Originally posted by acrdklr: ultimately heres how i look at it.....(analogy) i am color blind so there are a number of jobs i cannot have. the rules just don't allow for it for good reason. so i can either accept that there is nothing i can do about it and get on with life or i can make life miserable by longing only for those jobs. marriage as defined by law is based heavily upon religion which does not allow for gays to marry. look at the bible for reasons. so you can either accept that marriage is what it is and not engage in it or make yourself miserable longing for something for which you do not qualify. i am not saying that gays are bad or don't deserve happiness but why exactly would you want to be apart of a group that doesn't seem to want to play together. personally, if i were gay i would tell marriage to go to h--l and commit my own way. but then again....thats just my bad attitude showing itself
There's a problem here. A job that requires you to be able to see in full color means there are faults that can occur, and possibly harm others in the process. Marriage does NOT harm anyone.
What you fail to recognize here is that gay couples are exempt from the rights and benefits that are given to married (straight) couples. If one partner is dying, the other does NOT have the right to decide on medical care, unlike a straight couple, they do NOT get equal health coverage, except for a few cases, and are not covered by the same tax laws as other married couples. This isn't JUST about the feeling of commitment. This is about being blatantly denied rights and benefits because they are "different." You being colorblind does NOT prevent you from getting medical coverage or making the choice to pull the plug on your wife if she is braindead.
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