British Lawmakers Approve Gay Marriage

[milo]

milo I honestly can't tell if you're playing devil's advocate for fun or if you're legitimately irritated by the lack of precise logic in a commonly held viewpoint.
In any case this is entertaining. ;p

I have no actual position but I do believe poets should challenge everything. Especially commonly held viewpoints.

milo, of course gays have the same rights as single folks. What they want are the same rights as married folks. My wife will get my pension and social security when I die. She is also a dependent as a homemaker, as well as being legally blind (except for all of those things that she seems to 'see' better than me). If we were not married legally, she would not get either benefit. They are reserved for the married alone. See the problem? Fortunately, heterosexual couples have the choice to marry or not. However, in many states and countries gays don't have the marriage option. We really need someone to be a spoke's person for the gay community or a lawyer, one who is more impassioned to debate with you.

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WHO WANTS THIS TORCH?

That's great that they want the same rights as married people but that is not really /equal/ is it as now the single people don't get equal rights. If it were really all about equal rights they would be fighting to ban all familial rights and the married be damned or to add those same rights to ALL people, not just same sex couples. If you look back a couple pages you will see where I briefly explain the reasoning behind governmental incentives for families - none of which apply to same sex couples so there is no reason to provide governmental incentive to same sex couples.

If same sex couples want to be "married" - be married, you don't need a government for that. If people want equal rights, fight to eliminate ALL marital incentives, not just add another priveleged group.