<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Top California court backs gay marriage : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>61964</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Top California court backs gay marriage]]></title><description><![CDATA[The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday the state cannot bar same-sex marriages, marking a major victory for gay rights advocates that may have national implications.]]></description><comments>17</comments><score>323</score><crdate>5/15/2008 1:48:54 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T13:48:54+01:00</atomdate></link><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/plime-com/l/61964/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (17)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/plime-com/l/61964-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/plime-com/l/61964-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/plime-com/l/61964-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (1)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/plime-com/l/61964/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><comment><id>258569</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q18</url><title><![CDATA[T1000 @ 5/16/2008 3:47:50 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/61964/1/#q17"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>dollyllama</b> : There's <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.springerlink.com/content/gu103t1v37246142/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this</a>, though I cannot find an abstract online (so far) but your local library might carry the text.<br/><br/>And of course the standard, <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2003/11/the_homosexuali.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Freud</a>.<br/><br/>There are <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.oogachaga.com/downloads/homophobia_and_homosexual_arousal.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">others</a> (that study is cited in the above article).</i></div>Interesting. Thanks. Heh, I've been reading a lot of strange stuff lately.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/16/2008 3:47:50 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-16T03:47:50+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>258322</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q17</url><title><![CDATA[dollyllama @ 5/15/2008 8:16:49 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/61964/1/#q15"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>T1000</b> : OK, people can be gay if they want and whatever I don't care, but I need a little mythbusting here. Everyone always says that, but is it really true? Can you show me a study?</i></div>There's <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.springerlink.com/content/gu103t1v37246142/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this</a>, though I cannot find an abstract online (so far) but your local library might carry the text.<br/><br/>And of course the standard, <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2003/11/the_homosexuali.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Freud</a>.<br/><br/>There are <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.oogachaga.com/downloads/homophobia_and_homosexual_arousal.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">others</a> (that study is cited in the above article).]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/15/2008 8:16:49 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T20:16:49+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>258225</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q16</url><title><![CDATA[mewhitenoise @ 5/15/2008 5:21:42 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Good. I'm glad our country seems to be slowly escaping from the grip of the Christian religion.  Hopefully this will spread.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/15/2008 5:21:42 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T17:21:42+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>258200</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q15</url><title><![CDATA[T1000 @ 5/15/2008 4:58:48 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/law/l/61964/1/#q13"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>dollyllama</b> : What do you care about anyone's sexual orientation? <br/><br/>Besides, studies have shown that those most aggressively opposed are often latent homosexuals, so it seems that your question about sexual orientation should be directed internally.</i></div>OK, people can be gay if they want and whatever I don't care, but I need a little mythbusting here. Everyone always says that, but is it really true? Can you show me a study?]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/15/2008 4:58:48 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T16:58:48+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>258158</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q14</url><title><![CDATA[donteatpoop @ 5/15/2008 4:32:59 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Yay for gays! And a big &quot;thank you&quot; to the Cali-judges for making a moral decision without allowing religious influences.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/15/2008 4:32:59 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T16:32:59+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>258106</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q13</url><title><![CDATA[dollyllama @ 5/15/2008 4:07:52 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/law/l/61964/1/#q8"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>sandossu</b>&#160;:&#160;You make me unsure about your sexual orientation, but this makes no sense. You still have no sense of humor.</i></div>What do you care about anyone's sexual orientation? <br/><br/>Besides, studies have shown that those most aggressively opposed are often latent homosexuals, so it seems that your question about sexual orientation should be directed internally.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/15/2008 4:07:52 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T16:07:52+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>258090</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q12</url><title><![CDATA[krash @ 5/15/2008 4:00:21 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/law/l/61964/1/#q8"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>sandossu</b> : You make me unsure about your sexual orientation, but this makes no sense. You still have no sense of humor.</i></div>If you think threatening my 'sexual orientation' will do a damn thing to me, you are sadly mistaken my friend.<br/><br/>It was not funny at all and you should be banned for such a remark.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/15/2008 4:00:21 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T16:00:21+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>258055</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q11</url><title><![CDATA[shep182 @ 5/15/2008 3:03:38 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/law/l/61964/1/#q8"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>sandossu</b>&#160;:&#160;You make me unsure about your sexual orientation, but this makes no sense. You still have no sense of humor.</i></div>I find no humor in hate-mongering... there is a fine line between edgy and ignorant... I suggest you contemplate that before making any rash posts calling for the death of people for being different than you.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/15/2008 3:03:38 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T15:03:38+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>258054</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q10</url><title><![CDATA[jhordie @ 5/15/2008 3:00:36 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/law/l/61964/1/#q9"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>coldbladed</b> : Your remark contained no humorous elements. Nor does the second. I recommend you reconsider what is funny and what is crass and rude.</i></div>I second that. I was about to say something very similar.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/15/2008 3:00:36 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T15:00:36+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>258039</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q9</url><title><![CDATA[coldbladed @ 5/15/2008 2:51:16 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/61964/1/#q8"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>sandossu</b> : You make me unsure about your sexual orientation, but this makes no sense. You still have no sense of humor.</i></div>Your remark contained no humorous elements. Nor does the second. I recommend you reconsider what is funny and what is crass and rude.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/15/2008 2:51:16 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T14:51:16+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>258035</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q8</url><title><![CDATA[sandossu @ 5/15/2008 2:44:49 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[You make me unsure about your sexual orientation, but this makes no sense. You still have no sense of humor.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/15/2008 2:44:49 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T14:44:49+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>258016</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q7</url><title><![CDATA[shep182 @ 5/15/2008 2:21:34 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/law/l/61964/1/#q5"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>sandossu</b>&#160;:&#160;They should be allowed to marry and we should be allowed to kill'em.</i></div>My what a wonderfully evolved sense of humanity you have there...]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/15/2008 2:21:34 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T14:21:34+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>258013</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q6</url><title><![CDATA[krash @ 5/15/2008 2:19:05 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/61964/1/#q5"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>sandossu</b> : They should be allowed to marry and we should be allowed to kill'em.</i></div>And you should be removed for being a jackass]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/15/2008 2:19:05 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T14:19:05+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>258011</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q5</url><title><![CDATA[sandossu @ 5/15/2008 2:15:01 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[They should be allowed to marry and we should be allowed to kill'em.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/15/2008 2:15:01 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T14:15:01+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>258010</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q4</url><title><![CDATA[shep182 @ 5/15/2008 2:13:22 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/61964/1/#q3"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>krash</b>&#160;:&#160;I was just going to post this one :)<br/><br/>Gay couples have the right to be just as miserable as the rest of us!<br/><br/><br/>It is about damn time.</i></div>LOL... was thinking of that joke too... but aye... its amazing that Cali wasn't the first state to do this tho... they are supposed to be the big liberal trend setters...]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/15/2008 2:13:22 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T14:13:22+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>258006</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q3</url><title><![CDATA[krash @ 5/15/2008 2:05:43 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[I was just going to post this one :)<br/><br/><br/><br/>Gay couples have the right to be just as miserable as the rest of us!<br/><br/><br/>It is about damn time.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/15/2008 2:05:43 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T14:05:43+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>258004</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/xml_widget.rss#q2</url><title><![CDATA[coldbladed @ 5/15/2008 2:04:28 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[I doubt it'll have national implications but good for the gays, now you guys can get legally divorced too.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/15/2008 2:04:28 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T14:04:28+01:00</atomdate></comment></items></xml>