That's actually the exact arrangement I would favor. Religious marriage is completely irrelevant to social contracts. However, marriage as an institution is so enshrined in this nation that it's not going away. Therefore, in the interests of equality, I want to be allowed to marry my same-sex partner, much as any two random heterosexual pair can do, even if they don't even know one another.
David -----Original Message----- From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 2:09 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: has anyone checked on Sam? This validates my original thought, that the solution to this is to remove the legal status from the marriage ceremony and place it in a legally binding state document. Getting around adults marrying kids and people marrying animals is easy (someone did bring the question up) simply by stating in the legislation that you must be of the age of majority in your state, and I don't know of any state where a sheep, or dog, or whatever can sign a legally binding agreement. On the subject of getting out of the contract (Divorce), you could pre-arrange it in the contract, both sides agree to declare it null and void, or negotiate your way out. This brings up another point. would people be adverse to this contract being extended to folks who simply want to pool resources and have someone to take responsibility if the worst happens. Gruss Gott wrote: >> Scott wrote: >> But aren't Civil Unions the same as taking the marriage ceremony out of >> the equation? >> > > The terms are irrelevant save one: equality. > > As long as every legal adult has access to all of the same rights > under all of the same titles I'm for it. > > If there any distinction in title or function of right or liberties > based on sexual preference then I oppose it. > > Here's an analogy: > > Let's say you install public water fountains. At each location you > install 2 spigots and call one a bubbler and the other a fountain. > You then create a law that says white people can drink from both > bubblers and fountains but black people can only drink from fountains. > > Under your devil's advocate logic, both group are provided with equal > function so there's no problem. > > Under my logic, that's discrimination. > > People say "God intended a man and a woman ..." or "nature dictates > that a man and a woman" > > Well people used to say that black people were born to be slaves. > That's what nature intended. > > We've progressed. Gay rights are next. It just takes some people > longer to realize their hypocrisy. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279013 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
