"[...] 'some people won't respect marriage as much if
just anyone can do it' is a sad basis for legislation."
-- redbird in a
reply to my QotD entry from Monday.
Observation: The people who *are* allowed to get married don't always respect it. So, what's the big deal?
Rabble Rousing Suggestion: We abolish marriage as a legal institution. Power of attorney should deal with most of the legal benefits you receive from marriage, and the parts that it doesn't, there are other legal means of filling those gaps. The reality of the relationship would be the only structure existing.
I'm also uber-cranky about this whole "protect marriage week" because it has stepped up my "Christian Apologist" mode and my "American Apologist" modes. I'm saddened and embarassed by my co-religionists and my countrymen all in one fell swoop! (yay)
I'm incredibly angry about the fear and hate that this week symbolizes. All in the name of the God that I love so much.
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Observation: The people who *are* allowed to get married don't always respect it. So, what's the big deal?
Rabble Rousing Suggestion: We abolish marriage as a legal institution. Power of attorney should deal with most of the legal benefits you receive from marriage, and the parts that it doesn't, there are other legal means of filling those gaps. The reality of the relationship would be the only structure existing.
*bows* and then footnotes
That particular comment was just tossed off--feel free to improve on it, file off the serial numbers, and use it as your own.
Re: *bows* and then footnotes
I'm also uber-cranky about this whole "protect marriage week" because it has stepped up my "Christian Apologist" mode and my "American Apologist" modes. I'm saddened and embarassed by my co-religionists and my countrymen all in one fell swoop! (yay)
I'm incredibly angry about the fear and hate that this week symbolizes. All in the name of the God that I love so much.