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William769

(55,151 posts) Fri Feb 24, 2012, 01:22 PM Feb 2012

Family Research Council Clamoring to "Stop Fake Marriage"

With an ominous cinematic soundtrack and talking points reminiscent of the National Organization for Marriage’s thoroughly parodied “Gathering Storm” ad from a few years ago, the Family Research Council has launched a video initiative “to stop fake marriage” following a string of legislative and legal marriage equality victories throughout the country.

“A small, elite, but influential group of Democrats and Republicans has launched a new campaign to have Washington impose same-sex marriage in every state in the country,” a narrator warns, referring in part to the Commitment Campaign launched last year by D.C.-based think tank Third Way. “This well-funded elite intends to make 2012 the year same-sex marriage is imposed from the top down.”

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/02/24/Family_Research_Council_Clamoring_to_Stop_Fake_Marriage/

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Family Research Council Clamoring to "Stop Fake Marriage" (Original Post) William769 Feb 2012 OP

You mean, like Rush Limbaugh's phoney marriages? rfranklin Feb 2012 #1

I've been saying for YEARS that... Initech Feb 2012 #5

WHICH is why we need to allow same sex marriage. I know a girl who's father was gay but was Justice wanted Feb 2012 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author closeupready Feb 2012 #3

Any marriage where the guy is sneaking out for gay blowjobs is a "fake marriage" saras Feb 2012 #4

In a country with a marriage rate of about 50%, it's pretty clear some straights have RKP5637 Feb 2012 #6

I, for one, wonder how the FRC feels about interfaith marriages Creideiki Feb 2012 #7

rfranklin

(13,200 posts)

1. You mean, like Rush Limbaugh's phoney marriages?

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 01:27 PM

Feb 2012

Will he have to get rid of his beard?

Initech

(100,150 posts)

5. I've been saying for YEARS that...

Reply to rfranklin (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 05:29 PM

Feb 2012

Anyone who's filed for divorce or has cheated on their spouse should get absolutely no say in the marriage debate. It's funny that the people who are the ones calling for that bullshit marriage amendment are the ones most likely to do those things.

Justice wanted

(2,657 posts)

2. WHICH is why we need to allow same sex marriage. I know a girl who's father was gay but was

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 01:29 PM

Feb 2012

forced into a "Traditional marriage". The girl's mother only married the father so she could continue with her affair with a married man.

The father was miserable the girl was miserable and it only help to hid the Affair.

When the mother passed away the girl's father was able to be himself and he was so much happier. He even became a better father to the girl --who turns out wasn't his biological daughter that the mother promised she was.

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saras

(6,670 posts)

4. Any marriage where the guy is sneaking out for gay blowjobs is a "fake marriage"

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 03:28 PM

Feb 2012

Same-sex marriage IMPOSED? Wow. Well hell, if everyone gets to be married without having to court or compete, maybe it's worth settling for the wrong gender of partner.

"same-sex marriage is imposed from the top down."
I can't get myself to believe they weren't thinking of the other meaning of "top"

small, elite?

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

6. In a country with a marriage rate of about 50%, it's pretty clear some straights have

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 09:21 PM

Feb 2012

some real problems with marriage ... and I wonder how many of those lash out against gay marriage.

To me, it's always a question of WTF is the big deal if a couple of same sex people want to get married. Does that mean that for every married gay couple a straight couple has to get divorced? Are they going to catch "the gay." Damn this country is so F'en weird, really really weird.

Creideiki

(2,567 posts)

7. I, for one, wonder how the FRC feels about interfaith marriages

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 11:30 PM

Feb 2012

Say, for example, if someone were nominally Christian--let's call her Maggie--decided to marry someone who is a (sarcasm) heathen Hindu (/sarcasm)--let's call him Raman--should we declare that a "Fake Marriage"? And could two such people be married in a Catholic church by a Catholic priest? I'm just curious because my sister-in-law's parish priest would not marry my brother and her until my brother converted from Lutheran to Catholic. So if they couldn't be married in a church, how can they be "Real Married"?

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