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Ted Cruz

7 (6.5%)

Rick Santorum

16 (14.8%)

Michelle Bachmann

13 (12%)

Chris Christie

23 (21.3%)

Rand Paul

49 (45.4%)

Total Members Voted: 107

[PyroDesu]

Even then not so much, they need to dig up a lot of seabed and dump all that somewhere, and current plans are to dump it right on top of the reef, pretty much killing off that area. People have lobbied to have the drudge dumped either onshore or much further out to sea so it will have no effect, but both options have been deemed too expense.

The other huge concern is that ships use water as ballast, and they get that water from where ever they dock. So a ship in china would fill its tanks with water in their dock to keep itself safely low enough in the water, come over here, dump the water out and replace the weight with coal. This very often introduces foreign algae and other microbes that can destroy the surrounding natural environment.

Even if everything goes exactly to plan, and not a drop of oil was ever split, it wouldn't matter.

I remember seeing the reef very fondly. If your politicians succeed in fucking it up, expect much rage from this end. Not just because it's one of the 7 Natural Wonders, or that it's a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[kaijyuu]

Same-sex marriage passed by court order...in Utah.

Yeah it's crazy. One judge basically gave the state the finger and went "equality, fuck yeah!"

We'll see how things go forward. I don't think it being legal will stick for very long.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Yeah it's crazy. One judge basically gave the state the finger and went "equality, fuck yeah!"

We'll see how things go forward. I don't think it being legal will stick for very long.

In most cases that would be true, but in this case there's a small problem with that: There was no stay imposed. Couples have already been married, and will continue to be until the appellate court agrees to a stay (though they probably will). At that point, we reach an interesting problem. The Supreme Court isn't going to want to rule on this, but the District Court is almost certainly going to go against SCOTUS, meaning they'll probably have to rule on it.

Now, that's not an absolute chain of events by any means, but I don't think I need to elaborate any further on the way this might end.

[Sheb]

Isn't there a thing where you can't take the marriages away? So the gay couple that are already married will be able to sue the state if they ban gay marriage again?

[mainiac]

I'm unfamiliar with that law.

[Sheb]

I think it's not so much a law as the argument that were used to overrule Proposition 8 in court.

[Reudh]

Yeah it's crazy. One judge basically gave the state the finger and went "equality, fuck yeah!"

We'll see how things go forward. I don't think it being legal will stick for very long.

In most cases that would be true, but in this case there's a small problem with that: There was no stay imposed. Couples have already been married, and will continue to be until the appellate court agrees to a stay (though they probably will). At that point, we reach an interesting problem. The Supreme Court isn't going to want to rule on this, but the District Court is almost certainly going to go against SCOTUS, meaning they'll probably have to rule on it.

Now, that's not an absolute chain of events by any means, but I don't think I need to elaborate any further on the way this might end.

Hah, you guys are just like us! In Canberra, they recently voted for same-sex marriage at the state level, and the government overruled that quicksmart - while also annulling all the same-sex marriages that managed to occur in that one month or so period.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Isn't there a thing where you can't take the marriages away? So the gay couple that are already married will be able to sue the state if they ban gay marriage again?

They might not be able to sue, but they will continued to be married.

Hah, you guys are just like us! In Canberra, they recently voted for same-sex marriage at the state level, and the government overruled that quicksmart - while also annulling all the same-sex marriages that managed to occur in that one month or so period.

Alright, I guess I do need to elaborate: This could result in nationwide legalization of SSM if it reaches the Supreme Court. Given the Windsor ruling, the opposite is unlikely as to be impossible.

[Morrigi]

Gym Teacher allegedly fired for "Being Straight".
...Well this is ironic. Also throws a bunch of fuel on the fire for conservatives.

[Willfor]

Can you get a credible non-tabloid source for that link?

[Morrigi]

Can you get a credible non-tabloid source for that link?

It's all sourced to shit owned by Murdoch, but a separate case showed up in HuffPo from last year.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/09/former-chris-burch-employee-fired-gay_n_1502969.html

[mainiac]

Gym Teacher allegedly fired for "Being Straight".
...Well this is ironic. Also throws a bunch of fuel on the fire for conservatives.

Y'know, this might just be sour grapes with someone making ridiculous accusations after getting canned.

[Morrigi]

Gym Teacher allegedly fired for "Being Straight".
...Well this is ironic. Also throws a bunch of fuel on the fire for conservatives.

Y'know, this might just be sour grapes with someone making ridiculous accusations after getting canned.

It'll all come out in court.

[mainiac]

It'll all come out in court.

Will it though?  Plenty of people throw allegations around without a shred of evidence.  For obvious reasons, they don't actually bring those claims to court.  Hell, most valid claims are settled outside of court.

[FearfulJesuit]

Malaise returns to Georgia.

Also, Chris Christie has signed a state version of the DREAM Act, so we'll see how that plays in the primaries.