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Rosie O'Donnell Tries to Change Mike Huckabee's Mind on Gay Adoption

Apr 24, 2010 13:49

Apparently Rosie O'Donnell has a Sisyphus complex. Sisyphus was the fabled Greek king who was punished by the Gods and sentenced to a life of pushing a huge rock up a hill, only to watch the rock roll back down again. For Rosie O'Donnell's part, the rock she was trying to push was Mike Huckabee, and she was trying to push him toward a more ( Read more... )

adoption, mike huckabee, lgbtq / gender & sexual minorities

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celtic_thistle April 24 2010, 18:17:23 UTC

"I think the ideal relationship is both a mother and a father."

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Facebook Conversation from Yesterday: muppetfromhell April 24 2010, 18:25:43 UTC

Friend #1: Larry King is getting his 8th divorce, and Elizabeth Taylor is possibly getting married for a 9th time. Jesse James and Tiger Woods are, well...you know...Even Newt Gingrich is on his 3rd marriage. Britney Spears was married exactly 55 hours on a whim. There's a drive-through wedding chapel in Vegas. Yet same-sex marriage is what is going to destroy the institution of marriage? REALLY?!? (via many ( ... )

Re: Facebook Conversation from Yesterday: celtic_thistle April 24 2010, 18:30:34 UTC

the point that marriage is to make and raise babies.

Fuck that shit. Marriage is about love and commitment, not popping out babies necessarily. smh

Re: Facebook Conversation from Yesterday: apocalypsos April 24 2010, 18:34:29 UTC

What I really want to know is why it is so important for same-sex couples to have the marriage label.

Has anybody pointed out to this idiot yet that being gay doesn't make you sterile or prevent you from adopting a child in a good many states? In which case, why shouldn't those children have the benefits of married parents regardless of who their parents may be?

Re: Facebook Conversation from Yesterday: muppetfromhell April 24 2010, 18:56:54 UTC

yeah there's more to the conversation I was just posting it because I used [citation needed] on the same subject.

Re: Facebook Conversation from Yesterday: lickety_split April 24 2010, 19:00:35 UTC

Unfortunately being gay CAN prevent you from adopting a child in too many places. :(

Re: Facebook Conversation from Yesterday: apocalypsos April 24 2010, 19:02:59 UTC

Oh, I know. Hence me saying "in a good many states" as opposed to just leaving it as is. ;)

But, yeah. It's such a pile of bullshit.

Re: Facebook Conversation from Yesterday: thenylonkid April 24 2010, 18:36:04 UTC

What a dumb-ass. He/she is kinda answering bits of his/her own questions. I don't agree with him/her at all but hey.

"why it is so important for same-sex couples to have the marriage label."
b/c
"Kids growing up with married parents tend to fair much better in life."

Also, "What I really want to know is why it is so important for same-sex couples to have the marriage label."

Really?! Why is it SO IMPORTANT for straight people to have the marriage label and not same-sex couples? I'd love to hear their argument.

Re: Facebook Conversation from Yesterday: muppetfromhell April 24 2010, 18:57:51 UTC

yeah there's more to the conversation - a couple people basically called him a doofus. My only entrances were to make snarky comments though.

Re: Facebook Conversation from Yesterday: chaeri April 25 2010, 05:26:44 UTC

Yea, I love the contradictions. It is important for same-sex couples to have the marriage label because a) society sees them as more committed and b) kids will do better...like you just pointed out. DUH.

Re: Facebook Conversation from Yesterday: peacetrains April 24 2010, 21:10:43 UTC

I don't think anyone would support the idea that making and having babies outside of a committed marriage is a good, or even fair, idea.

O RLY?

Re: Facebook Conversation from Yesterday: diggin4basura April 24 2010, 21:45:33 UTC

Q:"why it is so important for same-sex couples to have the marriage label."

A: It's like asking "Why it is so important for X couples to have the marriage label".
X being anything from interracial couples, straight couples, different religion couples, etc...

Easy. Because there are legal benefits a couple gets ONLY when they're married. EX: hospital visits, wills, etc.

My question to your friend: Why is it so important to you that same-sex couples DON'T have the marriage label?

Re: Facebook Conversation from Yesterday: zombieroadtrip April 25 2010, 01:20:52 UTC

lol as if marriage was ever about babies and not historically owning women and transferring property

Re: Facebook Conversation from Yesterday: thefallgirl April 25 2010, 18:23:04 UTC

I could not agree with the first point more. this so much.

In the end, neither fully embraces the point that marriage is to make and raise babies.

that's so fucking stupid. does that mean that sterile people or the elderly shouldn't get married? or people who choose not to have children? OMG.

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