Advocates of same-sex marriage hit a roadblock with yesterday’s vote in Maine to reverse a state law allowing the practice. The Catholic Diocese of Portland played a big part in educating voters, as Register correspondent Joan Frawley Desmond explains in this article. It will be running in the Nov. 15 issue.
The Maine Event: Church Instrumental in Marriage Win By Joan Frawley Desmond REGISTER CORRESPONDENT
PORTLAND, Maine — The defeat of same-sex “marriage” at the polls in Maine Nov. 3 suggests that Portland Bishop Richard Malone’s “commonsense” message resonated with the state’s relatively secular voters.
Now, advocates for traditional marriage are expected to advance this argument in future marriage battles, from Washington, D.C., to Washington state.
Its best to celebrate while we can. Ultimately, this fight is already lost.
To the vast majority of people under 35 homosexulity is like lefthandedness:
An oddity without much moral import. Given 10 to 15 years, homosexual marrige will likely be almost univeral.
(Also, it should be noted becuase on one else seem to have noticed. Homosexual rights go passed by voters in Washington State, so we won one and lost one)
Its best to celebrate while we can. Ultimately, this fight is already lost.
To the vast majority of people under 35 homosexulity is like lefthandedness:
An oddity without much moral import. Given 10 to 15 years, homosexual marrige will likely be almost univeral.
(Also, it should be noted becuase on one else seem to have noticed. Homosexual rights go passed by voters in Washington State, so we won one and lost one)
The Washington one specified directly that it was not marriage. And honestly, the young are not as in support of it as people think. Not that you are wrong, but I do not think it is as automatic as you say.
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Another Victory for the Lord.
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Good news.
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7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."
I was quite surprised to hear this today...I sense a battle brewing over this though.
anyway what was the comment from Sonic Smith about lefthandedness about LOL? was that a joke?
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It was interesting to see that medical marijuana passed in Maine while the gay marriage bill failed.
There may be more pot-smoking conservatives out there than I realized.
Is it possible that conservatives and liberals could sit around smoking a bowl and find that common ground that President Obama is talking about? Well, it's probably more possible with the bowl than without it.
My pot-smoking days are way behind me, but all these medical marijuana laws might put the fun back into growing old.
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