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New York legalises gay marriage

coolsomecoolsome
edited July 2011 in General Chat
The New York Senate has voted yes on gay marrage.

http://sdgln.com/news/2011/06/24/bre...e-sex-marriage
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  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited June 2011
    Great! There is absolutely no logical reason at all for this to be illegal in any state. I'm glad to see that New York has finally taken the step that frankly should not be as big of a deal as it is.
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited June 2011
    I couldn't be happier about this. Well, I could, if I were gay, a New Yorker and have someone who actually wants to marry me. But I don't have any of those, so I couldn't be happier.
  • TjibbbeTjibbbe
    edited June 2011
    Good job, New York Senate! Same-sex marriage has been legal for years over here, and it doesn't seem to have destroyed our country. It's 2011, I would expect more countries to stop making a big deal out of this. People should be able to marry whoever they want.
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited June 2011
    Tjibbbe wrote: »
    People should be able to marry whoever they want.

    As long as the other person agrees to it on his/her own will. Hypno-proposals really should be banned.
  • SilverwolfpetSilverwolfpet
    edited June 2011
    Hypno-proposals??

    What a crazy...and totally cool idea!! :D I can marry Shanti now!!
  • TomPravetzTomPravetz
    edited June 2011
    This is faa-buu-loouus!
  • ProfanityProfanity Banned
    edited June 2011
    Nice, good for them.
  • divisiontendivisionten
    edited June 2011
    About darn time. We've only got civil unions here.
  • taumeltaumel
    edited June 2011
    Sometimes it can be fascinating that people in most parts of the earth are still living in the middle ages. On the other side travelling around the globe can spare you a, in any case impossible, time machine.
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited June 2011
    taumel wrote: »
    Sometimes it can be fascinating that people in most parts of the earth are still living in the middle ages.

    Not really. I know several people who are middle-aged.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LekUKeFijxc
  • ScnewScnew
    edited June 2011
    Gay marriage rights are just such a no brainer to anyone who understands what the word equality means that it just kind of hurts me that this is only the sixth state to legalize it.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited June 2011
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    Finally...I'm heading right on over to New York as fast as I can...
  • DrRocketGeniusDrRocketGenius
    edited June 2011
    Neil Patrick Harris Tweeted about this last night and this is what I imagined:

    nph_loves_mondays.gif

    Anyway, way to be smarter than most other states, New York!
  • ScnewScnew
    edited June 2011
    I prefer to imagine that NPH celebrated by stealing Harold's car and making some love stains in the back seat with a couple of strippers, only to head to White Castle the next morning.
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited June 2011
    Scnew wrote: »
    I prefer to imagine that NPH celebrated by stealing Harold's car and making some love stains in the back seat with a couple of strippers, only to head to White Castle the next morning.

    Only to be shot in front of a brothel a few days later.
  • Giant TopeGiant Tope
    edited June 2011
    dern gays ruinin mah country now they be tryin to take over the sacred ground zero lands
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited June 2011
    Giant Tope wrote: »
    dern gays ruinin mah country now they be tryin to take over the sacred ground zero lands

    Yeh, it started when dem durn women and coloreds gets to vote. Ah told dem it aint do no good, but they durn won't listen. Now squeal like a pig!
  • ElvenmonkElvenmonk
    edited June 2011
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    Great! There is absolutely no logical reason at all for this to be illegal in any state. I'm glad to see that New York has finally taken the step that frankly should not be as big of a deal as it is.

    I'm surprised no state has removed the legal gay age yet.
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited June 2011
    Elvenmonk wrote: »
    I'm surprised no state has removed the legal gay age yet.

    I never understood that its like gay is sick so you have to wait longer to have sex!
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited June 2011
    coolsome wrote: »
    I never understood that its like gay is sick so you have to wait longer to have sex!

    Wait, what? I thought the legal age applies to both gay and un-gay sex.
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited June 2011
    tredlow wrote: »
    Wait, what? I thought the legal age applies to both gay and un-gay sex.

    I dunno the law on that here its the same I think. Its jsut the way I read that made me think it was diffrent.
  • ElvenmonkElvenmonk
    edited June 2011
    tredlow wrote: »
    Wait, what? I thought the legal age applies to both gay and un-gay sex.

    No there's a difference. Like in Texas (with one of the lowest legal gay ages) it's illegal to be gay before that age. It's 16 in Texas. There's one state that their legal gay age is 21. On average it's 19.

    I only know this because I had to help my brother study for some military test. He had to know each state's legal age for sex and legal gay age. Fun fact, Nevada. Perfectly legal to do it with a 14 year old without parental consent.
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited June 2011
    Elvenmonk wrote: »
    No there's a difference. Like in Texas (with one of the lowest legal gay ages) it's illegal to be gay before that age. It's 16 in Texas. There's one state that their legal gay age is 21. On average it's 19.

    When you say ilegal to be gay do you mean gay sex or be gay at all.
  • ElvenmonkElvenmonk
    edited June 2011
    I mean gay at all. They are, however, not enforced from what I can tell.
  • SilverwolfpetSilverwolfpet
    edited June 2011
    Well that's just stupid. It's like saying: "You like that girl? Well, sorry man, you'll have to wait another 4 years to be allowed to like her."

    :/ Sometimes, people's stupidity amazes me.
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited June 2011
    Elvenmonk wrote: »
    I only know this because I had to help my brother study for some military test. He had to know each state's legal age for sex and legal gay age. Fun fact, Nevada. Perfectly legal to do it with a 14 year old without parental consent.

