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Bill to Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Blocked by Senate

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Especially fuck Brown and Murkowski, who explicitly said they were in favor of repealing DADT, but voted against it anyway.

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  • UbikUbik oh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by then Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    there's still hope

    in the judiciary

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    This is the most conservative supreme court we've had for a while, so I'm not holding out an abundance of hope that victory will be achieved with any expedience.

    Like I said, at this point, the best chance to repeal DADT is probably a conservative president. Because I really doubt republicans will ever budge to give Obama that feather in his cap that is so favored by public opinion.

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  • SicariiSicarii The Roose is Loose Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    God you queers are uppity.
    Sorry, this really sucks. Also the videos in this thread are great.

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  • Muse Among MenMuse Among Men Suburban Bunny Princess? Its time for a new shtick Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I've come pretty close to changing some minds about the whole gay=bad' thing, but not quite.

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I've come pretty close to changing some minds about the whole gay=bad' thing, but not quite.

    The closest I've ever come is "I don't care that they're gay, just as long as I can keep pretending that they're not."

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  • SicariiSicarii The Roose is Loose Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Javen wrote: »
    I've come pretty close to changing some minds about the whole gay=bad' thing, but not quite.

    The closest I've ever come is "I don't care that they're gay, just as long as I can keep pretending that they're not."

    I ya......um.....what?

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  • VivixenneVivixenne Remember your training, and we'll get through this just fine. Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Javen wrote: »
    I've come pretty close to changing some minds about the whole gay=bad' thing, but not quite.

    The closest I've ever come is "I don't care that they're gay, just as long as I can keep pretending that they're not."

    o_O

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    yeah, welcome to the Conservative American view on homosexuality

    "you're allowed to be gay as long as you don't have gay relationships, and if you must have such a relationship, at least act like you're ashamed of who you are"

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    GeoMitch wrote: »
    so what is the gay agenda all about anyways

    1) laundry

    2) get to the bank before it closes

    3) sexual equality

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r38x6mHfnwU

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  • Wrench N RocketsWrench N Rockets Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Nothing about this happening surprised me in the least.

    Maybe the Ron Paul fed over site thing.

    Mostly because I can't even begin to comprehend that.

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    oversight

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Javen wrote: »
    This is the most conservative supreme court we've had for a while, so I'm not holding out an abundance of hope that victory will be achieved with any expedience.

    Like I said, at this point, the best chance to repeal DADT is probably a conservative president. Because I really doubt republicans will ever budge to give Obama that feather in his cap that is so favored by public opinion.
    Want to wager a tenner on that?

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  • GeoMitchGeoMitch Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    lunch on sunday?

    hmm let me see if I have room in my gay agenda

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  • VALVEjunkieVALVEjunkie Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Javen wrote: »
    Especially fuck Brown and Murkowski, who explicitly said they were in favor of repealing DADT, but voted against it anyway.

    wait

    what

    uhh

    what

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    american politician seems like a pretty cushy job

    what's a guy gotta do to get some of that action

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  • VALVEjunkieVALVEjunkie Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Javen wrote: »
    Especially fuck Brown and Murkowski, who explicitly said they were in favor of repealing DADT, but voted against it anyway.

    wait

    what

    uhh

    what

    seriously you guys this is breaking my brain

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Javen wrote: »
    Especially fuck Brown and Murkowski, who explicitly said they were in favor of repealing DADT, but voted against it anyway.

    wait

    what

    uhh

    what

    seriously you guys this is breaking my brain

    This is a combination of saving face in the face of overwhelming support for the repeal, voting against other measures that are riding on the same bill, and supporting the party line of cockblocking everything because they're being tremendous dicks.

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    american politician seems like a pretty cushy job

    what's a guy gotta do to get some of that action

    like I'm a pretty good liar

    I have no problem with making promises I don't intend to keep
    and I'm quite comfortable with doing exactly what I'm told!

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  • VALVEjunkieVALVEjunkie Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    SimBen wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    Especially fuck Brown and Murkowski, who explicitly said they were in favor of repealing DADT, but voted against it anyway.

    wait

    what

    uhh

    what

    seriously you guys this is breaking my brain

    This is a combination of saving face in the face of overwhelming support for the repeal, voting against other measures that are riding on the same bill, and supporting the party line of cockblocking everything because they're being tremendous dicks.

    oh

    man this sucks

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  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I find a lot of people just dont really think about it too much and assume its unnatural. I once came across a person who was spouting the 'im not homophobic I just thing its wrong and unnatural' nonsense. I pointed out that homosexual behavior is common in the animal world, so by what measure was he judging natural? Being a person who could respond to reason it kind of made him pause, it helped that he wasnt religious, as that can be a massive stumbling block.

    Also on the choice thing, the American dad thing summed it up perfectly, can you, as a straight person, CHOOSE to be gay? Not just sleep with men, but be genuinely attracted primarily to men, or exclusively to men, if not, then its not a choice. The whole choice thing just seems so horrendously absurd to me I dont know how anyone can frame it that way. Why the hell would you choose to be gay?

    This kind of insanity can only be maintained within a religious framework, I just cant fathom it any other way.

    Also there are so many damn militaries that allow gays and they havent had any reductions of morale.

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Is it weird that I come from a family that is half from India and half Christian hill folk and I can't think of a single one that has a real issue with gays? My "Always votes Republican and goes to Church 3 times a week" Grandma thinks that they are cute (which I don't know that that means), and my dad only wants me to not be gay so he can have biologically grandkids.

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    SimBen wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    Especially fuck Brown and Murkowski, who explicitly said they were in favor of repealing DADT, but voted against it anyway.

    wait

    what

    uhh

    what

    seriously you guys this is breaking my brain

    This is a combination of saving face in the face of overwhelming support for the repeal, voting against other measures that are riding on the same bill, and supporting the party line of cockblocking everything because they're being tremendous dicks.

