Dec. 4th, 2003 11:38 am
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Please send to shrub and every member of the fucking Republican Party in existence.
But, mostly, please read...
Please send to shrub and every member of the fucking Republican Party in existence.
But, mostly, please read...
Re: GREAT ARTICLE!!
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Sorry, I'm climbing down from the soapbox now. I think shrub should be reprogrammed to be understanding of everyone's individuality and lifestyle choices. Make laws to keep kids from being massacred on some satanist's altar, but stay out of people's private lives otherwise!
Sheesh!
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No Two Sides
Personally, I am a libertarian. I don't believe that married couples should have more rights and liberties than unmarried or unionized gay folk. I think marriage as a government institution should be abolished all together since by it's existence it creates 2nd class citizens of those who wish to live an unmarried life.
Leave it as a religous entity to be dealt with outside of the state.
And on a side note, it was Bill Clinton in 1997 who signed the "Defense of Marriage Act" (http://www.rdrop.com/~half/Creations/Writings/Rants/Rants-GayMarriage.html)
Re: No Two Sides
While I may theoretically be all for "getting rid of it all together", that is equally ludicrous. There is a point where attempting to invalidate thousands of years of human history (where "marriage" has more or less always had legal benefits and responsibilities) is like telling us to stop breathing oxygen.
Are you telling me that you believe that married couples should have to fight a deceased spouse's family tooth and nail to keep the things that they earned while married? Do you think they should have to sue a hospital in order to be given the right to see their critically ill and/or dying spouse? Because, to be perfectly frank, that is what it will come down to.