Reader comments
Chaffetz leads fight against D.C. gay marriage law
197 comments | Read story
If you believe that marriage should be defined as between a man and a woman, let your voice be heard.
If you feel otherwise, do the same.
If we do not speak up NOW, we will not be heard!!!
Marion Barry?? Crack-head convicted criminal Marion Barry?? To his civil war, I say, "bring it on."
No wonder it's the minority party.
"Will of the majority" often ignores the Constitution.
Go has defined marriage between man and woman. Marriage is gender driven and should remain as such.
Shout as loud as you want in your church. Keep your religion out of my government.
Marriage is not about registering at the Pottery Barn. Marriage is about a man and a woman entering into what is essentially a religious rite that has been hijacked by the federal govt. This could lead to relgions being forced to recognize marriages that to some are seen as mocking God.
You want your union legally recognized. Fine! That's what civil unions are for. Leave God out of it!
You're right, but I don't know if that is going to be good enough for gay people. That want what they want and they're going to push until they get it!
What's next? Will Jason will try to make interracial marriages illegal? Then reinstate segregation? Take the right to vote away from women? Make the LDS Church the official Church of Utah, which we will all be required to join or face deportation to Colorado?
I am giving Adolph Buttars some good ideas for next year. I better stop.
I'm a former DC resident. I paid federal taxes and was subject to anything Congress did or didn't do as much as anyone in the US.
Yet, I effectively had ZERO representation in Congress. None. I had a single delegate with a _non-binding_ vote in Congress. To make this worse, the Congress as we can see here, can at any time take away our right to self-determination in DC if it so chose.
Even if DC wanted, it couldn't be more self-sustaining, because the Congress limits the scope of what it can do raise revenues even though millions of commuters and tourists pour into the city every year and use its services.
Utahns, including those in UT-3 wouldn't put up with this. Why do some expect any different of the residents of our nation's capitol?
Where is God in civil marriages?
Or are they not marriages?
Isn't funny so many people call him "Jason"? Like he's a little kid or something.
DC is one of the most liberal constituencies in the country. We don't want religious conservatives from Utah coming in and overturning our laws. How would Rep. Chaffetz and his constituents feel if the roles were reveresed?
But perhaps even worse than gay marriage is excessive Congressional power over day-to-day life, like marriage.
A century ago, Congress passed (and the Supreme Court upheld) the Edmunds-Tucker Act, which severely punished the LDS Church for not conforming to the standard definition of marriage. Then, as now, Congress has far too much power to control our lives. I hope Mr. Chaffetz and other sensible members of Congress use restraint and wisdom as they pass more laws to define, regulate, and control American life.
You can't spell Chafffets without chaffe.
["Why dont they send it to the people in D.C and let them decide"]
too many old bible-thumpers in DC. They'll wait until the herd thins out and more rational younger people can vote.
This really is an old-school vs young people issue. Old stuck-in-the-mud congregations are against it but most young people are used to being around gays (since they don't hide in the closet like old times) and so they see there is no harm in letting them get married. The old crew is still freaking out that there are so many gays, much less let them get married, because they thought there were just a few of them (since they were all in the closet back in their day...)
I think that's the real issue with the old crew, too. Not that the gays want to get married, but where did they all come from? old preachers are saying "there weren't that many when I was a kid..." when actually there were, but they hid.
Being gay isn't just based on sexual desires. If you "claim the contrary" you are being deceptive. How do I know? Because I am gay! Also, don't even start with the whole "people chose to be gay" argument because I will tell you right now, you are wrong. How do I know? Because I am gay. You can say something else until you are blue in the face, but it doesn't matter, because you aren't gay and you don't understand. It is sad that there is all of this hatred because you people don't understand something. If you don't want a gay marriage, don't get one, but don't you dare take it away from me. This new civil war is to give rights to all Americans. It shouldn't even be an issue.
WRONG!
They have a caviat in it for religions and preaching.
Tell me another distortion, K?