    Sad thing is, that because they publicly showed support for the repeal, a lot of people will think highly of them, unaware of the hypocrisy.

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Fuck "social" conservatives. It must be lonely, dreary purpose when society continually trends away from your bullshit anyway.

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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    my dad puts on a front of homophobia but likes all my sisters' gay friends

    it's pretty pathetic, really

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    One of my high school friends (kind of evangelical) once told me that homosexuality was wrong because God apparently made Adam and Eve, and not Adam and Steve.

    I'm not sure what's more appalling; the fact that she thought that pun was clever, or that she probably didn't understand that Adam and Eve was the only pairing that made biological sense.

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    The Crime: Offering an undercover cop $20 to allow Allen to blow him in a men’s room in a public park. After being arrested, Allen tried to explain that he only offered to blow the cop because the cop was a “burly black man” and he “didn’t want to become a statistic.”

    OH MY GOD THIS IS A DOUBLE WHAMMY RIGHT HERE

    it's not even that he paid to GIVE a blowjob while advocating against offenses involving unnatural and lascivious acts

    he then claimed to be a massive racist

    oh my god

    Holy shit this is fucking hilarious.

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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    yeah god is way more fond of having only two people and then they have kids and then those kids um

    uh


    and then noah and there was a flood and

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    Squall wrote: »
    uh oh a conservative friend of mine saw my facebook status

    'don't get mad, you just don't understand policy. these things take time'

    I just wonder if maybe America isn't ready for civil rights

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    A lot of people are pretty casually conditioned to just know homosexuality is wrong

    Allowing homosexuals to marry was effortlessly compared to abortion in the last church sermon I attended and it doesn't even seem weird to be homophobic

    you should ditch your church if you have the opportunity

    of course maintaining a relationship with your immediate family could take priority and no one would judge you for it

    no one reasonable, that is

    My church is the same way, but less so with the outspoken hate. Still being in church I usually have a :/ expression for two hours. I ditched it a few months ago and my dad keeps trying to get me to go back and join Youth Group and things like that.

    He thinks I don't enjoy church because I don't "fellowship" with the other church teenagers. Basically I'm not friends with most them and I have no interest in being friends with them.

    Also as an aside I've know a few really obnoxious outspoken Christian-evangelical types down here. ALL of the them have hit on me or turned out to be in the closet. For some reason that really doesn't sit well with me and I generally dislike them for it.

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    L|ama wrote: »
    yeah god is way more fond of having only two people and then they have kids and then those kids um

    uh


    and then noah and there was a flood and

    SHUT UP PERFECT BOOK NANANANANA

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    One of my high school friends (kind of evangelical) once told me that homosexuality was wrong because God apparently made Adam and Eve, and not Adam and Steve.

    I'm not sure what's more appalling; the fact that she thought that pun was clever, or that she probably didn't understand that Adam and Eve was the only pairing that made biological sense.

    Wait is this personal a girl?

    Because if they are point out that god originally made adam and lilith and then he made eve because lilith wouldn't submit to adam.

    Therefore she also needs to be submisive.

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  • DeaconBluesDeaconBlues __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2010
    Ubik wrote: »
    there's still hope

    in the judiciary

    this is just adorable

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Blake T wrote: »
    One of my high school friends (kind of evangelical) once told me that homosexuality was wrong because God apparently made Adam and Eve, and not Adam and Steve.

    I'm not sure what's more appalling; the fact that she thought that pun was clever, or that she probably didn't understand that Adam and Eve was the only pairing that made biological sense.

    Wait is this personal a girl?

    Because if they are point out that god originally made adam and lilith and then he made eve because lilith wouldn't submit to adam.

    Therefore she also needs to be submisive.

    I think this is Jewish fokelore.

    iirc, the idea of Lilith occurring in the bible is still disputed because of some Hebrew wording and no direct references.

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Gay Agenda: All According to Plan

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Hopefully things will change when the people who are in their 20s-30s now start getting into power in a few years.

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  • Muse Among MenMuse Among Men Suburban Bunny Princess? Its time for a new shtick Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    The Crime: Offering an undercover cop $20 to allow Allen to blow him in a men’s room in a public park. After being arrested, Allen tried to explain that he only offered to blow the cop because the cop was a “burly black man” and he “didn’t want to become a statistic.”

    OH MY GOD THIS IS A DOUBLE WHAMMY RIGHT HERE

    it's not even that he paid to GIVE a blowjob while advocating against offenses involving unnatural and lascivious acts

    he then claimed to be a massive racist

    oh my god

    Holy shit this is fucking hilarious.

    The people over at The Onion must so frustrated that such comedy writes itself.

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
  • Muse Among MenMuse Among Men Suburban Bunny Princess? Its time for a new shtick Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    What about all the gay animals? Like those gay penguins at the Bronx zoo?

    I think that knocks down the 'unnatural' argument.

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Is it weird that I come from a family that is half from India and half Christian hill folk and I can't think of a single one that has a real issue with gays? My "Always votes Republican and goes to Church 3 times a week" Grandma thinks that they are cute (which I don't know that that means), and my dad only wants me to not be gay so he can have biologically grandkids.

    I got some bad news for you: your dad's homophobic. "I'm okay with gays but not if my children are gay" is a super common form of it. My dad was like that for a while but he either came to accept my brother's sexuality or learned to shut up about it because nobody liked it (he also deflected it towards his own parents - "Don't act gay with them around because it would destroy them")

    Totally glossing over the fact that my grandma has a transsexual brother.

    Your grandma sounds like an awesome lady though.

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