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Originally Posted by hkbajwa  Well i think the case is strong. There is no reason to legislate the right to call one self "married". The only reason ever provided is the morality of it. Morality is entirely subjective and cannot be used as a justification for any legislation.
On the other hand i have yet to see ANY sort of evidence that allowing gay couples to call their co-habitation "marriage" ( with ensuing legal rights and obligations ) will result in the destruction of the state and or of the institution of marriage.
It is every individual's right to choose what they believe, who they partner with, who they sleep with and who they live out their lives with. It is also their right to call it whatever they wish and it is their inalienable right to wish the same legal safeguards ( and obligations) that heterosexual couples have.
In any case this particular article speaks of how marriage went from being totally unlegislated to being a legislative tool to keep a record of who deserves what. Since the marital status of a person often doesn't reflect the exact relationship he/she has with dependents it may be time to move on from that.
IN ANY CASE there seems to be no reason to exclude gays from this framework other than antipathy to homosexuality. | Very well said..........I have been saying that all along but I guess that I didn't put it in the right words. My partner and I married in Ca. last yr and live in Scotland now as civil partners.We have the same rights here as a married couple and the civil partnership is not just for same-sex couples.Any persons can apply for it. As for me I really don't care what it is called as long as we have the same rights as any couple.Now we can fill secure that if something happens to the other that the one left behind will be taken care of,just like a hetero couple would.
Being from the U.S. I fill that if they would follow the plan of the U.K. all of this would be excepted by americans more so than pushing for "marriage". The problem I see is that most of americans don't even know what the U.K. plan is becouse the U.S. Gov doesn't want them to know.If the Gov keeps the marriage issue in the spot light it makes us look like we are trying to steal
something that they hold sacrite, and suits there agenda to keep gays from the rights they should have. |