> just about what goes on in the bedroom, I think most of us
> would care less too. But it is more then that. The
> interpretation of marriage does discriminate against gay
> couples because they are being denied civil rights that
> straight couples have concerning insurance, inheritance,
> taxes, ect.
> If you won't accept marriage as anything other then a
> union between a man and women, fine. Just remove all the
> civil rights that go along with that definition and make
> sure these are applied to all couples equally.
Personally I would prefer the latter approach. Sure there ought to be
laws regarding a parental relationship, but imo individual adults
should be treated individually, whether they chose to couple (or
tripple or quadruple or poly-fidelitously line-gaggle) or not. It
would simplify the problem(s) in the only way that these problems can
be simplified: by separating the church and the state.
In lieu of that, I think the only responsible, reasonably egalitarian
course would be to allow all couples the same rights regardless of
gender. I say "reasonably egalitarian" because it's still exclusive of
those of us who deliberately chose to remain single (and child-less)
and to some lesser extent those of us who chose more complex
multi-person relationships. Mostly in an idealogical sense, although I
could see issues involving the 3rd person in a tirade... I mean triad.
:)
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