On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I feel that homosexual couples should be granted the same rights as a > heterosexual couple - as a matter of fact, I think they should just be > called 'couples'. This includes, legally being a 'spouse' and all the > benefits that affords - including health insurance, inheritance, > sharing of property, etc. These rights, in my opinion, also include > being able to use the same legal terms to define the relationship.
Agreed. > Traditionally, when you take a spouse, you are considered 'married'. > For most people, this involves a religious ceremony, but it does not > have to. When you get married in a church, for example, you actually > are doing 2 things - 1. You are entering into a 'civil contract' with > the other person and 2. you are celebrating a religious ceremony. A > heterosexual couple has the option to get 'married' by a 'justice of > the peace', etc without having a religious ceremony. A homosexual > couple does not. That right there is the discrimination. In many states they can have a civil union performed by the justice of the peace. We need to make it available and recognized in all states. Plus the rights must equal those of a marriage. Until then it is discrimination. > I personally do not care if the government changes the word they use > to describe this relationship, or if they simply allow homosexual > couples to get 'married' in the civil sense. What I do care about is > that every consenting couple who wants to enter into this kind of > relationship be afforded the same rights. My argument is if using the word marriage offends why bother. So few gays care about the term. Get the rights and to hell with the name. > Its funny you talk about fighting over a word, yet, a lot of > conservatives I have spoken to are against changing the legal term > from 'marriage' to something else, and using that term for ALL > COUPLES. It's apparently supposed to be good enough for homosexual > couples to be in a 'civil union' but its not OK for heterosexual > couples. Again, there is the discrimination. Are they here now? Because I can't speak for them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326474 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
