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Gov. Rick Perry indicted on felony charges
Bahamut.Kara
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By Bahamut.Kara 2014-08-21 12:52:23
Out in rural areas, nobody really gives a ***.
wow you couldn't be any more wrong.
it might be that way in texas, but the mid-west is wildly racist. and some parts I've been too have no intention of changing anytime soon. All my [+] to you.
It is not they way in TX. At least on the small towns I've visited.
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Bismarck.Ramyrez
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By Bismarck.Ramyrez 2014-08-21 12:52:25
Gay marriage was a bad choice, because Nausi believes that everyone is equal under his beliefs, so as long as you have his beliefs, you have a freedom of beliefs.
Everyone is equal. We have a law that says "if you partake in X (marriage) you get Y (stuff)". Pleebo thinks he is oppressed because he doesn't wish to partake in X but he still wants the Y. If I don't wish to partake in marriage because I'm a celebrate monk, do I get to complain that the law discriminates against me, and that I'm a victim of the law?
Why not?
Incidentally, I don't think there should be tax benefits to being married or having children.
You keep defining marriage religiously.
Stop it.
Ragnarok.Nausi
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-08-21 12:53:07
I love the backpedal. "Well, there is still discrimination... BUT ONLY IN DIRTY LIB CITIES!"
Everyone is equal. We have a law that says "if you partake in X (marriage) you get Y (stuff)". Pleebo thinks he is oppressed because he doesn't wish to partake in X but he still wants the Y. If I don't wish to partake in marriage because I'm a celebrate monk, do I get to complain that the law discriminates against me, and that I'm a victim of the law?
Why not? No. Please. No.
Annnd the dodge. "Wah, I'd rather remain the victim."
Cerberus.Pleebo
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By Cerberus.Pleebo 2014-08-21 12:56:02
I already have the Y (mostly). I want the *** X.
Lakshmi.Flavin
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By Lakshmi.Flavin 2014-08-21 12:56:11
Racism is much more prevalent in rural areas. It's when you get into big cities that people start to become more tolerant.
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Bismarck.Ramyrez
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By Bismarck.Ramyrez 2014-08-21 12:56:15
Only in larger cities, like LA, Sacramento, New York, Chicago, pretty much every centralized liberal hub there is in the country.
Go beyond the boundaries of those cities, and you will find that people treat each other the same, regardless of color and/or sex. I wouldn't expect people who never left their city in their lives, like Pleebo, to understand that concept.
Yeah, KN...you're very, very wrong and there's no two ways about it.
Racism is very, very alive in rural America. Probably more so, because it falls into two categories: 1) People who are ignorant rednecks who really do hate black people and fall into the classic "WASP" category and 2) the racism of inexperience, where stereotypes are all they have, because some of them have literally never seen an African American in person in their entire lives.
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Bismarck.Ramyrez
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By Bismarck.Ramyrez 2014-08-21 12:58:18
I already have the Y (mostly). I want the *** X.
I don't think Nausi's capable of understanding the concept of "marriage for love". He's one of those unfortunate individuals that sees everything as a means to an end.
Ragnarok.Nausi
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-08-21 12:58:20
Gay marriage was a bad choice, because Nausi believes that everyone is equal under his beliefs, so as long as you have his beliefs, you have a freedom of beliefs.
Everyone is equal. We have a law that says "if you partake in X (marriage) you get Y (stuff)". Pleebo thinks he is oppressed because he doesn't wish to partake in X but he still wants the Y. If I don't wish to partake in marriage because I'm a celebrate monk, do I get to complain that the law discriminates against me, and that I'm a victim of the law?
Why not?
Incidentally, I don't think there should be tax benefits to being married or having children.
You keep defining marriage religiously.
Stop it.
For the history of the country, marriage has been a religious institution that was only recently recognized by the government. You cannot just dismiss this aspect of US history because you find religion icky.
Bismarck.Ramyrez
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By Bismarck.Ramyrez 2014-08-21 13:03:41
Gay marriage was a bad choice, because Nausi believes that everyone is equal under his beliefs, so as long as you have his beliefs, you have a freedom of beliefs.
