Here's an email I just got from Vote.com and I though some of you might be interested:

Dear Vote.com voter,

Last Thursday, the Vermont House of Representatives passed a bill that would recognize same-sex "civil unions" in the state. The measure would allow gay couples to receive all the legal benefits of married couples, but preserves the term "marriage" solely for unions between a man and a woman.

Should this bill be signed into law? Vote.com is now holding an online referendum asking YOU that very question. All votes will be sent to Vermont Governor Howard Dean.

The fate of this bill will help shape the future of same-sex unions across America. If you have a point of view on this issue, we encourage you to log on and make your vote count at http://www.vote.com.

On a less serious note, the Academy Awards® are less than a week away! Now Vote.com, in association with BigStar.com, is letting YOU vote for who you think will win the Oscars®.

Log on to http://www.vote.com to tell the Academy what you think - we'll send your vote to them. Then, please take advantage of the $10 off coupon found on your Results page that is good for a purchase at BigStar.com, the Superstar Moviestore.

Sincerely,

Your friends at Vote.com http://www.vote.com

P.S.- Please forward this e-mail to any friends or family who might be interested in voting on these topics.

 

But, 99.7% of us aren't residents of Vermont. If we overwhelmingly oppose this and Vermont passes it anyway, won't that eventually lead them to secede from the Union? This time the South will kick butt. There is no way Vermont could win with an Army like that unless they parachuted behind our lines and attacked our troops from the 'rear'! The only reminder you'll have this debacle 140 years from now is a Pink flag flying over the Vermont Statehouse.

 

Who cares? It doesn't affect anyones lives except those getting married. I thought this country was all about freedom and letting people live their lives the way they want. It doesn't affect me so I don't care what they do. I bet after a few years of the legal civil union and a few expensive palimony cases and they'll probably be anxious to get rid of it. Raoul sounds pretty excited about it though.

 

Of course, if it's legalized I might give it a try. I don't know what good it would do me. Jerry Springer has already told me I can't be on his show anymore.

 

Well all I can say is we need to get out our baseball bats and 2x4's and beat the hell out of all the **** and anyone who wants such a bill to pass because if it passes the **** will try and get the other 49 states to pass such laws and that goes against the Christain vaules this country was founded on.

 

Looks like Vermont is going to be known for more than Maple syrup.

 

4by:
uh.............how exactly is a kid produced from homosexual parents? By the way, thanks for the visual. Also, If men cannot ever pump men, are rednecks allowed at Halloween to pump kin?

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This law affects me how? This is a great board with religion and politics put to the side, here we'll have both to stir up hate and discontent.

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[This message has been edited by 4D THNDR (edited 03-23-2000).]

 

Vermont is considering giving legal recognition to those who engage in the act that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed for, the behavior that is condemned every time, without exception, that it is mentioned in the Bible? No thanks...

 

I have to agree with hmustang, if they pass it into law we need to beat them out of the union (and burn their pink flag) (quickly followed by burning them) Personally I belive that **** shouldn't be able to adopt, that would solve that problem. And as for the north vs. south thing, it would be north and south against vermont. This sums it up for me.

 

hmustang,
how would you like someone to come swinging a bat at you and beat you to death b/c you were minding your own business and trying to pursue your right to happiness.
christianity may be a dominate religion in the US but there is not a law that says we all have to be christian or follow any religion at all. the majority of christians do not follow the bible exactly to what it says - you may be in the majority. but all you are doing right now is encouraging my opinion that all christians do is point fingers, react violently to what they oppose, and then act all innocent about it 'b/c jesus loves them.' - but i know there are exceptions out there.
i fear people like you. threaten the lives of those who don't conform to your ideas.
why should you care if someone is gay or not? afraid they'll ruin society and corrupt children? they only way children are corrupted is b/c they have half-assed parents. and society has always been 'screwed up'.
i remember what this country was built on: discrimination (religion & race), slavery, murder (alot of indians died b/c they wouldn't convert to christianity).
you can be christian if you want, be strict or be lenient, i don't care. but don't push it on people like its the only way. and its not necessarily the right way either, sit through some college history classes (especially about europe) and you'll learn that religion has been the cause of a few massacres.
like i said before - believe in what you want and i'll believe in what i want, but don't ever threaten peoples lives. it makes you a very ugly person.
and personally, i don't care where i go when i die, as long as i'm far away from people like you.

i'm sorry. i'll get off my soapbox now.
by the way, if they want to get married then let them. Come on hmustang, come get me with your baseball bat for my beating. just wait and see what i will do to you (-and don't call me a hypocrite b/c you threatened me first & i have the right to defend myself).

 

Yep, beat the hell out of them ****. That'll sure teach 'em to be ****.

 

Hmustang - This country was not founded by christians. The founding fathers were diests. The Treaty of Tripoli (american LAW) states that, "America is in no sense founded on the christian religion." I'll give you links if you don't believe me. This country was founded on the values of liberty not theocracy and I find your hate very disturbing.

Thunderbird46 - Sodom and Gamorha were destroyed for being inhospitable to strangers, not for homosexuality. Read it again or I can also provide proof for this.

"We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that ALL Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."
-Declaration of Independence.

THAT is what our country was founded on and if you don't like it you can leave and take your hate and ignorance with you.

 

This topic should probably be taken down as a lot of people are showing themselves to be fear mongering bigots.

You guys who wanna tell other people how to live are exactly like the tree-huggers who wanna take away our trucks. Hypocrites all.

Raise your own children the way you want and quit worrying about everyone else's.

 

I can't stop. You see, my brother is gay and I love him and if anyone (Ford4fun) tried to "burn" him, I would lay some 2nd amendment down on their ***.