Which one? doesn't that depend on what you view the institution's purpose as? What is that purpose, BTW?
Re: Proposition 8 declared unconstitutional
Which one? doesn't that depend on what you view the institution's purpose as? What is that purpose, BTW?
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Re: Proposition 8 declared unconstitutional
They aren't really married, they are just getting legally married for the benefits. Like when people do that to get citizenship. What's complicated?Originally Posted by ICantSpellDawg
Re: Proposition 8 declared unconstitutional
How do you know? Why do you imply this between 2 best friends? What does "really married" mean?
"That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there."
-Eric "George Orwell" Blair
"If the policy of the government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court...the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned the government into the hands of that eminent tribunal."
(Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, 1861).
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Re: Proposition 8 declared unconstitutional
I know because it's a thought experiment and we defined it as such. It's really not hard to understand that gay people can get married in the same sense that straight people can.
Re: Proposition 8 declared unconstitutional
Except that they are missing important components, just like 2 friends are missing important components, just like some male/female couples are missing some components, etc. Plus, I never defined that 2 best friends would get married to game the system, where are you getting that? Do you not love your friends?
What is your definition of marriage and why does it exclude such an arrangement?
Anyway, I hope SCOTUS considers these things upon appeal, because they are coming sooner rather than later and I welcome them.
Last edited by ICantSpellDawg; 02-09-2012 at 02:32.
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