Addai67 wrote...
ejoslin wrote...
Marriage... I've been married over 18 years, and I'm glad of it. Neither of us are religious, and truly, religion doesn't enter into it. Did we NEED the license? No, not really. But we wanted to have our relationship recognized legally.
Why? I don't understand that. I want nothing from the state. "Recognition" is just prelude to tax and control.
Laissez faire and do unto others covers a lot of ills. The funny thing is that the people who say they just want equal rights are just as keen as everyone else to force their views on other people. This is not something that can ever be decided in the public sphere in a pluralistic country, and it shouldn't be. When we had a large social consensus, family law made some sense, but now that our society is fragmented, it will always be ****** for tat jockeying for legal control. Someone's rights will always be infringed. The state should just mind its own business completely.
If my husband were injured in an accident, I'd want to be the person who made the decisions, not his insane family. Gay people DO run into this, where the person who has lived with their partner for years and years is suddenly barred from seeing their loved one in the hospital because the family who disowned their child for being gay now is taking an active role.
Besides, I want to be recognized as a family. It's as simple as that. It means something to me, it means something to him.
Edit: This thread moved on hours ago, didn't it.

Hah, leave it to me to leave for a few hours and go back to stir the pot!
Modifié par ejoslin, 31 mai 2010 - 12:10 .