Comments | goteam: Just one big paragraph, because mostly I'm in way too good a mood to be snarky about this for long.

goteam

Just one big paragraph, because mostly I'm in way too good a mood to be snarky about this for long.

May 03, 2005 11:58

So last year a few thousand same-sex couples got married in Portland, and a few months later Oregon passed a same-sex marriage ban, Measure 36, in response. Then last month the state Supreme Court decided to punt on the bigotry amendment's constitutionality or lack thereof and overturned all those marriages basically on the grounds that queers ( Read more... )

civil unions, frickin' measure 36, laws, reciprocal beneficiaries, marriage, same-sex marriage, politics

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bettsbaby May 3 2005, 21:09:47 UTC

Just a little ra-ra-ra for Massachusetts here...

Mark and I went to get our marriage license last week and it was clearly written in a way that "Party 1" and "Party 2" could be whatever sex you want. When the lady (mid to late 50-ish) reviewed it after we had filled it out and saw we were combining names she rolled her eyes and said "Oh you guys..." and I thought "Oh no, here it comes" but then she finished with "...are so cool! That is the neatest thing! I've never seen that, but I think that is really great." And my belief that Massachusetts is the only place I want to participate in the legal part of marriage was affirmed. :)

qousqous May 3 2005, 23:54:11 UTC

I've decided that if i get married, it's going to be in Massachusetts or Canada or the Netherlands or Belgium or anywhere else where it's fair.

But then the question(s) is (are)... goteam May 4 2005, 00:37:50 UTC

If you got married in MA, what status would you use to file U.S. federal taxes? (Look at me, only just barely not going off on the huge rant about how it's ricockulous to divide people into "married" and "single" instead of "married" and "unmarried"! Feel free, of course, to imagine me ranting if you feel deprived of the ridiculousness.) Likewise, I've considered the Netherlands option but I'm not sure I want to stay in the Netherlands or lie to the U.S. government or fight for the right to be recognized as unmarried so long as the laws here remain unequal. Bleaurgh. I'm so glad I can afford to stay unmarried and avoid all these issues, not to mention all the personal cognitive dissonance crap. Instead, self-righteousness galore!

Re: But then the question(s) is (are)... unkle_social May 4 2005, 05:34:30 UTC

Oh dear, i don't know. I might take advantage of the opportunity to give the US government less money.

I would be willing to get hitched in the Netherlands, but of course, unlike you, i wouldn't be able to stay there.

It's a mess. I am all for doing away with legal marriage and replacing it all with civil unions.

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