Comments on: Same-sex couples denied marriage licenses in Minneapolis

By: State of Minnesota urges Court to Dismiss Pro-Gay Marriage Lawsuit « Release Dorothy!

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:59:09 +0000

[...] Three same-sex couples, two from Minneapolis and one from Duluth, are hoping that political and cultural shifts since 1971 bode well for their case. [...]

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:10:48 +0000

Headline: Same sex couples denied marriage licenses in minneapolis. My response: GOOD. It’s bad enough that the sanctity of marriage in this country is now a joke. It’s time for the moral compass to swing back and start providing good examples of decent living. Our society, et al survival depends on how we act. Children fathered out of wedlock, family structure being upended by divorce and same sex marriage provide no moral compass whatsoever to our future generations. Look around people. Look at what’s now accepted that even ten years ago would horrify. Girls selling themselves willingly to get money so they can shop. Young men treating girls like trash because both have zero self esteem. It all ties in folks…

By: Louise

Louise — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:48:25 +0000

Well here we go…Even if you find the need to take God out of the mix it is unnatural for man to lye with man or woman to lye with woman. Our bodies were designed to procreate, hence the 2 sexes. There is no biological reason for homosexuality! That is a lie. How do you explain the majority of lesbians were sexually abused, thus turning to same sex with a hatred of men? And also with homosexual men, they also have a history of abuse by men as children. Why is this never brought up? It is not normal or natural or right. It is wrong! Today we have too many people unwilling to stand up and say something is wrong for fear of stepping on someones toes or hurting feelings or getting into trouble for being intolerant. Well I am intolerant because some things are just STUPID. Living together before marriage is also wrong, abortion is wrong, lying is wrong, and homosexuality is wrong as well. It IS choice!!!!!!

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:32:46 +0000

Go on and let the fight come here to MN. I was raised in a household that would adore this website. Since I grew up and started thinking for myself I realized I have a lot to make up for to gay community for passing that unnatural hatred and bigotry on to others.

So come on DOMA peeps, you just add gasoline to my fire.

By: CityChubs : CityDesk: Rights, fairness and an American Patsy

CityChubs : CityDesk: Rights, fairness and an American Patsy — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:56:14 +0000

[...] Here comes Minnesota: Three same-sex couples denied marriage licenses, lawsuit to challenge state’s DOMA to follow. [Minnesota Independent] [...]

By: Mpls_Trans

Mpls_Trans — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:54:58 +0000

I am a pre-operative male-to-female transsexual who has been married to a wonderful woman for 17 years. At some point in the next 3 years I will be having sexual reassignment surgery (SRS) and will be legally female. My wife and I have no intention of divorcing now or ever, but all that I have read about the issue points to the fact that at some point in my newly post-operative life the state will demand that my wife and I divorce.

Tell me, what’s fair about this? I don’t intend to become a raging activist for the defeat of MN-DOMA but what other option do I have? It seems that the only other option is to deny myself the SRS I’ve been seeking since childhood just to satisfy anonymous bigots.

By: Ron Thiessen

Ron Thiessen — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:53:07 +0000

If nature only produced two sexes and if all members of each sex only had an attraction to members of the opposite sex, then the interests of Church and State would not collide on this issue.

Nature however, produces many genotypes besides xx and xy and gender cannot always be determined. Even if it could, our constitutional guarantee of human rights is unambiguous and unrelated to gender or to whom one chooses to love or make a home and family with. The State has a responsibility to protect the rights of all citizens to enjoy the benefits it offers.

Religious organizations however, generally view marriage as a sacramental union between a man and a woman. They are not likely to change that view any time soon, nor do they need to. In a society that guarantees freedom of religion, we have no compelling reason to force them to.

We do have a problem here with marriage. It is the marriage of Church and State. They have irreconcilable differences on this issue and they don’t need a separation, they need divorce. This constant fighting is hurting the kids.