    Ewwwww.
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited June 2011
    Elvenmonk wrote: »
    No there's a difference. Like in Texas (with one of the lowest legal gay ages) it's illegal to be gay before that age. It's 16 in Texas. There's one state that their legal gay age is 21. On average it's 19.

    I only know this because I had to help my brother study for some military test. He had to know each state's legal age for sex and legal gay age. Fun fact, Nevada. Perfectly legal to do it with a 14 year old without parental consent.

    I thought the rule was that you're allowed to date anyone who's half your age plus 7 years. Well, dating, not sex. Also, it's more of a norm than a law, I guess.

    Also, I just remembered; the UN also made a gay rights protection thing a few days ago, right? Are these two events related?
  • FriarFriar
    edited June 2011
    Silverwolfpet wrote: »
    Hypno-proposals??

    What a crazy...and totally cool idea!! :D I can marry Shanti now!!

    Or even Majus in New york now!
  • puzzleboxpuzzlebox Telltale Alumni
    edited June 2011
    Elvenmonk wrote: »
    Fun fact, Nevada. Perfectly legal to do it with a 14 year old without parental consent.
    JedExodus wrote: »
    Ewwwww.

    In Spain it's legal to get it on with a 13 year old!

    Silverwolfpet wrote: »
    Well that's just stupid. It's like saying: "You like that girl? Well, sorry man, you'll have to wait another 4 years to be allowed to like her."

    :/ Sometimes, people's stupidity amazes me.

    It's not so much an "allowed to like" thing... Having sex with a person below the age of consent is generally considered statutory rape because it's assumed the underage party doesn't have the maturity and intellectual/emotional capacity required to consent to sexual activities.

    I think it's there to protect minors more than anything else. To stop 20 year olds preying on 14 year olds, that kind of thing. At any rate, I don't think the age of consent for gay people should be any higher or lower than AOC for straights.

    Also, YAAAY New York.
  • SilverwolfpetSilverwolfpet
    edited June 2011
    Friar wrote: »
    Or even Majus in New york now!

    I'm quite sure he's taken. :p
    puzzlebox wrote: »
    It's not so much an "allowed to like" thing...

    Ah, so it was the AOC. I misunderstood in the beginning.
    The AOC is perfectly ok (in most countries) but, as you said, I don't think it should differ for gay people.

    Well, either way, all of this is a good step towards
    *insert MahGuy Verr* STOP FIGHTING!!

    Hehe. Yeah... actually, let me rephrase that: People all around the world need a "Pocket MahGuy Verr" to remind them the important stuff in life.
  • FriarFriar
    edited June 2011
    Silverwolfpet wrote: »
    I'm quite sure he's taken. :p



    Ah, so it was the AOC. I misunderstood in the beginning.
    The AOC is perfectly ok (in most countries) but, as you said, I don't think it should differ for gay people.

    Well, either way, all of this is a good step towards
    *insert MahGuy Verr* STOP FIGHTING!!

    Hehe. Yeah... actually, let me rephrase that: People all around the world need a "Pocket MahGuy Verr" to remind them the important stuff in life.
    Well, maybe in a few years they'll legalise polygamy. :p
  • ElvenmonkElvenmonk
    edited June 2011
    tredlow wrote: »
    I thought the rule was that you're allowed to date anyone who's half your age plus 7 years. Well, dating, not sex. Also, it's more of a norm than a law, I guess.

    Also, I just remembered; the UN also made a gay rights protection thing a few days ago, right? Are these two events related?

    1st part: It's not a law I can tell you that.

    Second part: I dunno anything about that. I just know there are legal gay ages in the US.
  • Giant TopeGiant Tope
    edited July 2011
    Elvenmonk wrote: »
    No there's a difference. Like in Texas (with one of the lowest legal gay ages) it's illegal to be gay before that age. It's 16 in Texas. There's one state that their legal gay age is 21. On average it's 19.

    I only know this because I had to help my brother study for some military test. He had to know each state's legal age for sex and legal gay age. Fun fact, Nevada. Perfectly legal to do it with a 14 year old without parental consent.

    Actually, it's just gay sex, not being gay itself. And also, most states don't have this silly thing.
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited July 2011
    Giant Tope wrote: »
    Actually, it's just gay sex, not being gay itself. And also, most states don't have this silly thing.

    I thought it was illegal to have sex under that age, whether gay or ungay. That would make more sense.
  • mirroman478mirroman478
    edited July 2011
    PeoPle get married way to young these days. A divorce usually happens a few years later when you dont spend enough time getting to know your spouse.
  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited July 2011
    Elvenmonk wrote: »
    I mean gay at all. They are, however, not enforced from what I can tell.

    Nor can they be. The last time Texas tried to enforce its anti-sodomy law it led to a Supreme Court overturning of such laws.
  • SillyStellSillyStell
    edited July 2011
    Ether way their should never be a law to prevent two people who love each other from expressing that. Other states and countries will learn this eventually. Hopefully. Congrats New York for making another step towards that.
  • taumeltaumel
    edited July 2011
    How about goats or animals generally. Is this allowed in New York as well?
  • Giant TopeGiant Tope
    edited July 2011
    Generally non-human animals can't give consent. I thought this was common knowledge.
  • taumeltaumel
    edited July 2011
    I have seen animals communicating in a non human verbal way rather well. There is a dog and there is some food, it's not this complicate. I wonder if, after all those millions of years, animals still don't communicate with each other.
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