anyways.


Why can’t we just be decent human beings?

All philosophy insofar as it is founded on experience may be called empirical, while that which sets forth its doctrines as founded entire on a priori principles may be called pure. The latter, when merely formal, is called logic; but when limited to determinate objects of the understanding, it is called metaphysics.

-Kant