I finally found the time to listen to the debate between Delegate Bob Marshall and Evan Wolfson (of Freedom to Marry) on the Marshall-Newman amendment, graciously uploaded by the Charlottesville Podcasting Network. I was absolutely floored by some new Bob Marshall gems. Such as…well, I’ll just provide you a table.
| WHAT BOB MARSHALL SAID | WHAT IT MEANT |
| I got into this question with the passage in 19, I guess, I don’t know how to say it else…the statement by the Supreme Court in 19, er, 2003 in in Lawrence v. Texas, where they undid sodomy laws in about 16 states, one of these states being Virginia. | I didn’t really care about sodomy until the government said I shouldn’t. I’m a rebel like that. |
| Prior to that, I had no legislative involvement in homosexual activities at all. | Afterwards, I came out of the legislative closet. Bob McDonnell is still there, though. Admit it, Bob! |
| Is marriage just going to include gays and lesbians? How about bisexuals, are we including them? | God forbid a bisexual man marrying a WOMAN! WE CAN’T ALLOW THAT! MARRIAGE IS STRICTLY BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN! |
| So the more dangerous position is to let courts make these decisions, make them on their own whim, and make them outside the tradition of the American culture! | Just like segregation. |
| There has never been as I have been able to find a famous homosexual in history that whined that they weren’t full-fledged citizens of the United States because they can’t get married! | If the oppressed don’t say nothin’, they ain’t oppressed! Hear no evil, see no evil, speak more evil! |
| When you go get the marriage license in Virginia, it doesn’t ask what you did in the bedroom last night, it doesn’t ask whether you’re homosexual. Homosexuals can get married in Virginia, they just don’t like, kind of, the arrangement. | If those damn homos would just marry straight people, we wouldn’t be in this mess. |
| Health insurance comes from holding a job. | Uh…wait, what?! What happened to America’s working uninsured? Are they gay? |
| I made a commitment to Brendan to come here today, does that mean I’m married to him? | You woke up naked in bed in Vegas next to WHO?!! |
| I’ve had a long-term relationship with guys I know, but it’s not marriage. | Um. |
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Health insurance comes from owning a job.
Dear Bob Marshall: You don’t OWN a job, idiot. You are replaceable in any job, including a legislative one.
“Taliban” Bob Marshall is so odd it’s downright funny….too bad he has power….crazy folks like him should be under supervision not making laws for the governement. Too bad he doesn’t follow George Allen’s example and not create bills….
LOL…hmmm…on second thought maybe we should all be happy George Allen hasn’t been creating any legislation….better to have him plagarize….Buzz…Buz…
This kind of points out a typo (he actually said “having” a job), but it doesn’t matter. He’s still dispensable.
Funny and telling post - congratulations.
Excerpts from my blog: “Delegate Robert Marshall has admitted in interviews and debates that he seized onto this quest after Lawrence v. Texas and his homophobia and obsession with sodomy (overlooking that oral sex within heterosexual couples is sodomy – and studies indicate it is rather common). . . . And overlooking the importance of the first change to our Bill of Rights, the heart of our constitutional body, he rammed the legislation through committee, at the dawn of the legislative session, with little notice, and less than an hour of debate (I was there). And then essentially dared anyone to vote against it in the legislature or be painted as pro-queer.”
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[...] The podcast of the recent gay marriage debate between Del. Bob Marshall and Freedom to Marry’s Evan Wolfson is a thing to behold. Marshall made some absolutely outlandish, often outright fictional claims, which Kenton catalogs and translate. Marshall sure makes Virginia Republicans look stupid. [...]