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Behind the Aegis

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12. It's only a word, why fight over it?!

Reply to viguy007 (Reply #10)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 04:41 PM

Nov 2012

You and your ilk are the ones who are fighting over the word! What I and those like me want are that LGB relationships are treated EQUALLY! This means my relationship status doesn't have to be re-registered every time I move. This means my relationship status is not questioned if I am on vacation in another state and my partner needs medical attention. This means my relationship status is guaranteed the over 1400 federal tax breaks that heterosexual couples get. This means my relationship status protects our finances and all that entails.

Separate is NOT equal!

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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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To think the Republicans RAN on being anti-gay in 04. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #3

Oddly, many people on the "left" seem deeply invested in the idea that our culture is getting worse. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #23

What, are you kidding? Even during the Bush Years we could see the transformation.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #25

Oh, its been on an improving trajectory. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #27

Republicans couldn't survive if everybody was informed and voted. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #28

Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #4

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