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    Lacey DonohueLacey Donohue
    11/28/13 12:15am

    It's officially Thanksgiving.

    And I am officially thankful that the world seems to be making progress when it comes to acknowledging love. The real kind. Not the stupid YouTube video kind.

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      PrayForDentonLacey Donohue
      11/28/13 12:20am

      No it's not. The world doesn't revolve around New York and the Eastern Time Zone.

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      GregSamsaPrayForDenton
      11/28/13 12:22am

      Yes it does. We have the major stock exchanges.

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    NobodyLacey Donohue
    11/28/13 12:23am

    Imagine if you didn't need to get a licence to get married.

    The question wouldn't be when will the state let the gays marry but who could stop them. The answer, nobody, nobody could stop them.

    Marriage licences were invented to prevent interracial marriages, and because of the fact that you need a licence to get married the state if it so choose to do so could prevent any marriage it wanted to even in this day and age.

    there is literally ZERO reason to licence marriages.

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      TRUMP DELENDUS EST (fka Chatham Harrison)Nobody
      11/28/13 12:35am

      As long as there are tax and legal benefits to being married, there is reason to license it. Otherwise I'd expect insurance agencies or hospitals to find opportunities to disagree over one's spouse's rights.

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      NobodyTRUMP DELENDUS EST (fka Chatham Harrison)
      11/28/13 12:39am

      except that the tax and legal benefits to being married are.... granted by the state.

      if they didnt give exclusive rights to certain types of people this WOULDNT be a fucking problem.

      heres a suggestion: the state gets the fuck out of marriage. Marriage anarchy. and the state gets the fuck out of giving special privileges to individuals based on their marital status. Why should I be denied from seeing my boyfriend in the hospital should he go to one because we never got married? Shouldn't that be between the hospital, myself and my boyfriend and not the state?

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    I Wish My Name Was DaxLacey Donohue
    11/28/13 12:21am

    No one is free until everyone is free. This is one straight man who understands that discrimination, no matter what its form, is insidious and must be stamped out.

    Congratulation to this beautiful married couple. May their love stir hearts and minds to clarity.

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      NobodyI Wish My Name Was Dax
      11/28/13 12:25am

      How do you propose we 'stamp out' discrimination?

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      I Wish My Name Was DaxNobody
      11/28/13 1:05am

      Grassroots campaigning.

      Step One: Identify the specific type of discrimination, adequately and specifically define it (this is really important), and make sure to control its definition throughout the inevitable public debate that will occur. Effect public advocacy campaigns are focused like a laser upon three things: 1) what's the thing that needs to be changed, 2) what's the injury if it doesn't change, and 3) what outcome would prevent the injury. The campaign must be outcome oriented or it will fall apart like occupy wall street did.

      Step Two: Identify groups who are harmed by the discrimination and the specific harms (financial, social status, personal identity, psychological) which are the result of the discrimination. This will be the base of the grassroots movement. Identify other organizations who have similar interests to those of the base. Coordinate with these groups. This could mean an exchange of donor lists, coordination with funding drives, exchange of operational information, etc. Organize your base by creating a non-profit and registering as such with the IRS. Contact your local bar association for information regarding pro-bono attorney work. Use of social media sites for organizing and identifying supports will be essential.

      Step Three: Identify those among the base who are good community organizers, personally motivated, and/or whose particular experiences with discrimination may resonate with the public. These will be the managers and the face of the organization. These people must be articulate and look "normal." One of the reasons that the legalize pot movement has struggled in the past is that its public advocates look shaggy from Scooby Doo or wear "George Washington grew Pot" shirts to interviews on Larry King.

      Step Four: Get managers out front by encouraging them to organize workshops, public information sessions, and community outreach. The goal being to increase awareness and generate a cash flow. With cash you can hire office staff, buy a printer, rent an office space, etc. Generating revenue is essential. It would help here to seek out celebrity endorsements if they can be had.

      Step Five: Operate and manage a local grass roots campaign to increase awareness and generate funding. This is by far the hardest part. Many types of discrimination are so ingrained into the cultural norm that the organization's message is going to be asking people to see things they take for granted from a different perspective. At this point, there is no substitution for grinding it out. Make sure your operations managers remain motivated and understand that there will be more failures in the beginning than successes.

      Step Six: Use any successful revenue generation to expand the organization. Put together signature drives to pass laws outlawing discrimination. Frequently, motivation at the local levels is just as, if not more, effective than at the national level. This means petitioning and lobbying city council members, school boards, and state senators. Again, failure will be the norm and it's the daily grind that has to take over here. Expect turnover within the organizations ranks to be fairly high as well as opponent criticism.