Everyone is equal. We have a law that says "if you partake in X (marriage) you get Y (stuff)". Pleebo thinks he is oppressed because he doesn't wish to partake in X but he still wants the Y. If I don't wish to partake in marriage because I'm a celebrate monk, do I get to complain that the law discriminates against me, and that I'm a victim of the law?
Why not?
Incidentally, I don't think there should be tax benefits to being married or having children.
You keep defining marriage religiously.
Stop it.
For the history of the country, marriage has been a religious institution that was only recently recognized by the government. You cannot just dismiss this aspect of US history because you find religion icky.
...but you're going to just dismiss homosexuality because you find it icky? Even though it's been a part of human history for nearly all of recorded time?
Ragnarok.Nausi
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-08-21 13:04:23
I already have the Y (mostly). I want the *** X.
Well then you should marry a woman, because that's what a marriage is. You're argument is nothing more than "I want you to change your definition of marriage because I don't like it."
Can we make a new word for you? NOPE! We have to redefine a word to your liking or else we're "homophobes" and "oppressors".
It's why you're the most intolerant person on this site.
Cerberus.Tikal
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By Cerberus.Tikal 2014-08-21 13:05:40
Marriage is three parts: social, spiritual, judicial. If gays want their marriage acknowledged spiritually, that's their fight, but I won't get involved. If gays want their marriage socially acknowledged, I would gladly oblige. However, judicial will not recognize their marriage as valid because of religious influence, particularly Judeo-Christian influence, which is counter to the idea the separation of church and state. By denying judicial recognition of gay marriage for spiritual reasons, the US government is endorsing a religion and in breach of the separation of church and state.
So long as gay marriage is outlawed for reasons of spirituality, the US is betraying its own principals.
Bismarck.Ramyrez
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By Bismarck.Ramyrez 2014-08-21 13:07:17
I already have the Y (mostly). I want the *** X.
Well then you should marry a woman, because that's what a marriage is. You're argument is nothing more than "I want you to change your definition of marriage because I don't like it."
Can we make a new word for you? NOPE! We have to redefine a word to your liking or else we're "homophobes" and "oppressors".
It's why you're the most intolerant person on this site.
You are an oppresive homophobe.
More than that, you're essentially the American version of ISIS. You're only tolerant of those exactly like you, you're perfectly okay with treating everyone else like second-class citizens or worse, and you probably wouldn't really care if they all just keeled over dead on the spot so they quit bothering you with their differentness.
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Cerberus.Pleebo
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By Cerberus.Pleebo 2014-08-21 13:08:33
Let the record show that I explicitly tried to avoid this particular derail. lol
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Bismarck.Ramyrez
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By Bismarck.Ramyrez 2014-08-21 13:08:44
Marriage is three parts: social, spiritual, judicial. If gays want their marriage acknowledged spiritually, that's their fight, but I won't get involved. If gays want their marriage socially acknowledged, I would gladly oblige. However, judicial will not recognize their marriage as valid because of religious influence, particularly Judeo-Christian influence, which is counter to the idea the separation of church and state. By denying judicial recognition of gay marriage for spiritual reasons, the US government is endorsing a religion and in breach of the separation of church and state.
So long as gay marriage is outlawed for reasons of spirituality, the US is betraying its own principals.
Nope. Religious tradition trumps your fancy-shcmancy words, ***.
*spits in the tobacky bucket*
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Bismarck.Ramyrez
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By Bismarck.Ramyrez 2014-08-21 13:09:12
Let the record show that I explicitly tried to avoid this particular derail. lol
And I pointed out the second you said it that it was unavoidable. @.@
Ragnarok.Nausi
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-08-21 13:09:36
Marriage is three parts: social, spiritual, judicial. If gays want their marriage acknowledged spiritually, that's their fight, but I won't get involved. If gays want their marriage socially acknowledged, I would gladly oblige. However, judicial will not recognize their marriage as valid because of religious influence, particularly Judeo-Christian influence, which is counter to the idea the separation of church and state. By denying judicial recognition of gay marriage for spiritual reasons, the US government is endorsing a religion and in breach of the separation of church and state.
