gets pregnant? I have no idea how that plays out legally, but the
institution of marriage between the two women in your example is just as
valid as the marriage between a woman and a man in my example. That's
up for pre-existing custody laws, or (hopefully) the principles
themselves, to decide.
- Jim
Matthew Small wrote:
>You're missing the main point - in a same sex marriage, only one person is the biological parent (assuming no adoption). What happens when a bi-sexual married female has sex with a man and gets pregnant - who are the parents? Both women and the guy?
>
>- Matt Small
>
>----- Original Message -----
> From: Smith, Matthew P -CONT(CSC)
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:43 AM
> Subject: RE: You People
>
>
> >> What happens when a same-sex couple divorces? Who gets the child? Who pays alimony?
>
>
> Are these questions any clearer in traditional marriages?
>
> >> WIll be be ok for any two people to get married just for the benefits?
>
>
> People do this all the time already, either contractually for legal benefits, or to gain the "roomie" benefits in common law marriages.
> Matthew
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:43 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: You People
>
>
> What happens when a same-sex couple divorces? Who gets the child? Who pays alimony? WIll be be ok for any two people to get married just for the benefits? A couple of guys are roommates, one needs health insurance, the other has it so they get married. In the military, a person gets extra money to live off base when he/she gets married - will that apply to a couple of privates who don't want to live in the barracks? There are a lot of issues that this will confound.
>
> - Matt Small
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Haggerty, Mike
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:24 AM
> Subject: RE: You People
>
> I'm not sure this is guilt some much as my stupid-people sense kicking
> in. I mean, I'm not rapidly opposed to the idea, I can just see
> situations where it might be put to bad use.
>
> Soemthing strikes me as odd when two guys could watch the Red Sox play a
> 1:00 game, get wasted on Schlitz, and end up at a county courthouse
> later that day with the full legal right to get married. That's not
> catholic guilt, that's a joke people were telling back in the 50s.
>
> Or a fraternity could use it as a hazing ritual, getting all the plebes
> married off to one another. I have seen this done in mock fashion, and I
> know people who would have made kids go all the way (and kids who would
> have).
>
> Or a gang thing where you have to prove how hardcore you are.
>
> Imagine if downtrodden men were marrying themselves off to help
> immigrants get citizenship. Panhandlers will beat themselves up with
> sticks for a $20, why not marriage?
>
> It just strikes me as running counter to the stated aims of the
> instituion of marriage, to bring social and financial stablity to a
> country. People could easily abuse this for short-term gain, amusement,
> status, etc. The bar would need to be set fairly high in order to avoid
> the problems that go along with it.
>
> M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:05 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: You People
>
> >I blame the Liberals on this list for derailing my train of thought.
> >Nobody ever talk about same sex marriage again, it gives me the
> willies.
>
> That's just your catholic guilt reflex kicking in man. You'll get over
> it
> :)
>
> Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:05 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: You People
>
> I had something important I was going to respond to, where someone asked
> a question and didn't get a response. I had it all thought out and was
> getting ready to put it to email, when someone asked me something about
> stylesheets here in the office. I helped him out, then that thread about
> Massachusetts came up and I had to post something dumb.
>
> Now I can't remember what I was going to say, or who I was going to
> respond to. I looked through all the messages (handily sorted by
> Microsoft Outlook 2003, the best email editor there is or ever will be)
> and realized I cannot find what I was going to respond to.
>
> ...
>
> I blame the Liberals on this list for derailing my train of thought.
> Nobody ever talk about same sex marriage again, it gives me the willies.
>
> M
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