He was making a point about marriage vs. civil unions. We could try and make them equal, but they never would be. So, remove legal status from marriage, and have all legal pairings of that nature be civil unions. Make marriage a religious or cultural status, rather than a legal one.
In other words, he's on our side, even if he took a roundabout path to get there. --Ben Larry C. Lyons wrote: > so separate but equal is OK as well. I thought that the SOCOTUS > disagreed with that one. > > larry > > On 11/9/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>So why did we change slavery, women's voting rights, or civil rights? >>>The same reason: persecution of the minority by the majority. >>>Whenever you deny somebody a right other's have, you are persecuting >>>them. Banning Gay Marriage is simply immoral. >>> >>>A constitutional amendment against Gay Marriage is, in fact, about the >>>most cowardly, childish, vindictive act of denial there is. It >>>essentially says, "even though we know you will live together as >>>married couples anyway, we will deny you equal rights because we don't >>>like it." >> >>Wait a minute, I want a clarification here. Does a civil union grant >>partners the same rights as marriage? I'm curious because, I've always been >>under the impression that a "marriage" is nothing more than a civil union in >>the eyes of the government. >> >>If a civil union is the same as a marriage, and gays can join into civil >>unions, then i don't see anyone's equal rights being denied. Again, that is >>IF civil unions offer the same rights...which I don't know. >> >>I think the answer to this is pretty simple: remove the term "marriage" >>completely from the LEGAL aspect of it. Grant all couples a legal civil >>union. Leave the term "marriage" to the religious folks who can, and will, >>deny that rite (sacrament) from whomever they choose. >> >> >> >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:180606 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
