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Same-Sex Marriage Amendment


Apology:  This page was created because much of the news on same sex marriage was and is simply wrong or just rumor.  This page will list news that is significant, well referenced, and from a reliable source.  All news articles are investigated for accuracy and posted only if it demonstrates a significant event in the same sex marriage debate.  The end goal being a nation that is committed state by state and nationally to same sex marriage being either legal or criminal.  The US is rapidly heading to the goal of taking a stand either for or against same sex marriage.  


Gay Marriage News
  • 3/9/10 Florida is the only state with a law that outright bans gay adoption.  This has recently been overturned by a state judge and is likely headed to the Florida state supreme court ref.  This is a case worth watching.

  • 3/1/10 rationale for possible outcomes of the prop 8 trial: legalize based on same sex marriage, legalize based on animus, legalize based on special circumstances, illegal based on no precedence for such a ruling. ref  This is just something to read while we wait for a ruling, plus it can be useful to look at after the ruling.

  • 2/17/10 The U.S. Supreme Court will hear whether the names of Washington Referendum 71 signers may or may not be released to the public.  When names are released this results in widespread harassment and violence against the signers ref.

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States that have constitutional amendments banning Gay marriage (30)


States that have amendments to ban gay marriage on the ballot (0)
States that do not have constitutional amendments banning gay marriage


Gay marriage is legal in the following states (5)


Hot states to be watched for in the marriage debate (1)
  • California
This is news to me, but apparently a US constitutional amendment cannot be overturned in court.  Not sure if this is all that true.  ref.  
Countries with laws to support Gay Marriage (7)


  • Sweden
  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
  • Spain
  • Canada
  • South Africa
  • Norway


Note: While I do not support Gay marriage I am glad that Canada has made a stand on this issue and are not being wishy washy about it.  To be wishy washy is worse than a decision to follow evil in my view.  

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Alternatives to foreign energy
  • 3/3/10 17% - 20% of the electricity generated in Iowa comes from wind.  This is an increase of 5% over last year.ref

    I am interested in this, because at present nearly all of the countries in the middle east are war like and hate the U.S. Their near total control of the world's oil puts the U.S. largely at their mercy and we should not be.  Their hold over us compromises our morals at a fundamental level.

  • 1/26/10 There was a 39% increase in wind capacity over the previous year ref.  Today there is 35,000 MW of wind capacity in the U.S. as compared to 16,780 the year before.  35,000 accounts for nearly 2% of the nations electricity use with an estimated 3% in 2011 ref and ref.

    hydroelectric =  7%
    coal          = 45%
    nuclear + NG  = 20%
    wind          =  2%

    Cars are using less oil and more electricity, which looks to be a good indication that we are moving away from our dependence on foreign oil.

    Note: See last year's article on this for comparison 4/29/09.

  • 11/19/09 Five common hybrid car myths.  

  • 8/24/09 Here is an article from Physorg about a comparison of the potentials of different energy sources such as oil, fusion, fission, coal, solar and hydrogen and how feasible they are.  I like this article because it takes the position of a non environmentalist like myself and comes up with the position that solar hydrogen is the best solution.  The article looks pretty well thought out and easy enough to read and just makes sense.

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