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Post by skaschep on Jul 11, 2016 16:56:44 GMT -5
I really am speechless by this: David Badash @davidbadash Full #GOP Platform Committee Approves Amendment Defining Marriage as 'Union of One Man and One Woman' buff.ly/29E6gtJ #lgbt #DEM The full 2016 Republican Platform Committee has just passed an amendment redefining marriage as only the union of a man and a woman. The RNC platform committee is meeting this week in Cleveland, and earlier Monday a subcommittee expected to vote to make marriage a states' rights issue opted instead to keep its longstanding call for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Just now, the full platform committee voted to include a platform making marriage the union of one man and one woman, only. Of course, the US Supreme Court has ruling in favor of marriage equality, so try as hard as they may, the RNC will not overturn Obergefell without taking the White House and stacking the court with conservatives who wish to do so. Earlier Monday morning subcommittees voted for amendments that call for to the Bible being taught in schools, for transgender people to use the restroom of the gender they were assigned at birth, voted to keep a call for a ban on same-sex marriage in their 2016 national platform, and voted to support anti-LGBT conversion therapy.
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Post by girldrummer on Jul 11, 2016 17:01:21 GMT -5
Lol reaction from Piers again: Piers Morgan @piersmorgan You don't want to do this mate. They don't call me Magic Harmony Morgan for nothing..... I think it would be very fun if Piers and Adam did a sing-off! They could really make a cool event out of it. Piers could play it up big and be funny, of course, but Adam would win!
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Post by melliemom on Jul 11, 2016 17:17:32 GMT -5
OMG The anti LGBTQ platform is as reactionary as can be....frightening,sickening ,disturbing.....I can barely function after reading this.. If Hillary doesn't win , my DH and I are moving to New Zealand with Supreme Court JusticeRuth Bader Ginsburg
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Post by melliemom on Jul 11, 2016 18:01:35 GMT -5
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Post by houselady on Jul 11, 2016 18:51:07 GMT -5
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Post by houselady on Jul 11, 2016 18:53:06 GMT -5
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Post by cassie on Jul 11, 2016 18:56:03 GMT -5
Idle musings on a very slow day/week. Do you think that Adam comprehends how incredible his voice really is? He routinely praises singers who don't have 1/10 the instrument he does. Does he not recognize the difference between what he does and what they do? On the other hand, he has read statements and has been told by insiders in the industry repeatedly for many years that his voice is amazing. He has dedicated almost 3/4 of his life to his craft and his instrument. In the 2-part interview bamafan posted, the interviewer asks him something about when did he know he could sing. Adam mentions the children's theatre and says he realized he was better than the other kids. So, I'm guessing he knew early on. Not necessarily sure what to do with it but he knew already. There is no question that Adam knew from an early age that he could sing. And sing better than the other kids. My question is not does he know that, but, rather, does he know how phenomenally good his voice is? Not talking pop singer good, rock singer good, musical theater singer good, but singing experts', voice experts' opinion that his voice is amazing? Classical voice teachers using his performances to demonstrate masterful technique, breath control, tone placement, passaggio, articulation? Does Adam know that songs he sings off the cuff, with ease, riffs he executes like they are nothing, others cannot pull off at all? Not sure I am explaining what is rattling around in my head. Oh, well. Just musings on a slow day.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2016 19:09:13 GMT -5
I really am speechless by this: David Badash @davidbadash Full #GOP Platform Committee Approves Amendment Defining Marriage as 'Union of One Man and One Woman' buff.ly/29E6gtJ #lgbt #DEM The full 2016 Republican Platform Committee has just passed an amendment redefining marriage as only the union of a man and a woman. The RNC platform committee is meeting this week in Cleveland, and earlier Monday a subcommittee expected to vote to make marriage a states' rights issue opted instead to keep its longstanding call for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Just now, the full platform committee voted to include a platform making marriage the union of one man and one woman, only. Of course, the US Supreme Court has ruling in favor of marriage equality, so try as hard as they may, the RNC will not overturn Obergefell without taking the White House and stacking the court with conservatives who wish to do so. Earlier Monday morning subcommittees voted for amendments that call for to the Bible being taught in schools, for transgender people to use the restroom of the gender they were assigned at birth, voted to keep a call for a ban on same-sex marriage in their 2016 national platform, and voted to support anti-LGBT conversion therapy.Well if nothing else, you can't accuse them of being shy about going all in. HolyMoly. Add insult to injury, a national religious discrimination bill is set for hearing tomorrow. www.advocate.com/politics/2016/7/11/congress-sticks-it-gays-anniversary-pulse-massacre
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2016 19:11:54 GMT -5
OMG The anti LGBTQ platform is as reactionary as can be....frightening,sickening ,disturbing.....I can barely function after reading this.. If Hillary doesn't win , my DH and I are moving to New Zealand with Supreme Court JusticeRuth Bader Ginsburg Last week they were giving away free houses to get people to move there. I'm thinking we should have applied. :-/ www.sfgate.com/news/article/New-Zealand-town-with-too-many-jobs-is-offering-8337340.php
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Post by melliemom on Jul 11, 2016 19:31:32 GMT -5
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