Summary
Colorado voters passed Amendment J, removing language from the state constitution that defined marriage exclusively as a union between one man and one woman.
This 2006 provision, previously enshrined by Amendment 43, conflicted with the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supporters, including LGBTQ+ advocacy group One Colorado, argue that Amendment J safeguards same-sex marriage in the state if federal protections are ever overturned.
Opponents, like Focus on the Family and the Colorado Catholic Conference, uphold traditional marriage definitions, asserting that marriage should reflect biological complementarity and support children’s well-being through both maternal and paternal roles.
Will be overruled by national ban next year.
But states rights!!! /s
While voting for this, I was shocked that the ban on gay marriage passed on 2006. Reminded me that even though we’ve had some shithead leaders over the years, at least we’re making some progress.
California passed Proposition 8 (one man one woman)in 2008! Thankfully we saw sense, and this time we passed Prop 3 (the right to marry is a fundamental right/ equal protection).
We may be a little screwy about the number line, but hopefully we’re still a bastion of humanity.
Well, give it a few months, trump will remove it all.
That was just 3 years after homosexuality was legalized. They were still reacting from Lawrence v TX and prepping for the push for marriage Equality.
Well that’s nice.
Until a federal ban.
Same thought when I read about Missouri voting for access to abortion, and for Republicans.
I’m just so dumbfounded by how many progressive constitutional amendments got passed but voted Republican.
I just can’t comprehend someone saying, “You know, this asshole took away my abortion rights but since I’m voting to restore them, I guess he should get another shot.”
These people think that abortion amendments are going to hold when their dear leader is in the White House.
Americans are morons. That’s it.
Apparently Trump’s numbers are same compared to 2020 but something like 14 million Biden voters chose to stay home than vote for Harris.
Absolute fuckwits.
Edit: Trump lost 3 million voters compared to 2020.
democrats were warned during biden’s campaign in 2020 they (the left) wouldn’t do it again for them. and you’re surprised that they followed through when presented with a genocidal candidate? :shocked pikachu:
I mean, yes, I am surprised that they sat on their asses and tacitly chose the even more genocidal candidate.
I get not wanting to make the choice between eating dirt or wet shit, but sitting this one out was just asking for wet shit.
You were warned. You decided to hold your nose and believe the polls that everything was close and would be okay if you just high handed brow beat people enough.
You are as much to blame as Harris’ campaign because you’re comfortable with supporting a genicide. Please go touch grass, do some shrooms, whatever you need to do to connect with your community.
You gave Harris and biden permission to behave this way and you caused this just as much as they did.
Since when is Trump DNC candidate?
maybe if the dems would stop fielding such uninspuring candidates whos main argument seems to be “i’m not that guy” they might get somewhere
Sure buddy. It’s all someone else’s fault that you didn’t get the perfect candidate that you wanted.
So you stayed home and look who you got as a president.
Good job protesting against DNC. 👍
I’m from the UK so i don’t have the option to vote in the US election, if i were a US citizen i would have voted for Harris. Take it as an outside perspective. Improve or fuck off. Trump got less votes than he did last time and won both the popular vote and the electoral college.
The numbers don’t lie, a politician that doesn’t get people to vote for them is about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
do better.
Becoming a fascist dictatorship to own the neoliberals
Yup. Back we go.
That’s why we’re out of here ASAP.
Edit: Are queerphobes downvoting me or something? Sorry, I’m not going to stick around and watch my daughter get marched into a conversion therapy camp.
You know what? I can’t blame you. I just had my world view that most people are kind beings ripped from me. I plan on sinking with the ship and doing anything i can like a good sailor.
If I didn’t have someone who depends on me 100%, I might stay. But she is my number one priority.
I always tell people who are reluctant to cut off narcissistic parents: you owe your parents nothing. You didn’t ask to exist. They owe you everything.
Good luck, and god speed.
Thank you.
I don’t blame anyone for leaving. The country is lost. It will make me very sad to see the number of good people go down, but also happy that they escaped the hellscape that is coming.
I just wish I could take everyone with me. Especially my daughter’s girlfriend and her close friend who is trans.
Yes, but for the love of god, don’t look up narcissistic parents on YT if you don’t have any or it’ll hound you with those video recommendations until the end of time. Trust.
people are kind beings ripped from me
Covid was a big sobering moment for me as it materialized everything I read in history. I’m done with giving anyone the benefit of the doubt. People are fucking stupid and I can’t be trusted.
Deleted prior comment because the comment didnt add to the conversation and I got lost in my own spiral.
But Squid, I think its admirable to put your daughter first. Everyone with half a brain knows that decisions like this, uprooting an established family and everything you know, isnt made lightly/on a whim. You’re showing your support of her well-being, and every time you talk about her on here, you come off as such a loving parent. We should all be so lucky. And, youve talked about having chronic illness before and it sounds like youre headed to a place with socialized health care. I wish you and yours all the luck in the world.
As for my husband and I, we’re childfree by choice, so we’re the best kinda people to stay behind. The kind who can weigh decisions against our own well being and decide what we can/cant handle exposing ourselves to without mixing up a child in this mess.
Fuckin’ not staying in Texas tho.
The question is: where? The US isn’t perfect, but not many countries are. Is there still a country out there that’s free and open to all?
Where for me is the UK, where I am also a citizen. No, it is nowhere near perfect. They also don’t have a government that’s going to force my daughter into a conversion camp. If that happens one day? Well, we’ll have to cross that bridge when we come to it. She’ll be much safer there for now than she is here.
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Article didn’t say - how much did it pass by?
Looked it up myself - they’re still counting votes but as of now 63.8% of voters supported it.
fuck, dude
