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I shouldn't watch gay marriage debates. | by Illiad | 2004-07-14 15:38:47 |
| It's all about the constituency |
by gblues |
2004-07-14 17:17:13 |
Politicians say what their constituency expects them to say. If being against gay marriage will keep them in office (or, conversely, if supporting gay marriage is likely to get them voted out), the politician will take the stance that helps his career.
I am against gay marriage simply because I believe marriage is an exclusive institution by design (whose design is another discussion). One man, one woman. Not two men and a woman, not a man and two women, not two men, not two women, not a man and a dog or a woman and a horse. Those other combinations can exist--but they aren't marriage, any more than you can accurately call any carbonated beverage a "coke" (regardless of what they do in the South :)).
The problem is that the definition of marriage has religious origins, but the implementation has a legal aspect as well. What we need to do is modularize the legal aspect:
1. Abolish "marriage" from the law entirely. Perform the legal equivalent of s/marriage/civil union/g.
2. Make marriages a form of civil union, instead of the other way around.
3. Make up something else for same-sex unions (maybe "nonreligious civil union"?)
Why do this?
1. It gives homosexual couples and heterosexual couples equal protection under the law;
2. It avoids co-opting of the word "marriage" by people who simply don't meet the social requirements of what a marriage is.
3. It eliminates one of the few remaining religion/government mixtures in existance.
Will this ever happen? Probably not. Conservative-types will see red at "those damn queers" trying to invade their institution, and far-leftie gay rights activists frankly won't be satisfied unless they're allowed to wear the "marriage" label.
Nathan |
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I'm gonna have to disagree with you, there. | by Naruki | 2004-07-14 18:07:17 |
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isn't that what I said? | by gblues | 2004-07-14 18:20:09 |
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You said to call gay marriages something else. | by Naruki | 2004-07-14 18:27:40 |
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You have no idea what "separate but equal" means. | by gblues | 2004-07-14 22:30:54 |
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IT's not the far-lefties | by Egaeus | 2004-07-14 20:43:08 |
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LOL | by gblues | 2004-07-14 22:09:11 |
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