Discussion for article #228798
Not as if Scotty had a choice.
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āWalker Administration: Wisconsin Will Recognize 500 Same-Sex Marriagesā
ā¦no more, no lessā¦500 shall be the number of same-sex marriages recognized and the number of same-sex marriages WI will recognize shall be 500ā¦not 501ā¦and not 499, excepting that WI shall then proceed on to 500. 502 is right out. Once 500 be reached, being the 500th number, then shall WI wait for the Apocalypse.
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Poor Walkerā¦next thing you know, heās going to be earning the wrath of the Christian Right for not going down with the ship.
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Not only did Walker have no choice in the matter, he is hoist by his own petard because of his virulent opposition to equality (in all its myriad legal forms) which gained him points with his reactionary radical right baseāpoints he is now in danger of losing because he didnāt keep tilting at that particular windmill.
Heās in a bad position electorally, and it shows.
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His internal polling must be horrid. He usually doesnāt reach out to moderates. First choice, now this.
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Judge Richard Posner----appointed to the 7th Circuit bench by St. Ronnie and no oneās idea of a liberal judge----wrote Walkerās political obituary in his decision on the Wisconsin voter-ID law.
āThere is compelling evidence that voter-impersonation fraud is essentially nonexistent in Wisconsin.ā Assertions about voter fraud are āa mere fig leaf for efforts to disenfranchise voters.ā He adds that āsome of the āevidenceā of voter-impersonation fraud is downright goofy, if not paranoid, such as the nonexistent buses that according to the āTrue the Voteā movement [a voter suppression organization originating in the tea party movement] transport foreigners and reservation Indians to polling places.ā
Indeed, Posner writes, lists of the states that impose the strictest requirements āimply that a number of conservative states try to make it difficult for people who are outside the mainstream, whether because of poverty or race or problems with the English languageā¦to vote.ā
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Honestly, thatād be a very good ad strategy to run.
So how soon before men start marrying dogs, lamps, or their sisters?
Or was that just something that Wisconsin Republicans were lying about?
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I know several men who want to marry lamps.
Iām going to tell them to move to Wisconsin right away!
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Oh, like you wouldnāt hit this:
I call her āFragileā. Itās French!
Note: Worst fucking commenting system ever
There is nothing there to āhit.ā
And hereās a little secretāIām gay.
@ThunderclapNewman Thanks for the Posner quote. U. of Chicago can be a bit proud of him, given the ongoing disaster known as Scalia.
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God damn commenting system.
http://a.tgcdn.net/images/products/zoom/eae3_20in_christmas_story_leg_lamp.jpg
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āAccording to Walker spokesman Laurel Patrick, when it comes to issuing marriage licenses the governorās administration will treat same-sex couples the same as heterosexual couples.ā
How nice of them to be willing to do the absolute minimum required under the law, after pushing for obvious discrimination for over a decade.
Good thing their law stating that businesses can discriminate against gay couples is still on the books, or else all would be lost for the GOP.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walkerās office said that 500 same-sex couples who were married in June will be recognized as legally married couples in Wisconsin, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
ā¦because the Supreme Court made them.
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Haā¦is that the lamp from A Christmas Story?
Naturally.
I love my recliner so back off buddy!
Italian, actuallyā¦