In other CO legislative news- CO General Assembly Passes Civil Unions Bill

[Irving]

If I remember correctly, doesn't Colorado have common law marriage where if you live with someone for more than 7 years and others know then by default you end up married?

I believe it is six months.

[palepainter]

Although I could completely care less what any one does I their bedroom, I am still disappointed with what I had heard during testimonial in the State House. I listened to a bunch of whiney homosexuals cry about their rights.... The very same day that the Senate decided to take away our rights. So part of me say...fuck them all. It is apparently ok to have the rights to be a butt plunger or a dildoe jockey, but ok for me to have my rights to bear arms infringed.

[BlasterBob]

Although I could completely care less what any one does I their bedroom, I am still disappointed with what I had heard during testimonial in the State House. I listened to a bunch of whiney homosexuals cry about their rights.... The very same day that the Senate decided to take away our rights. So part of me say...fuck them all. It is apparently ok to have the rights to be a butt plunger or a dildoe jockey, but ok for me to have my rights to bear arms infringed.

+1,000

[davsel]

... Freedom of religion also means freedom FROM religion.

Um, no, it doesn't.


Amendment 1 USC
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

[davsel]

... "An armed homosexual is better than a dead one!"

Um, no, it isn't.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14650663

Abstract

Is domestic violence more frequent in homosexual partnerships? The 1996 National Household Survey of Drug Abuse, based upon a random sample of 12,381 adults aged 18 to 59 years, estimated that 828,900 men and 828,678 women engaged in homosexuality in the prior 12 months. Random surveys indicated that at any given time, 29% of homosexual men and 32% of homosexual women are in same-sex partnerships. The National Criminal Victimization Survey for 1993 to 1999 reported that 0.24% of married women and 0.035% of married men were victims of domestic violence annually versus 4.6% of the men and 5.8% of the women reporting same-sex partnerships. Domestic violence appears to be more frequently reported in same-sex partnerships than among the married.

[Irving]

People most likely to be in abusive relationships are least in need of protection. Got it.

[Trisha]

We're happy it passed but we've never voted any issue before gun rights. Ever. I've gone further, criticizing hate crimes legislation, as the priority to be self-reliant and defend yourself against the predator requires (in my case, as I'm not the physical equivalent to a pumped-up nutcase) Vermont-style shall-issue concealed carry foremost!

And that got the GLBT community pissed.

[Rabid]

If I remember correctly, doesn't Colorado have common law marriage where if you live with someone for more than 7 years and others know then by default you end up married?

In Colorado you just have to meet some qualifiers to prove it in court. Some of them are cohabitation, joint bank account, filling joint tax returns, introducing your self as husband and wife. There is no fixed time period, you just need to convey your self as if you were legally married and you have a common law marriage.

[Rucker61]

Um, no, it doesn't.


Amendment 1 USC
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

What does Freedom From Religion mean to each of you? Unless the definition is agreed upon, the argument is not going to accomplish much.

[Epyon]

Um, no, it isn't.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14650663

Abstract

Is domestic violence more frequent in homosexual partnerships? The 1996 National Household Survey of Drug Abuse, based upon a random sample of 12,381 adults aged 18 to 59 years, estimated that 828,900 men and 828,678 women engaged in homosexuality in the prior 12 months. Random surveys indicated that at any given time, 29% of homosexual men and 32% of homosexual women are in same-sex partnerships. The National Criminal Victimization Survey for 1993 to 1999 reported that 0.24% of married women and 0.035% of married men were victims of domestic violence annually versus 4.6% of the men and 5.8% of the women reporting same-sex partnerships. Domestic violence appears to be more frequently reported in same-sex partnerships than among the married.

Nice try, I never specified what kind of violence they are defending themselves against whether it was domestic violence or an attacker trying to carry out a hate crime. Your statistics hold nothing, it doesn't even make a mention of use of a firearm in homosexual domestic violence. Add to the fact that the Family Research Institute has religious bias tied into their views. I should also mention that you're entitled to throw numbers at a personal opinion all you want, even if you have no idea what my broad statement is about.