So long as gay marriage is outlawed for reasons of spirituality, the US is betraying its own principals.
Isn't there some religious pediment on a state house you could be protesting at? This judicial argument has been repeatedly beaten down as horseshit.
Bismarck.Ramyrez
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By Bismarck.Ramyrez 2014-08-21 13:11:00
Marriage is three parts: social, spiritual, judicial. If gays want their marriage acknowledged spiritually, that's their fight, but I won't get involved. If gays want their marriage socially acknowledged, I would gladly oblige. However, judicial will not recognize their marriage as valid because of religious influence, particularly Judeo-Christian influence, which is counter to the idea the separation of church and state. By denying judicial recognition of gay marriage for spiritual reasons, the US government is endorsing a religion and in breach of the separation of church and state.
So long as gay marriage is outlawed for reasons of spirituality, the US is betraying its own principals.
Isn't there some religious pediment on a state house you could be protesting at? This judicial argument has been repeatedly beaten down as horseshit.
Right...repeatedly beaten down...which is why DOMA was struck down and why more and more states are giving the go-ahead on gay marriage.
Cerberus.Tikal
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By Cerberus.Tikal 2014-08-21 13:11:01
Please elucidate me on the counter argument to it. What is the reason for judiciary denial of same-sex marriage?
Ragnarok.Nausi
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-08-21 13:12:07
Let the record show that I explicitly tried to avoid this particular derail. lol
And I pointed out the second you said it that it was unavoidable. @.@
He specifically tried to avoid the derail by bringing it up initially. But oh no, don't hold him accountable at all. He's the victim remember.
Lakshmi.Flavin
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By Lakshmi.Flavin 2014-08-21 13:12:40
I already have the Y (mostly). I want the *** X.
Well then you should marry a woman, because that's what a marriage is. You're argument is nothing more than "I want you to change your definition of marriage because I don't like it."
Can we make a new word for you? NOPE! We have to redefine a word to your liking or else we're "homophobes" and "oppressors".
It's why you're the most intolerant person on this site. That's what marriage is to some people.
We've gone over the history of marriage many times in many different threads but for some reason some people seem to think because that's what it is here that is what marriage is! Not to mention that marriage here had other restrictions placed on it that were since removed so why not this one?
Don't worry it won't tread on your spiritual grounds and no one will force your religion to recognize it but yeah...
Ragnarok.Nausi
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-08-21 13:13:14
Marriage is three parts: social, spiritual, judicial. If gays want their marriage acknowledged spiritually, that's their fight, but I won't get involved. If gays want their marriage socially acknowledged, I would gladly oblige. However, judicial will not recognize their marriage as valid because of religious influence, particularly Judeo-Christian influence, which is counter to the idea the separation of church and state. By denying judicial recognition of gay marriage for spiritual reasons, the US government is endorsing a religion and in breach of the separation of church and state.
So long as gay marriage is outlawed for reasons of spirituality, the US is betraying its own principals.
Isn't there some religious pediment on a state house you could be protesting at? This judicial argument has been repeatedly beaten down as horseshit.
Right...repeatedly beaten down...which is why DOMA was struck down and why more and more states are giving the go-ahead on gay marriage. Oh I meant the church/state conflict of religious icons in the public sphere.
Lakshmi.Flavin
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By Lakshmi.Flavin 2014-08-21 13:13:45
Let the record show that I explicitly tried to avoid this particular derail. lol
And I pointed out the second you said it that it was unavoidable. @.@
He specifically tried to avoid the derail by bringing it up initially. But oh no, don't hold him accountable at all. He's the victim remember. It just sounds like you trying to play the victim card all the time. Oh no they get to call me out cause I'm white! It's not fair! Omg those gays want to get married... they are trying to take away what marriage is to me! wahhhhh don't let them do this!
