Governor of Texas to gay residents who want to marry: MOVE!!!

[Bluebear]

FORT WORTH, Texas -- In a ceremony filled with religious references, Gov. Rick Perry signed a bill at a church school gymnasium Sunday that imposes more limits on late-term abortions and requires minor girls to get written parental consent for abortions.

"And it has been a tragedy of unspeakable consequences that for decades activist courts denied many Texas parents their right to be involved in one of the most important decisions their young daughter could ever make -- whether to end the life that was growing inside her," Perry told a crowd of about 1,000 people gathered at the Calvary Christian Academy. "For too long, a blind eye has been turned to the rights of our most vulnerable human beings -- that's the unborn in our society."

During the 1 1/2-hour program, Perry also signed a resolution to amend the Texas Constitution by banning same-sex marriages.

"Texans have made a decision about marriage and if there is some other state that has a more lenient view than Texas then maybe that's a better place for them to live," Perry said.

Thanks to DUer catma for the find.

http://www.nbc5i.com/news/4572168/detail.html

[Catma]

1. Technically it hasn't been decided yet

there is still the election in November. I fear though it will pass overwhelmingly though :(

[Bluebear]

2. Oh of course it will!

Never fear, hate is here!

[Catma]

4. Please don't remind me

Thanks for the credit. :) Had to search the websites to find it. Heard it this morning right after I woke up still in a daze so I couldn't remember which station said it.

[Newsjock]

3. Political asylum

I've said it before, and this reinforces that -- some gay couple needs to be a test case for gaining refugee status in a more friendly nation, such as Canada. Perry's statement is first-rate evidence of persecution.

I'm sick and tired of paying taxes in a country where I'm not welcome, quite often by Democrats and Republicans alike.

[Bluebear]

5. Well, Canada appears to be out

OTTAWA, December 29, 2004 — Citizenship and Immigration Minister Judy Sgro today announced the coming into force of the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States.

“I am pleased that Canada and the United States are working together to implement this agreement that will further our collaboration on refugee protection at the land border,” said Minister Sgro. “This agreement is in full compliance with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) principles and guidelines where the first country of asylum is the country where the claim will be heard. The UNHCR will be a full partner in the implementation and the monitoring of the agreement.”

As of today, certain asylum seekers in Canada and the United States will be required to make their claim in the country where they were last present. This means that asylum seekers arriving in Canada at the land border from the United States will not be eligible to have their refugee claim determined in Canada, unless they fall within an exception as outlined in the amended regulations governing the agreement. Similarly, the agreement allows the United States to return to Canada asylum seekers attempting to enter the United States from Canada.

The agreement applies only to refugee claims made at a land border port of entry, and not refugee claims made at airports, marine ports or inland offices. Therefore, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has a primary role in implementing it as ports of entry are staffed by CBSA officers.

With this agreement, both Canada and the United States are meeting their international obligations related to refugee protection. The agreement is part of the 32-point action plan associated with the Smart Border Declaration signed by Canada and the United States.

The objective of the Safe Third Country Agreement is to create an effective measure o

f control, necessary to better manage access to Canada’s refugee determination system. In fact, the agreement will enhance the orderly handling of refugee claims and strengthen public confidence in the integrity of the asylum systems of both countries.

Canada and the United States signed the Smart Border Declaration in December 2001 to ensure the secure and efficient movement of goods and people across our shared border. The associated 32-point action plan covers a range of initiatives, and departments in both countries will work together to achieve their mutual objectives.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/press/04/0420-pre.html

[iconoclastic cat]

7. Don't you get it? You're supposed to shut up until we can trot you out.

Until then, stay in the closet. You too, Shaquana.

[loveable liberal]

6. Minnesota will take your tired, weak, homosexual....

Bit chilly in the winter, but nice for snuggling. We dont care what you do with your privates.... We'll give you some green bean hot-dish too.... :)

[Bluebear]

9. Hold the lutefisk!

:hi:

[loveable liberal]

15. throw the lutefisk (in the garbage, crazy swedes)...

[Craig3410]

10. And home of the Minnesota Twins, least dislikable team in baseball!

I don't know, there's just something about them that makes it impossible to hate them. :)

[loveable liberal]

13. they've had real decent, down to earth managers for the last forever...

plus the owner is a cheap son of a bitch, which means no superstars.

