Because they do not get the same benifits that a married couple gets. They are not the first in line upon a spouses death without a will: they are not considered family by hospitals.....yadayadayada.
I don't give a shit if a church don't wanna a marry their gay ass but they should have equal rights.
I believe that each and everyone of us ought to be able to marry the one they love upon legal consent. Plenty of gay ass churchs for them to get married in!
For you that think the Fed's should not decide but the states should, why not take it even closer to the people and let each person decide. Denying them things that you or I can have is just not right. Once they decide to marry, they should legally be treated like any other married couple.
Originally Posted by WTF
Hellfire! I didn't know we were headed all the way down to the individual. Why stop with above? What is "legal consent"? If its love its love. "Old enough to bleed" and all that stuff.
I mean, if society is not to have anything to say about things at any locality level...where does all this 18 shit come from? What about sheep? I hear tell those T-Sips like that kind of thing. I mean were not neccesarily talking about promoting some kind of conception here. Its only love that matters. Somehow you're not being...what was it you call it?...Oh yeah, Linier, or something like that. If you're gonna draw the line under the individual...then draw it for everything.
And by the way, if you are gonna head all the way down to the individual on everything...I'm gonna need more time. Forget marriage and unions...I'll have a long list.
That does not mean that I have to like it but tough shit on what I like.
Originally Posted by WTF
Hell, I think you're liking where this is headed more than you let on. Are you a T-Sip?
Now, if instead, we're gonna head back into some semblence of the real world...I'd agree that on a federal basis (i.e. federal taxes, federal benefits and such) that whatever kind of union is recognized by a state ought to be recognized for those federal purposes. But that doesn't mean that I think every state has to recognize the same set of rules for unions.