After George W. Bush’s reign of error, Alberto “The Amnesiac” Gonzales’ stint as attorney general and Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s secession eruptions before cheering crowds of locals with teabags for brains, it’s reasonable to wonder about the people of that state.
But hold on for the latest: The Lone Star State’s narrow and nil of mind, in their dimwitted drive to outlaw gay marriage and even civil unions, might’ve managed to outlaw all marriages.
We’re not going to explain the sordid details here. You can read them in McClatchy’s well-written story.
We will note that this potential screw-up of major proportions can be credited to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, a Republican.
Of course.
It’s reasonable to wonder just how many dull tools the Texas shed holds. We get the impression it’s an endless supply.
After reading the amendment, even I can see the potential for trouble with the wording. Knee jerk legislation at it’s finest. Gotta love Texas. Having lived there during the 1970s, it comes as no surprise though.
Brilliant strategery! By outlawing all marriages, the primary weapon of The Gay Agenda has been thwarted, thereby saving all heterosexual marriages from destruction! If there were such things as heterosexual marriages.
The gay agenda: just wait while the stupid ones take care of it for us.
Texas – It’s A Whole Other Country.
I can see ceremonies being conducted, re-wedding 50,000 couples at a time, like the ones in Korea.
Hope so! Married a foolby trickery and wasn’t together for 90 days. Maybe I won’t have to pay for a divorce.
Too funny. There really are a lot of dull tools in the Texas shed; or a lot of dim porchlights, or something.
There was another case in Texas, where a gay married couple (from one of the states that allows gay marriage) had moved to Texas, and later they wanted to divorce. Texas wouldn’t let them get divorced, because that would mean they recognized the sanctity of the gay marriage in the first place. So this gay couple was forced to stay married, just so Texas could demonstrate that gay marriage was wicked and illegal.
People outside of Texas were able to see a certain irony.
“Knee-jerk legislation” is a good term for it, Macrum. On principle I don’t want to tar the whole population of any state with one broad brush. Texans keep making it hard not to.
Randal, I know there are marriages of heterosexuals because I’m half of one. Despite all the inroads being made by gays and lesbians on the civil unions and matrimonial front, neither of us has felt the slightest tremor in our loving relationship. Nor do we expect to.
Jeff, heh, if you’re depending on the dummies, you’re definitely being served.
Holte, if Texas conservatives, Republicans, teabaggers and the like continue on their present course, a whole lot of the rest of us will be ready to say adios — making sure they take their DeLays, Armeys, Gramms and Perrys with them.
Dwight, good luck with your situation. All I can say is, keep an eye on the news and/or check with an attorney.
Tom, that’s one hell of a story. What terrific irony.
I hope it catches on everywhere. Marriage ain’t all it’s cracked up to be, y’know.
It’s reasonable to wonder just how many dull tools the Texas shed holds. We get the impression it’s an endless supply.
Well…most Texans used to think that G.W. Bush was the worst governor the state had ever seen…until Rick Perry arrived on the scene. So apparently the supply is endless.