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Bismarck.Ramyrez
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By Bismarck.Ramyrez 2014-08-21 13:14:30
Let the record show that I explicitly tried to avoid this particular derail. lol
And I pointed out the second you said it that it was unavoidable. @.@
He specifically tried to avoid the derail by bringing it up initially. But oh no, don't hold him accountable at all. He's the victim remember.
Yeah, in this case he actually is.
Lakshmi.Flavin
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By Lakshmi.Flavin 2014-08-21 13:14:55
Uh oh... religion has been mentioned... countdown til Ramyrez hulks out!
Bismarck.Ramyrez
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By Bismarck.Ramyrez 2014-08-21 13:15:46
Uh oh... religion has been mentioned... countdown til Ramyrez hulks out!
It's not even worth it in this particular discussion. Especially on the topic of gay marriage, because even the Christians in my family and circle of friends (lolwut, Rammie friends with Christians? You heard it here first) who don't believe in it leave it for God to judge, not them.
You know, kinda like Jesus said.
I can be reasonable on occasion.
By fonewear 2014-08-21 13:16:24
I'm married to the streets !
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Ragnarok.Nausi
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-08-21 13:16:51
Let the record show that I explicitly tried to avoid this particular derail. lol
And I pointed out the second you said it that it was unavoidable. @.@
He specifically tried to avoid the derail by bringing it up initially. But oh no, don't hold him accountable at all. He's the victim remember.
Yeah, in this case he actually is.
He is not a victim because people don't wish to change the definition of marriage to include husband and husband or wife and wife.
Cerberus.Tikal
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By Cerberus.Tikal 2014-08-21 13:17:39
Definition of marriage has always been that wide. We are the ones who narrowed it, just like when we narrowed it against interracial marriage.
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By fonewear 2014-08-21 13:18:26
Definition of marriage has always been that wide. We are the ones who narrowed it, just like when we narrowed it against interracial marriage.
Marriage /prison...prison/marriage only way out is suicide !
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-08-21 13:19:55
Out in rural areas, nobody really gives a ***.
wow you couldn't be any more wrong.
it might be that way in texas, but the mid-west is wildly racist. and some parts I've been too have no intention of changing anytime soon. All my [+] to you.
It is not they way in TX. At least on the small towns I've visited. Yeah, because you can really understand a society pretty well in a 3 day visit, if you even stayed that long.
@ Mosin: You sure they were being racist to locals or to outsiders (you)?
Grand Jury indicts Rick Perry
Quote: (CNN) -- A grand jury has indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, saying he abused his power by trying to pressure a district attorney to resign.
The two felony counts against Perry, a Republican, stem from his threat to veto funding for a statewide public integrity unit run by Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg unless she stepped down, the special prosecutor in the case, Michael McCrum, said.
Perry attorney David L. Botsford called the indictment a "political abuse of the court system." He said the action "violated the separation of powers" and "sets a dangerous precedent by allowing a grand jury to punish the exercise of a lawful and constitutional authority afforded to the Texas governor."
CNN affiliate KVUE reported that Perry will have to report to the Travis County Jail in the capital of Austin to be booked, fingerprinted and have his photo made for a mugshot.
Perry can continue to serve as governor while under indictment, KVUE reported. His attorneys could seek to have the charges thrown out, a motion that would delay the case, at the very least.
The grand jury in Travis County indicted the governor on charges of coercion of a public servant and abuse of his official capacity.
I actually didn't believe the headline when I first saw it, but its on every website, even the beloved Fox News. So this is real, its not some doomed publicity stunt *looking at you and your little lawsuit Boehner*
The failed Presidential candidate and pathetic governor of Texas is facing two felony counts of abusing power and coercion. He is going to be arrested, booked, fingerprinted, and a mugshot taken. Can't wait to see that.
Apparently he thought he could use his power to pressure an attorney to resign. I'm not surprised that he would attempt something like that due to his huge ego and lack of intellect, and living in Illinois, used to seeing governors go to jail. He is facing 99 years if convicted.
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