It is difficult to construct an
argument against marriage rights for gay people that doesn't sound like an argument against gay people.
I've been
against marriage because I had the idea that my parents are suffering so much in it and I hated the idea of being so miserable.
How can the founder of a dating website who prides in the number of marriages based on their compatibility formula be
advocating against marriage?
«We want to build excitement and momentum in advance of that,» said Ellner... As part of that strategy, the Human Rights Campaign and its allies are spending heavily to oust three New York state senators — all Democrats — who voted
against the marriage bill last year and who face opponents in the primary on Tuesday: William Stachowski of Buffalo, Shirley L. Huntley of Queens and Rubén Díaz Sr. of the Bronx.»
State Senator Tom Duane, the marriage equality bill's lead sponsor, has released a statement regarding today's vote: Today's vote
against Marriage Equality makes me very angry.
We can see that clearly by comparing the marriage of Aquila and Priscilla
against the marriage of Ananias and Sapphira.
«From
rallying against marriage equality to opposing a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions, Mr. Cabrera's entire record shows he simply does not have the progressive credentials to represent our neighborhoods in Albany.»
One of the candidates, Erick Salgado, an Evangelical Christian from Staten Island who was active in the
fight against marriage equality in New York, suggested that gay groups in San Francisco and in the Pride Parade in Manhattan are «trying to ban altogether bris milah.»
At common law, a spouse had two causes of action for offenses
against the marriage relation: enticement or alienation of affections, and seduction or criminal conversation.
«When marriage was redefined, Andrew Cuomo and his billionaire friends like Paul Singer and Michael Bloomberg said they'd protect anyone who voted
against marriage from political harm.
Anti-gay New York State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., who was targeted today by Fight Back NY because of his ongoing
battle against marriage equality, remained defiant, telling the Gotham Gazette:
The
prohibition against marriage between close relations has reasons beyond any «moral» code, and certainly does not come from biblical standards in which such relationships seem to be common, if not celebrated.
Social critic Mary Wollstonecraft was
philosophically against marriage but married William Godwin in 1796 after they discovered she was pregnant (she died in childbirth six months later), yet they had a «highly unconventional marriage during which they lived far enough apart to permit the continuing exchange of letters.»
But then the church, which was originally
vehemently against marriage, got involved — mostly because they realized they couldn't stop it — and marrying «until death» was thrust into our wedding vows, starting in the mid-1500s.
At least a half - dozen witnesses
testifying against the marriage bill identified themselves as ex-gays who left the gay «lifestyle» through counseling and embracing God.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. today announced that he backs same - sex marriage rights as his father, state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., is in Washington to take part in
protests against marriage rights for gay couples.
BY SAM SPOKONY There may be — at least publicly — no hard feelings after out lesbian City Councilwoman Rosie Mendez blasted her colleague Jumaane Williams for his
stance against marriage equality and abortion rights during his recent unsuccessful bid to become the next Council speaker.
The GOP, which voted in a
bloc against the marriage bill in spite of advocates» claims that there was support from four or more minority conference members for the legislation, is unlikely to engaged it fragile hold on the majority — if it manages to wrest it back from the Democrats — by taking up this controversial bill.
They voted in
lockstep against Marriage Equality in the State Senate, and we would not expect the Republican Party's candidate for Attorney General to be any different.
Since then, Diaz has campaigned harder and longer than any other New York
Democrat against marriage equality, leading a crowd of thousands in protest against gay marriage this summer.
Whether you dedicated your younger years to education and establishing a career, or you had initially
decided against marriage and now you've changed your mind, or you separated / divorced from your partner or are widowed you don't have to despair SeniorMatch has you in mind.
Thus, not only is it preordained that every movie must end up reinforcing monogamous matrimony as an ideal, but even worse, every comedy must make sure that no one transgresses so
much against the marriage bed as to make him or her unworthy of returning to it.
As it further turns out, the point of her post is not necessarily to
counsel against marriage to lawyers as much as to counsel lawyers on how to be better spouses.
Let's step back and appreciate how the anti-gay crowd isn't even trying to find level - headed people to
rail against marriage equality.
He was fine with the idea 2 years ago (he is 5 years younger than I am so I didn't want him to rush into anything) and now he is
suddenly against marriage.
When
normed against marriages that have the same demographic markers as the current couple's marriage, helpful insights are possible.
These views are also important for your spouse to get in your head and begin to see how embracing a stranger is not a personal attack, or a stigmatizing
judgement against your marriage, nor is it about stripping away your personalities and being remade into someone you're not.