Just because I find your religion silly does not mean I am an atheist.
Save us both the time and refrain from clicking Reply if you are going to address me as a such.
There is no love in Fear.
oh good grief!
you must be kidding? the fix is in, aren't gays trying to get marriage into law for them? that's the conspiracy right there. are you paying attention?
Fact is..this society chooses not to condone it in the framework of marriage. deal with it. you already have the freedom to live/work/play/love... what is a certificate of marriage going to do? it doesn't validate anything. People were being married in old times way before the wrtten word.
IMO, the gay community just wants to tear down the tenants of marriage the way they have been written, period. there's no other goal they want. they are already living together and do their thing. AND they want scream "victory" over the law of marriage as it's stated Biblically, between a male/female only.
what other agenda is there? it's a more calculated goal than just wanting to say "Just Married"
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Revelation 2:9
God loves everybody. No, God only love those that keep the commandments.
From "Hope & Change to Rope & Chains"... Be Silent!
Um.... nope.
Homosexuals want the same legal benefits given to heterosexual couples.
Tax Benefits
Filing joint income tax returns with the IRS and state taxing authorities.
Creating a "family partnership" under federal tax laws, which allows you to divide business income among family members.
Estate Planning Benefits
Inheriting a share of your spouse's estate.
Receiving an exemption from both estate taxes and gift taxes for all property you give or leave to your spouse.
Creating life estate trusts that are restricted to married couples, including QTIP trusts, QDOT trusts, and marital deduction trusts.
Obtaining priority if a conservator needs to be appointed for your spouse -- that is, someone to make financial and/or medical decisions on your spouse's behalf.
Government Benefits
Receiving Social Security, Medicare, and disability benefits for spouses.
Receiving veterans' and military benefits for spouses, such as those for education, medical care, or special loans.
Receiving public assistance benefits.
Employment Benefits
Obtaining insurance benefits through a spouse's employer.
Taking family leave to care for your spouse during an illness.
Receiving wages, workers' compensation, and retirement plan benefits for a deceased spouse.
Taking bereavement leave if your spouse or one of your spouse's close relatives dies.
Medical Benefits
Visiting your spouse in a hospital intensive care unit or during restricted visiting hours in other parts of a medical facility.
Making medical decisions for your spouse if he or she becomes incapacitated and unable to express wishes for treatment.
Death Benefits
Consenting to after-death examinations and procedures.
Making burial or other final arrangements.
Family Benefits
Filing for stepparent or joint adoption.
Applying for joint foster care rights.
Receiving equitable division of property if you divorce.
Receiving spousal or child support, child custody, and visitation if you divorce.
Housing Benefits
Living in neighborhoods zoned for "families only."
Automatically renewing leases signed by your spouse.
Consumer Benefits
Receiving family rates for health, homeowners', auto, and other types of insurance.
Receiving tuition discounts and permission to use school facilities.
Other consumer discounts and incentives offered only to married couples or families.
Other Legal Benefits and Protections
Suing a third person for wrongful death of your spouse and loss of consortium (loss of intimacy).
Suing a third person for offenses that interfere with the success of your marriage, such as alienation of affection and criminal conversation (these laws are available in only a few states).
Claiming the marital communications privilege, which means a court can't force you to disclose the contents of confidential communications between you and your spouse during your marriage.
Receiving crime victims' recovery benefits if your spouse is the victim of a crime.
Obtaining immigration and residency benefits for noncitizen spouse.
Visiting rights in jails and other places where visitors are restricted to immediate family.
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encycloped...its-30190.html
There is not a vast conspiracy. The Supreme Court has already ruled "separate but equal" an unconstitutional, a civil union is no different than a separate bathrooms for racial minorities. On the legal level, on the government level, marriage is nothing more than a legal social contract. Nothing more. Nothing less. People get married every day for reasons other than god, or even love. There is no requirement to hold X beliefs before marriage.
What people do with marriage, whether it be you, your neighbor, or I one day is up to those involved. I do not need the government to tell me what marriages means between me and the person that I love, I do not need the government to impose that ideal on other people, I do not need the government to protect that ideal. That ideal, that idea, is between the people invoked in that relationship. The government's only purpose is the recognition of that particular partnership and ensure that the legal benefits are granted.
Your idea of marriage has already been torn down by heterosexuals being married by Elvis in Las Vegas.
Last edited by Wolverine; Mar 20 2012 at 12:18 PM.
Just because I find your religion silly does not mean I am an atheist.
Save us both the time and refrain from clicking Reply if you are going to address me as a such.
There is no love in Fear.
I am curious to know would the people that are so against gay marriage be willing to give up their tax break and other certain government goodies to keep gays from being married? Seems kind trivial but I have not seen that question asked.
Last edited by JeffLV; Mar 20 2012 at 01:42 PM.
True knowledge exists in being aware of what you don't know.
It takes a bit of a logical leap to say
"God is responsible for natural phenomena" to "God will judge you for your sins, and here is the list he gave me of the sins you're committing".
What makes one interpretation of the morals and motives of god superior to the next? We may not be able to deny gravity, but that doesn't mean we all agree on the morals and motives of god. You might accept gravity as proof that god exists, but that doesn't mean the Bible represents the one and only understanding of him, particularly any one given translation or interpretation of it. There are a variety of gods, and your proof offers no reason to prefer one over the other.
"Gravity is undeniable" does not logically lead to ...
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Last edited by JeffLV; Mar 20 2012 at 01:46 PM.
True knowledge exists in being aware of what you don't know.
Last edited by rahl; Mar 20 2012 at 05:42 PM.
it really sucks to be a birther
California: where a 6-3, 240 pound 32 year old gay male can kidnap and rape a little boy and walk away a free man
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