<pre>I wonder how many of the House members that voted for this Anti-Gay bill have<br>alter egos registered with Gay.com.<br><br>AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,<br> Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Cannon,<br> Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth,<br> Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henderson,<br> Lake, Loertscher, Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Moyle, Nielsen,<br> Nonini, Raybould, Roberts, Rydalch, Sali, Schaefer, Shepherd(2),<br> Shepherd(8), Shirley, Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Wills,<br> Wood, Mr. Speaker<br><br>_DJA<br></pre> <br><br><b><i>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> >From today's (February 17, 2006) UI Argonaut with a special thanks to J.R..<br><br>It is certainly nice !
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realize that there are some members of our community<br>whose minds are not as narrow and whose sight is not as short as those<br>opinions expressed on the Brainless Log (BLog) of Comb-Over Courtney, Anselm<br>House's pet rock.<br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Strike Down Gay Amendment<br><br>Written by J.R. - Argonaut <br>Friday, 17 February 2006 <br><br>The Idaho Legislature has officially spoken out against gay marriage. With<br>the passage of HJR002, an amendment to the constitution that would outlaw<br>gay marriage in Idaho, members of the legislature have told Idaho residents<br>that gay marriage is wrong. They have said not only that it's wrong but that<br>life with a person of the same sex is morally reprehensible. <br><br>The bill, which passed 53-17, is a black mark in the state's history. Just<br>like historical bans against interracial marriage, this effort by the<br>legislature will seem foolish and ill-f!
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future generations. The<br>decision to ban gay marriage now goes to the voters, and The Argonaut would<br>like to encourage people of voting age to strike down this proposal. If<br>voter turnout is strong enough, and the bill is defeated by a large enough<br>margin, maybe our representatives will take a hint and not bring up this<br>issue again.<br><br>Members of the legislature simply do not want to admit that there are gay<br>people living in Idaho. Forbidding marriage by members of the same sex means<br>that these partners, who love each other just as much as straight partners,<br>can't enjoy the benefits of forming a union recognized by the state. They<br>get no tax breaks, or tuition credits. They do not have permission to visit<br>their partner in the hospital. <br>Bill sponsor Rep. Lawrence Denney said he believes this is perfectly<br>reasonable. In today's Argonaut, Denney even said laws can be seen as a<br>societal boundaries, implying that gay people are not socia!
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acceptable.<br><br>An exploration of things that are socially acceptable would probably include<br>the practices of divorce and adultery. If gay marriage is so horrible that<br>it threatens the sanctity of marriage, why aren't these other indiscretions<br>prohibited by the state? How is sleeping with someone else's spouse worse<br>than sharing vows with a person of the same sex? Why should a serial divorce<br>artist be treated in higher esteem than a same-sex couple that has been<br>together for years and years?<br>When the time for voting on this amendment comes, go to the polls and vote<br>to strike this amendment from the minds of our representatives.<br><br>J.R.<br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Take care, Moscow.<br><br>Tom "Straight, but not Narrow" Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>"Gays and lesbians stood up for civil rights in Montgomery, Selma, in<br>Albany, Georgia and St. Augustine, Florida, and many other campaign!
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the<br>Civil Rights Movement. Many of these courageous men and women were fighting<br>for my freedom at a time when they could find few voices for their own, and<br>I salute their contributions."<br><br>- Coretta Scott King (March 30, 1998)<br><br><br><br>_____________________________________________________<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net <br> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<br></blockquote><br><p>
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