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viguy007

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10. I believe all domestic partnerships should have equal rights

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #5)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 01:18 PM

Nov 2012

But a domestic partnership between a man and a woman is the relationship which a state can define as a marriage. It is only a word, why fight over it. It is a subset of the set "domestic partnership'. The greater set "domestic partnerships" has equal legal, economic, and social rights for all.

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I am your reason to support marriage equality - You *must* watch this! [View all] WillParkinson Nov 2012 OP

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Same-sex marriage is not a "foreign value forced on others", it is a matter of EQUALITY. Behind the Aegis Nov 2012 #5

I believe all domestic partnerships should have equal rights viguy007 Nov 2012 #10

It's only a word, why fight over it?! Behind the Aegis Nov 2012 #12

"It is only a word, why fight over it". Seriously you have to ask? William769 Nov 2012 #16

Equal protection under the law has FieryLocks Nov 2012 #17

It's not just a word EvolveOrConvolve Nov 2012 #18

I see it closely paralleling religious freedom. reusrename Nov 2012 #29

So all that time mythology Nov 2012 #22

If a more local level is better, how about the most local level of all- the individual? Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #6

We disagree over the use of a word viguy007 Nov 2012 #11

Why deny the gay couple down the street the right to use the civic word "marriage" just b/c it bugs Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #14

Indeed, why argue over the use of a word when the solution is simple. Equal rights. And regarding uppityperson Nov 2012 #20

Why should the state legislate a difference without distinction? Its marriage for everyone. marble falls Aug 2019 #32

The most local is the indiviual. Vanje Nov 2012 #24

The irony here is that the only Federal efforts are to ban same sex marriage hootinholler Nov 2012 #26

I'd like to inject a bit of history into the marriage equality issue justiceischeap Nov 2012 #7

Shared for my daughter, for my friends, for those I don't know, for us all. wellstone dem Nov 2012 #8

Good luck Wellstone Dem! WillParkinson Nov 2012 #9

I'm for getting rid of the term "marriage" and make them all "domestic partnerships" cherish44 Nov 2012 #13

Y'know what, though? yoyossarian Nov 2012 #15

+1 n/t ChazII Nov 2012 #19

That is not going to happen. "Marriage" as a civic and legal intitution is well established. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #21

Thank you! WillParkinson Nov 2012 #30

Man, we have come a long way. DonRedwood Nov 2012 #31