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I got your back on this one! In the same boat. My relationship has lasted 25 years and most people think we're married.
However, I do think people in committed, long-term relationships, gay or straight, deserve some consideration.
You should understand the reasoning behind why governments encourage and promote marriage between men and women and why they endorse and support married couples.
What special rights do gays want? (ANOTHER UNanswered question...rightists NEVER can answer that)....YOU think they're special but they only want equal rights....
Answered NUMEROUS times now.. You must still be sleeping. Is this thread not discussing one of those "special rights"? Protection of the Family and Medical Leave act to be extended to gays, while not extended to non-gays..
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Wellll, I can see other reasons you'RE not married but my spouse and I must have a better tax person....we pay less now that we're married....
Was that another personal attack? The fact that YOU pay less because your married, doesnt mean everyone else does.. There are marriage penalties for some investments..
Since gays are nothing more than "acquantences", then I guess the answer to your question is.. yes..
To the OP, I'll support it when we non married straights who co-habitate, are afforded the same rights, because now I'M being discriminated again, would you not agree?
No. Because you have the right to get married. If you want those rights, just get married.
Is there any evidence of this? If someone is born with one leg, does that mean they will also have red hair... Both are statistical abnormalities. If you choose behave in an abnormal way, does that mean everything you do will be abnormal? I'm sorry, but this is too general and vague to be considered evidence.
This is just blather. Homosexuality is natural. It occurs in most mammals.
If you think it's a mental disorder, science and medicine disagree with you. By the way there are plenty of mental disorders you are born with. Ever heard of mental retardation? How about autism? All scientific evidence points to the fact that people are born with these mental disorders.
It seems like your argument is simply colored by your own inability to fathom homosexual sex acts. The fact that you reduce gay relationships simply to sex acts you find "disgusting" is certainly evidence of this.
Your arguments are merit-less, unscientific and simply wrong.
It's not normal end of story. Animals in the wild produce children they don't commit disgusting acts of sexual pleasure because they can. It is a mental illness if it wasn't then why do they have places that try and treat homosexuals?
The fact is debating with pro homosexual people is like talking to a brick. It does no good at all because your minds are already made up and filled with disgusting things. I would rather separate myself from those kind of people and live among people who have some sense of decency.
If I co-habitate with an individual (which I have done for 15 years), am I afforded the same "rights" as the gays? Is the family and medical leave act being extended to straight non married couples?
No law is preventing you from getting married. If you do decide to get married, every state will recognize your union. You can't say the same for gays and lesbians.
If you want to get FMLA benefits then quit shacking-up and get married.
So now its ok to discriminate against those who DONT get married, even though the federal government would penalize me for doing so.
btw, marriage is NOT a "right", NO ONE has the "right" to get married.. its a privlidge..
And that privilege comes with benefits. You are CHOOSING not to do something that most gays in this country cannot legally do. Big difference.
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