The Tragic Results of "Defending" Marriage

[funambulator]

So same sex couples can't get married. What's the big deal. They can have cute little commitment ceremonies and live together and buy houses together and raise kids together and call each other spouse and have joint checking accounts and even have domestic partner health insurance benefits and certain places of business. That's almost as good,

Comments

[tempore]

Well said. It's monstrous that as a society and civilization, we still consider something like this as acceptable and morally correct. I can't believe that there was no compassion whatsoever.

[pink_in_ky]

I'm with you on this. It pisses me off to no end.

I met and interviewed a lesbian couple in grad school.They had two kids and each one of them had carried one of the children so they were the biological child of only one of the parents. But if the non bio parent took one to the doctor, she was not able to sign for the care and such. It's a terrible situation and the conservatives in this country PISS me off to no end because the only defense they have is based on biblical beliefs which of course should have no place in issues of legislature.

[aimodestructo]

that makes me tremendously sad. :(

and the whole DEFENDING marriage thing is bologna, noone's going around proposing amendments to the constitution to ban Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? type shows, or ban marriage when you're drunk in Vegas, or only known the person 3 weeks.

[ijgirl]

Hear hear!!

Stories like this make me so sad, and it happens all too often. Why two people in a committed monogamous relationship with 3 children are a "threat to marriage" I will never understand.

[raf37]

Wow, my co-worker and I have been discussing this entry you posted. She seemed to think that perhaps there were a lot of gay people located in Miami and not sure why they would call it an "anti-gay city" (more like anti-gay hospital)...not sure if this is true or not.

Whatever the case, I hope this gets a lot of attention and right on with aimodestructo's comment about those stupid marriage reality shows, etc.

[funambulator]

The laws in Florida are very unfriendly to gay people, which is where I think the anti-gay city remark was coming from. I actually have always heard that, socially speaking, Miami has a pretty vibrant gay scene.