Same sex marriage now legal in WY. (eat, vacation)

[okie1962]

Well its been a few days since SSM has been legal in WY. Has the sky fell, did the earth open up and swallow whole towns, did everyone run down to the courthouse and file for divorce? I suspect none of you will be able to tell any difference, even years from now, the impact SSM has on you. The reason is, because this will not impact you at all.

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by BadgerFilms

Should we have voted on desegregation then? Somethings should not be left up to popular vote. Why should the straight majority get to decide the future of the gay minority? Why should the white majority have that power over the black minority? Human rights issues are not a matter of "popular opinion."

Sorry that you don't understand law and the people. yes, we should vote and we did.

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by okie1962

Well its been a few days since SSM has been legal in WY. Has the sky fell, did the earth open up and swallow whole towns, did everyone run down to the courthouse and file for divorce? I suspect none of you will be able to tell any difference, even years from now, the impact SSM has on you. The reason is, because this will not impact you at all.

No, did you expect it to??????

[CravingMountains]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

Sorry that you don't understand law and the people. yes, we should vote and we did.

You think the rights of racial minorities should also be left up to POPULAR VOTE!?

[Rescue3]

Originally Posted by RC01

Ever read the 14th amendment?

Yup. Goes like this: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Where in there does it direct states how, and to whom, it should issue marriage licenses - a uniquely state function?

[branDcalf]

Originally Posted by Empidonax

Except for the stuff you decide to learn on the computer. By the way, the second link was not to Wiki; it was to an encyclopedia maintained with the help of Native Americans. A simple Google search will give you dozens more results, many of them directly from Native Americans.

Here's one of many:

The Berdache | Native American Netroots

Many non-Indians hang close to native Americans, hoping that by doing so their cause will get more attention. There are some wanting to dilute native culture. Always has been.

You can believe what you find on the internet. You probably don't think it harms anyone. Just like calling two guys shacking up or two women shacking up "marriage" doesn't dilute, take away, minimize cultural traditions. Tradition means little to those who don't live it.

[paintersspouse]

Originally Posted by Rescue3

Yup. Goes like this: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Where in there does it direct states how, and to whom, it should issue marriage licenses - a uniquely state function?

Nor deny to any person equal protections of the laws.

"The result, therefore, of a law is not relevant so long as there is no discrimination in its application. By denying states the ability to discriminate, the equal protection clause of the Constitution is crucial to the protection of civil rights."

Equal protection | Wex Legal Dictionary / Encyclopedia | LII / Legal Information Institute

They must issue marriage licenses equally.

[Empidonax]

Originally Posted by branDcalf

Many non-Indians hang close to native Americans, hoping that by doing so their cause will get more attention. There are some wanting to dilute native culture. Always has been.

You can believe what you find on the internet. You probably don't think it harms anyone. Just like calling two guys shacking up or two women shacking up "marriage" doesn't dilute, take away, minimize cultural traditions. Tradition means little to those who don't live it.

Knowledge doesn't have a race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. Facts exist whether you believe or like them or not. Many people use "traditions" selectively in order to excuse themselves from learning things, but often never realize that their traditions are not the only ones that have existed.

The internet is merely a tool--a "non-traditional" one, by the way, that replaces direct human interaction and which, apparently, you use. Has it minimized your cultural traditions? It is always up to the user to sort out the information encountered, but the big step is actually getting the information and evaluating it as properly as possible. And if the internet is a mistrusted medium, there are also books available.

[paintersspouse]

You can vote in a law. You can not vote in restrictions of that law based on gender or race.

I don't know how much simpler to explain this. The courts have upheld this and knocked down all those laws.

[yellow0102]

I personally get tired of people saying "you disagree with gay marriage? You must be old" or "you are just stuck in the 60's". I'm 18 and i'm embarrassed and ashamed to be apart of this Liberal "progressive" generation. All that my generation wants to do is play video games and smoke weed all day long. Real "Progressive" isn't it?