"So why can't straights have a parade with pride in who they are? Still sounds like a double standard to me."
It is a double standard. Any group that wants to have a parade, can get participants, can afford the costs, should go for it. If others don't like it, they can show up and protest or have a counter event. Freedom of speech has devolved to mean: I am free to say and express what I want but you cannot do anything that offends me. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Having spent the last 14 months dealing with my partner's estate, I could > list thousands of reasons why being married to the one you love and share a > life with is a good idea. There have been so many times when the majority > of the problems would have disappeared if I had only been his wife. I was > executor of his estate, had full financial and medical power of attorney, > and still had to deal with crap like the funeral home not wanting to let me > make the arrangements and pay for the funeral, and vendors who wanted to > talk to either him or "his wife". Plus, I was not eligible for his pension > or his social security, because again, not his wife. Basically, it sucks > to have to deal with all this financial mess and the grief at the same > time. Some days, the stress of it nearly kills me. > > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 7:22 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > In this society you cannot take the government out of marriage. There > > are over 1700 federal benefits for married couples. That doesn't > > include inheritance rights, guardianship, etc. If you want to remove > > government from marriage, you'll have to remove all of those benefits. > > And there will be a howl from all the straight married couples against > > that. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362303 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
