I beleive the issue has more to do with 1) force states to recogize another states marraige...ie gay couple gets married in Cali and moves to Ohio...are they still married? 2) should the sates even make this decision or is this something the federal government should decide.
I'll be honest though I thought this issue was a large crock of steaming hourse crap so I generally ignored it, so my informtion could be completely wrong.... Adam On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:35:21 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But the issue is gay MARRIAGE. It's my understanding that same sex civil > unions are already allowed in most states, granting partners the rights of a > married couple, without necessarily invoking the institution of "marriage". > > Is this not true? > > The argument then becomes....well, why must we settle for "civil union", we > want to be officially "married". So I think you have a lot of people out > there who may be against gay marriage, yet are all for civil unions. I > thought this was Bush's stance as well? > > Kerry's position was "I'm against gay marriage, but I don't want the > constitution to legislate that". > > > > > > Kerry was oppsoed to gay marraiges but he favored civil union. He > > beleived that, for instance, if I was gay and had a boyfriend and he > > was in the hospital I should be able to visit him as "family" and we > > should also be able to seek certain taxes benifits as traditional > > married couples. Kerry did exactly what Bush is unable to do, look > > past his beleifs and decided on a policy that would benifit his > > constituents. Disallowing civil unions helps no one b/c at the end of > > the day those 2 guys might be filing seperately and not bound by law > > but they're still fuckin each night. > > > > > > Adam H > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134201 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