      Step Seven: Assuming that the advocacy has gained traction, begin using revenue to establish regional offices and try to move from a grassroots local campaign to a national movement. Hopefully this will include the ability to hire professional lobbyists, contribute significant campaign contributions to candidates in state and local elections, and investment in substantive media information campaigns. At this point, the campaign may be able to afford to fund legal challenges to the discrimination you're targeting.

      So there you go. That's how you stamp out discrimination. Public perception must be changed and laws must be put in place to protect the individual rights of those who have been discriminated against in the past.

      And since I detected a tone of sarcasm in your message, you can kiss off.

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    TRUMP DELENDUS EST (fka Chatham Harrison)Lacey Donohue
    11/28/13 12:29am

    It's always satisfying when human decency and compassion triumphs over petty concerns about following procedure. All the best to them, in what time they have together.

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      carlaspadeaspadeLacey Donohue
      11/28/13 12:17am

      I cannot take my eyes away from that very noticeable coat she chose to wear on the occasion.

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        ConnieRayTittycarlaspadeaspade
        11/28/13 12:20am

        Idk, I am really regretting not wearing leopard print to my wedding.

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        PrayForDentonConnieRayTitty
        11/28/13 12:29am

        Why? Were you not a tacky bride?

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      burlivesleftnutLacey Donohue
      11/28/13 6:37am

      I'm so proud for these guys.

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        ThomasiLacey Donohue
        11/28/13 12:50am

        Congratulations to the happy couple!

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          RainInSpainFallsMainlyOnTheDanLacey Donohue
          11/28/13 6:33pm

          She's probably lying about being 'terminally' ill just to get around having to wait for her sodomite entitlement. It's not like we haven't seen them lying in the news lately, you know.

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            RainInSpainFallsMainlyOnTheDanRainInSpainFallsMainlyOnTheDan
            11/29/13 2:41pm

            I agree. Happy pity party folks!

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            acitizen123RainInSpainFallsMainlyOnTheDan
            11/30/13 4:34am

            Frankly your outdated views are disappointing.

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          M54B30Lacey Donohue
          11/28/13 11:06am

          I'm glad they got to do this. Also, I'm glad to see anyone/everyone who is in love be allowed to marry.

          Worthy to note: I'm a Republican Catholic.

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            ReasonWeeps2M54B30
            11/28/13 11:48pm

            Then you are a heretic according to the doctrines of the church. Also, belief in this is a mortal sin because you are rejecting the infallibility of the Bible. You are at risk of eternal torment, according to the teachings of the church. Some would say that you should be denied communion. If you don't agree with the infallibility of the doctrine, which is a requirement for Catholics, why do lie and say that you are? I'm just asking because I find the a la carte method of religions interesting as an atheist and an anti-theist. I'm not trying to start a beef with you, I'm just trying to hear it from your perspective. I've heard other Catholics say they use the pill (an astounding number), have sex outside of marriage, think women should be allowed to attain the priesthood, and not only support the right of a woman to have an abortion, but have had one themselves. How do you reconcile the firm rules with which you do not agree and still staying? Your church preaches that these ladies and people like me are "disordered."

            I don't know how you can be a Republican without being a homophobe, racist, harbor hatred for the poor, or a misogynist. To people like me, you're part of the problem because you count yourself with them. I don't know how you reconcile these beliefs when they are contrary to your party's platform.

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          Mike ClineLacey Donohue
          11/28/13 6:08am

          I'm thankful today there are people like them in America. I'm also secretly enjoying how uncomfortable this news and that photo are making so many Americans. Those two ladies are epitome of everything the asshole right-wing is not. They are stylish, likely educated, and happy. I wish there weren't people around disturbed by them, but as long as there are assholes around, I hope they are uncomfortable in their backwards views. Happy thanksgiving.

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            ReasonWeeps2Mike Cline
            11/29/13 12:02am

            Get out of my brain, you brain invader. I am so enjoying the schadenfreude of the people being upset, pissy, and appalled by this. I want bigotry to go away, but as a lesbian who got married two years ago and finally got our newborn son down after his first Thanksgiving, I must cackle and cackle until my stomach hurts. Even though we live in New York, sometimes people look at us odd because we're stylish lesbians in an interracial lesbian relationship with a child my wife gave birth to. Those who are mad shall remain mad. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some giggling to do. Let us laugh together even though we're on the other side of the internet.

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