[Newsjock]

14. Minnesota is still, alas, part of the USA

Heck, I'm in oh-so-gay California, and I'm sick of how we're treated. I'm sick of the nonstop attempts to take away what rights we have. I'm sick of seeing my federal tax bill go toward a government that won't let me marry the person I love -- if I could even find such a person because so many of them are hiding in fear. I'm sick of seeing my very right to exist questioned by so many supposed "liberals" and "progressives," leaving me nowhere to turn for support. And neither my finances nor my situation are such that I can merely up and take my chances with Canada's skilled-worker immigration system.

In short, I'm sick of what my country has become, what it's doing to me, and the dwindling chances of it becoming anything better in my lifetime.

[Bluebear]

20. I'm sorry buddy

I never thought it would come to this, hate so open and supported.

[dsc]

29. I am too

I sometimes wonder how people can hate us so much. I mean, I can't say I relate to being straight but I don't hate straight men. I just can't get my mind around this. I probably should be able to, but I just can't.

[Bleacher Creature]

8. When does Kay Bailey Hutchinson announce???

She's not much better, but it will be nice to see these scumbags eat their own.

[acmejack]

17. We intend to elect Chris Bell, thank you!

nt

[Bleacher Creature]

18. All the more reason why a GOP primary fight would be nice!

I live in Maryland -- and I fully intend to donate to Bell.

[sniffa]

11. wasn't he invoLved in some scandaL(s)?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

19. It's been whispered

That his wife caught him in bed with another man.

I don't know if it's true or not, don't care either. It reeks of what Bush did to Ann Richards and I LOVE IT!

[sniffa]

21. ahh, i thought it was that

gracias. 8)

[killbotfactory]

12. what an asshole

a texas sized asshole

[Bluebear]

16. "Big time."

[saltpoint]

24. Succinct and accurate, killbotfactory. ding. ding. ding.

[saltpoint]

22. Ode to Governor Good-Hair

Governor Perry thought it awkward & scarey
For same-sex folks to willingly marry
He placed a call to a church he knew
To sign the bill that asserts 'I do'
Is meant for only one woman, one man
This is Texas, goddamit, and laws of the land
Must reflect moral codes like Moses & Jesus
from the western oil towns to the mouth of the Brazos

The red staters loved it and all clapped their paws
They felt that Jesus was inspiring their laws
And bannin' the queers was a durn fine cause
But brimstone sticks in the righteous craws

of the fools in the crowd who are holding the stones
Preparing to throw them at witches and crones
and whores and anyone caught of either the sexes
God damn the nuts & the Governor of Texas

[Solly Mack]

23. Well, if that's not an open season call on the GLBT community in Texas

I don't know what is....

Perry is nothing more than a hate monger

[Bluebear]

25. "First they came for the gays."

RIP America 1776-2000

[Solly Mack]

28. Exactly.

The GLBT community in Texas has every reason to be very concerned today. Perry's remark is just the kind of thing to set the hate mongering yahoos off.

[Bluebear]

31. What have we become, Solly Mack?

:(

[Solly Mack]

34. It got bad under Reagan but not as bad as this

There's a new boldness to the hate in America now. Well, renewed boldness. The mentality we are seeing now is the same mentality that gave us lynchings and Jim Crow.

These people feel justified in their hate. They feel vindicated by their hate,especially with the acceptance and encouragement of their hate by the Bush Cabal.

It's gone beyond self-righteous...it's become pathology accepted as family values....and that same pathology is now becoming law.

[WildClarySage]

26. No asswipe, one of the most important decisions their daughter

could make would be which college to choose, what to major in, whether to marry him when he proposed, when to stop using the pill and try to get pregnant, to accept that job transfer or stay close to home...

The decision to abort is not one to take lightly... but it is not the most important decision a woman may make in her life.

[Arkana]

27. Mitt "The Shitt" Romney welcomes you to Massachusetts

Motto: "Every Gay Marriage Is A Hilarious 'Fuck You' To Mitt Romney"

[UdoKier]

30. So when will the very gay Rick Goodhair be moving?

He's not welcome here in California...

[tech3149]

32. I say FU Texas

Once you lose your best and brightest creative minds, I can hear you saying "what happened?" Simple answer, you got what you asked for.

[Inland]

33. "Hippy's"? nt

[okieinpain]

35. so I wonder what the log cabin repugs have to say.

[Bluebear]

36. day shift kick

[roguevalley]

37. I try to be fair knowing there are good people in Texas, some of

them friends of mine but I am aghast once more at this state. It makes Alaska look cool. Frankly, before gay people have to leave Texas, I wouldn't be hurt if Texas left America.