Liberals seem afraid of this. E.J Graff wrote just two weeks ago, "If the court does take up Perry, be afraid, be very afraid. Almost no one believes the Supreme Court is ready to get out ahead of American opinion on the question at Perry's heart: Do same-sex couples have a fundamental right to marry under the U.S. Constitution?" Linda Hirschman, author of the triumphalist book on gay rights "Victory," worries at The New Republic that the Olson and Boies strategy "may backfire". Adam Serwer at Mother Jones called the risks of loss "very great," saying Roberts and Kennedy (the two swing justices) are likely to decide that "finding a right of same-sex couples to be free of discrimination amounts to 'forcing' same-sex marriage on everyone else."

Crumps- my comment was in response to the "love it or move" type comments. I personally dont care about people making a big deal about coming out and i dont go around waving a rainbow flag. Im glad you agree we are no different than anyone else- thats exactly what we want!! If more people had that attitude, we wouldnt have some of the issues we have now. Live and let live is a wonderful motto.

If we are not supposed to care that you are gay to begin with why are we supposed to care that you came out? You want to be treated equally, act equally, you are no more important than me or the next guy in the big picture. crumpssister

Good! So when gay folks kiss in public like straight folks do and have photo's of their loved ones on their desk and talk about their travel plans and their adopted children you can sit back and shut up. After all they are no more important than the next guy, just like you. Get used to it cowgirl

"Justice....we all know this was the right thing. ncouterbanks69"

There is NOTHING right OR just about amendment 1. I, like many others, are still waiting for someone to logically state WHY and HOW gay marriage affects them personally. Don't thump your bible w/ an answer, but I sure would like to know.

We aren't going anywhere buddy- get used to is, the gays are here to stay!!! dwntwnboy

Ok thats all fabulous but let me ask you a question, if you wanted to be treated like everyone else why are we supposed to make a big deal about it when you "come out?" Why should you get a pat on the back for being who you are? And the only reason I ask is whenever a celebrity comes out they make a big to do about it. If we are not supposed to care that you are gay to begin with why are we supposed to care that you came out? You want to be treated equally, act equally, you are no more important than me or the next guy in the big picture.

History is a much better predictor of the future than people's wants or wishes. That's rational thinking. Agreed ncouterbanks69

And the Supreme Court is "historically " known for expanding rights as opposed to restricting them, esp. once they have already been granted like the legal marriage in CA. before they were voted down. Get ready!

If a hetero couple is shacking up, they do NOT get the married tax benefits you speak of. Only married couples get that tax benefit. So stop already.

History is a much better predictor of the future than people's wants or wishes. That's rational thinking.

Agreed

"Gay and lesbians couples don't have rights in NC"- the only "right" we don't have at the moment is marriage and that too will change. We aren't going anywhere buddy- get used to is, the gays are here to stay!!!

"We won, you gays and lesbians lost. Get over it or move on"- NO! I was born here and will stay and fight for what is right and fair. We won't go away, we won't back down and we won't be quiet about it until we get the equality under the law that other legally recognized couples get. No more, no less. If you don't like to hear about gays or gays rights- then YOU move because the fight is just getting started and we won't be quiet about it. Yes, you won ONE vote here. We will work as hard as we can to overturn that as well. You are going to hear about gay rights for LONG LONG time- get over it yourself. We aren't going anywhere and there is NOTHING you can do about it. You have to live around gays, work with gays, have doctors and nurses that are gay, teachers teaching your children that are gay, pilots flying the plane you are in, soldiers protecting you and your rights to try and discriminate that are gay- we are everywhere and aren't going anywhere.

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