Originally posted by Beowulf:Yes, and once again the majority inflicts it's idiotic will on the minority.
Wait...you mean the people chose to define marriage as between a man and a woman? Since when are liberals against choice? Oh yeah, whenever it's inconvenient for them.
Me = not liberal, so put your labels back in the desk drawer where they belong.
THE PEOPLE forget that their role as the governed is to not only protect what they believe is true, but to also protect the will of those with less of a voice. THE PEOPLE respond quickly on issues of protecting children even though it is often inconvenient to THE PEOPLE as a whole. What homosexuals are asking for is not for the straight couple of Jane and John to cast their heterosexuality aside or to welcome homosexuality into their home, what they are asking for is the privilege considered automatic for John and Jane to be extended to Bob and Joe as well as Janet and Jackie. Will this REALLY endanger heterosexual marriage? I can't see it no more damaging than a marriage annulment, common law marriage or the acres of divorce related law already on the books.
In MY perfect world, my vision of marriage is one where any consenting adult can enter into a legally binding marriage contract with any singular consenting adults or even multiple consenting adults. As far as the law is concerned, the ONLY regulations concerning marriage of any type is to protect the needs and well being of the children of any marriage as much as possible, regulate for the fair distribution to joint property and to ensure that dissatisfied parties can seek legal means to resolve divorce disputes.
Allowing married partners or groups access to medical benefits and so on would be the responsibility of the insurer to levy appropriate premiums for those arrangements. If a company CHOSES to not cover a multiple family, fine. However, they should not be allowed to discriminate based on whether the family involved is "straight" or "gay".
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