The laws that have been accepted ACTUALLY change marriage to be a man and a woman, in effect, outlawing gay marriage. Those are the laws that have just been enacted. I could not care less if you approve of my choices. I do not approve of your choices. But this is America where everyone is considered equal - not equal if you approve of their choices.
for some reason, all the religious people seem to think marriage is a religious ceremony, yet it's not in any religious books (except new ones) and you can get married at city hall with no religion but can't get married in a church until you go to city hall...
makes no sense at all to call the word marriage a religious term...
That is why the Former Mayor Barry opposses it and why most of the Blacks and Hispanics across this country does. It is not civil rights. You the GLBT has made it such and think it deals with equality and have convinced some liberals of such.
Do you really think the conservatives in this country is going to just sit down on this? The fact is God is on our side and when in the end we shall win the fight even though we loose a few wars along the way. When we win there will be no joy in it.
How can something be taken away that you never had to begin with? Your logic is becoming circular.
For the record, you can file taxes as two men, or two women, as a single household. All the rights that are associated with marriage can be contracted for. The only thing that can't gained via contract is the title marriage.
I fully support the offering of this bundle of contracts to all consenting adults that wish to have them (be it 1 man & 1 woman, 2 men or 2 women, 1 woman & 3 men, 2 men & 15 women, 83 men and 56 women, etc). It is a set of contractual rights, we should allow people to contract freely. Call this group of rights whatever you want.
"It's fighting radicals that want rights based on sexual attraction and feelings and spending trillions on worthless government programs (bailouts, welfare, socialized medicine, etc.) that cost."
You sound pretty er, um radical. I'm assuming then, that you were assigned your mate and have no feelings or attraction and feel the need to replicate out of duty?
Add your comment
Comments are monitored. Any comments found to be abusive, offensive, off-topic, misrepresentative, more than 200 words or containing URLs will not be posted.
E-mail address: For internal use only. We may want to contact you to publish your comment (not your e-mail address) in the newspaper or for a separate story idea.
- Busiest postal day will be Dec. 14 12:03 p.m.
- Westminster pres. joins lib ed group 12:01 p.m.
- Dr.: Mitchell deluded, incompetent 12:00 p.m.
- Arts survey finds drops in attendance 11:03 a.m.
- Palestinian files suit over 'Bruno' 11:01 a.m.
- Alexa Joel 'devastating heartbreak' 10:56 a.m.
- Actress got close to the president 10:55 a.m.
- Scuffle doesn't stop 'Wicked' in Ohio 10:54 a.m.
- Swine flu toll includes a few pets 10:52 a.m.
- Mistake vs. repeat affairs probed 10:49 a.m.
- Crash landing next to I-15
- Nude bathers cited for lewdness
- Palin signs books, chats with fans
- Psychologist: Mitchell schizophrenic
- Panel passes BCS playoff bill
- Jazz fall apart late at L.A.
- Few details on missing W.V. mom
- I-15 expansion barreling south
- Max Hall wants to look ahead
- Hot Rod behind mic for Lakers
- Letters: Global warming a lie
239 - TCU to play Boise in Fiesta Bowl
206 - BYU football: Bronco weighs in on Hall
188 - Cougars going back to Vegas
150 - Utah/BYU rivalry can be more civil
148 - Andersen apologizes for Jordan hoax
140 - Palin signs books, chats with fans
126 - Max Hall wants to look ahead
122 - Revive full food tax?
102 - Panel passes BCS playoff bill
99
Love him or hate him, Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch knows how to get attention.
My wife Lisa and I would prefer never to argue. But that's not going to...
For the latest news in the health care debate and how it affects you...
Only in Utah. The "lewdness" all belongs to the deputies who went up there...
it is not the swine flu that hit the us before. it is h1n1 a much easier to...
"So BYU can't run their mouths because they haven't won in the tourney for...
I suspect the only way to stop smoking is to raise the taxes to much higher...
Totally Cluless!! You must be a zoobie troll. First of all it is NOT...
" "Sloanaholics" I think no one here blames Jerry completely for the loss, it...
I agree, GO! SARAH PALIN!!! Don't listen to the little minded crybabies that...
Jim Jones was a phenomenal talent. No one captured the southwest better than...
I have to correct you on one thing my "Friend" he didn't "TRIPLE THE DEFICIT"...
The Federal Reserve has the intrinsic self preservaton of the banking system....


