On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 14:49:45 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 9/26/15 2:48 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 14:06:59 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 9/26/15 12:23 PM, wrote:

Again you avoid the point. A majority of all Americans are not in
favor of gay marriage, (D&R).

BTW libertarians are in favor of everyone's rights but they are a
minority too.


So? Do a majority of Americans have to be in favor of extending rights
to groups discriminated against before the courts take the appropriate
action?

If it is a majority of Americans, which to be true, in the case of gay
marriage, then some of them must be democrats.
There are not that many republicans and a lot of them don't care if
gays get married or not..



Oh? How many Republicans are there?

Fewer than 50% of the US.

On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 14:49:45 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Oh? How many Republicans are there?

According to the registration numbers, about 33% of registered voters
(55m of 170m)

On 9/26/15 3:14 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 14:49:45 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Oh? How many Republicans are there?

According to the registration numbers, about 33% of registered voters
(55m of 170m)



And all gerrymandered where it matters, eh?

Keyser Söze wrote:
On 9/26/15 12:23 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 10:41:51 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 9/26/15 10:33 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 08:24:57 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 9/26/15 1:46 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 20:08:54 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Kim Davis, the clerk of Rowan County, Ky., who was embraced by Christian
conservatives because of her resistance to same-sex marriage, said
Friday that she would shun her Democratic Party roots and become a
Republican.

- - -

Well, of course...she's a bigot and feels more comfy among the
gay-hating Republican bigots.

Unfortunately homophobia is a bipartisan activity.

Blue collar democrats and latinos are not big on gay people either.
Bill and Hillary only "evolved" in recent years.
Remember who signed DOMA.

I still think the answer is to get the government out of the marriage
business and let it be the religious ceremony it always was.
There are far more efficient ways to deal with the legal issues.



The issue, I posit, is the number/percentage of homophobic public
officials who push their anti-gay beliefs on the freedoms and rights of
others. With that criteria in mind, Republican bigots far outnumber
Democratic bigots. In fact, Republican bigots far outnumber Democratic
bigots on just about every "social" issue and "rights" issue. The GOP
*is* the party of bigotry and hatred.


If that was true, they could win these fights legislatively and not
have to resort to the courts


It is the courts, typically, that pull the righties up by the pubic
hairs on these issues. They try to pass or maintain homophobic laws, but
usually the courts tell them to go **** themselves. But not only, and
only fairly recently.

Again you avoid the point. A majority of all Americans are not in
favor of gay marriage, (D&R).

BTW libertarians are in favor of everyone's rights but they are a
minority too.


So? Do a majority of Americans have to be in favor of extending rights
to groups discriminated against before the courts take the appropriate
action?


Lots of things discriminated against. Multiple marriages, sodomy with
animals, bank robbery. You want all discrimination ended?

On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 15:49:29 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 9/26/15 3:14 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 14:49:45 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Oh? How many Republicans are there?

According to the registration numbers, about 33% of registered voters
(55m of 170m)



And all gerrymandered where it matters, eh?

Knee jerk reaction from losers. I suppose you think democrats don't
gerrymander the districts they control ... like yours, lumping that
red countryside in with PG county.

The reality is a third of the country is independent and they are the
ones who decide elections.

On 9/26/15 4:16 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 15:49:29 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 9/26/15 3:14 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 14:49:45 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Oh? How many Republicans are there?

According to the registration numbers, about 33% of registered voters
(55m of 170m)



And all gerrymandered where it matters, eh?

Knee jerk reaction from losers. I suppose you think democrats don't
gerrymander the districts they control ... like yours, lumping that
red countryside in with PG county.

Oh, really? Perhaps you should take another look at the Fifth
Congressional District and suggest how you might rearrange it so that
the "red countryside" has enough population to qualify for a congressman.

On 9/26/15 3:50 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Söze wrote:
On 9/26/15 12:23 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 10:41:51 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 9/26/15 10:33 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 08:24:57 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 9/26/15 1:46 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 20:08:54 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Kim Davis, the clerk of Rowan County, Ky., who was embraced by Christian
conservatives because of her resistance to same-sex marriage, said
Friday that she would shun her Democratic Party roots and become a
Republican.

- - -

Well, of course...she's a bigot and feels more comfy among the
gay-hating Republican bigots.

Unfortunately homophobia is a bipartisan activity.

Blue collar democrats and latinos are not big on gay people either.
Bill and Hillary only "evolved" in recent years.
Remember who signed DOMA.

I still think the answer is to get the government out of the marriage
business and let it be the religious ceremony it always was.
There are far more efficient ways to deal with the legal issues.



The issue, I posit, is the number/percentage of homophobic public
officials who push their anti-gay beliefs on the freedoms and rights of
others. With that criteria in mind, Republican bigots far outnumber
Democratic bigots. In fact, Republican bigots far outnumber Democratic
bigots on just about every "social" issue and "rights" issue. The GOP
*is* the party of bigotry and hatred.


If that was true, they could win these fights legislatively and not
have to resort to the courts


It is the courts, typically, that pull the righties up by the pubic
hairs on these issues. They try to pass or maintain homophobic laws, but
usually the courts tell them to go **** themselves. But not only, and
only fairly recently.

Again you avoid the point. A majority of all Americans are not in
favor of gay marriage, (D&R).

BTW libertarians are in favor of everyone's rights but they are a
minority too.


So? Do a majority of Americans have to be in favor of extending rights
to groups discriminated against before the courts take the appropriate
action?


Lots of things discriminated against. Multiple marriages, sodomy with
animals, bank robbery. You want all discrimination ended?


What, and limit your fun?

On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 16:57:49 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 9/26/15 4:16 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 15:49:29 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 9/26/15 3:14 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 14:49:45 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Oh? How many Republicans are there?

According to the registration numbers, about 33% of registered voters
(55m of 170m)



And all gerrymandered where it matters, eh?

Knee jerk reaction from losers. I suppose you think democrats don't
gerrymander the districts they control ... like yours, lumping that
red countryside in with PG county.

Oh, really? Perhaps you should take another look at the Fifth
Congressional District and suggest how you might rearrange it so that
the "red countryside" has enough population to qualify for a congressman.

I don't know but I bet the republicans could find a way to squeeze out
one GOP congressman if they got a shot at it.
Just the weird shape of the district that lumps southern Md in with
eastern PG and slices around southern PG looks pretty gerrymandered.