This is why we can't have nice things

[soc_puppet]

Goddammit, Maine! I thought you were cool! And then you up and pull shit like this.

We are so over.

*goes to hang out in positive feminist space*

Edit: To quote Liss: This country is not, and never has been, well-served by leaving the civil rights of the minority in the hands of the majority. Putting that up to a vote which is subject to deeply held prejudice is ruling not by democracy, but by mob mentality.

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Icon refers to some of the messages put forward by NOM and churches, BTW

[soc_puppet]

I've felt that way for a long, long time. And then there's also this, where we learn that "The measure would put Christian Science prayer treatments -- which substitute for or supplement medical treatments -- on the same footing as clinical medicine." Can we say slippery slope, here?

Wow

[c-creevey.livejournal.com]

I would hope it's subject to supervision or we'll end up paying taxes to rid people of thetans too.

So, the IRS states that with a tax-exempt church 'no substantial part of its activity may be attempting
to influence legislation' -http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1828.pdf I would think you'd need some amazing lawyer not to classify this as a tax violation: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=17112

[soc_puppet]

While I'd like to hope they'll get someone on that soon, reality tells me it ain't gonna happen -_-a

And it probably would fuel the victimhood complex too

[c-creevey.livejournal.com]

You know, Maureen Dowd writes one editorial and suddenly the entire NYTimes, if not the whole culture, is anti-Catholic.

On a more positive note, I came across this essay after its writer spoke to the Gay Christian Network podcast:
http://www.musingson.com/ccCase.html