THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Van Cruncheon on November 24, 2009, 12:06:26 AM
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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1340136.html
The amendment, approved by the Legislature and overwhelmingly ratified by voters, declares that "marriage in this state shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman." But the troublemaking phrase, as Radnofsky sees it, is Subsection B, which declares:
"This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage."
Architects of the amendment included the clause to ban same-sex civil unions and domestic partnerships. But Radnofsky, who was a member of the powerhouse Vinson & Elkins law firm in Houston for 27 years until retiring in 2006, says the wording of Subsection B effectively "eliminates marriage in Texas," including common-law marriages.
:usacry :usacry :usacry
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:rofl
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"It’s a silly argument," said Kelly Shackelford, president of the Liberty Legal Institute in Plano. Any lawsuit based on the wording of Subsection B, he said, would have "about one chance in a trillion" of being successful.
So you're saying there's a chance? :drake
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Texas- where all marriage is illegal, but molesting animals is a-ok by our laws!
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So straight people can't get married because of gay people. 700 Club was right :violin
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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1340136.html
The amendment, approved by the Legislature and overwhelmingly ratified by voters, declares that "marriage in this state shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman." But the troublemaking phrase, as Radnofsky sees it, is Subsection B, which declares:
"This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage."
Architects of the amendment included the clause to ban same-sex civil unions and domestic partnerships. But Radnofsky, who was a member of the powerhouse Vinson & Elkins law firm in Houston for 27 years until retiring in 2006, says the wording of Subsection B effectively "eliminates marriage in Texas," including common-law marriages.
:usacry :usacry :usacry
:rofl
How could anyone call it a silly argument? It says it bans anything IDENTICAL TO marriage. l m f a o
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So marriage in general is banned there? What's the problem here?
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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1340136.html
The amendment, approved by the Legislature and overwhelmingly ratified by voters, declares that "marriage in this state shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman." But the troublemaking phrase, as Radnofsky sees it, is Subsection B, which declares:
"This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage."
Architects of the amendment included the clause to ban same-sex civil unions and domestic partnerships. But Radnofsky, who was a member of the powerhouse Vinson & Elkins law firm in Houston for 27 years until retiring in 2006, says the wording of Subsection B effectively "eliminates marriage in Texas," including common-law marriages.
:usacry :usacry :usacry
:rofl
How could anyone call it a silly argument? It says it bans anything IDENTICAL TO marriage. l m f a o
Well, Legaleze and English seem to be two very different languages most of the time, so the clause very well might mean "Every citizen is entitled to free Xbox360s" for all I know.
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Seems like a win win for everyone involved.
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MUPEPE, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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I'm already married so I'm alright. I got in before all those homos took our rights.
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Did they not deploy it to a staging server first? Where were their unit tests?
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Whats the problem with same sex marriage?
It's gay.
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Whats the problem with same sex marriage?
Teh ferocious space beast lord says nah.
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Whats the problem with same sex marriage?
Nothing.
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Whats the problem with same sex marriage?
between chicks? Nothing.
between dudes? an extra dick.
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"One could say that Gay marriage did ruin it for everyone." :smug
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Whats the problem with same sex marriage?
It's gay.
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I got in before all those homophobes took our rights.
That's better. :smug
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I got in before all those homophobes took our rights.
That's better. :smug
:lol
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i'd rather the government have nothing to do with marriage.
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I'd rather the church had nothing to do with marriage. It's a binding agreement to the state to begin with. Do people go to church to get divorced? (yes I know about annulments)
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Good job texas.
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I'd rather the church had nothing to do with marriage. It's a binding agreement to the state to begin with. Do people go to church to get divorced? (yes I know about annulments)
This man talks some sense!
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"One could say that Gay marriage did ruin it for everyone." :smug
Phoenix Dark made this joke 14 replies ago fyi.
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i do not in any way disagree
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Did they not deploy it to a staging server first? Where were their unit tests?
only pussies run bvts, and likewise qfes are clearly for figgurts
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poly- and multi-anything is bad, as the last day spent debugging database deadlocks has vividly impressed upon me