The Worst Thing About Gay Marriage: It isn't going to work.

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feeds@yuku.com (CBRetriever) — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:57:27 GMT

common law marriage, even for hetero couples isn't recognized except in 7 states in the US

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feeds@yuku.com (Bowie) — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:29:04 GMT

I love the argument about a married man and woman 'protecting the sexuality' of the child. Yeah, like gay kids come from gay parents...

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feeds@yuku.com (MakePaulaCry) — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:10:32 GMT

Currently there are ONLY 10 states where gays can jointly adopt a child. Further, same sex couples are PROHIBITED from adopting in Florida, Utah, and Mississippi. In Michigan individuals that are "unmarried" may not adopt children. In Florida it is specifically forbidden for anyone who is Gay, Lesbian or Bi-Sexual to adopt a child. In 11/2008 the state of Arkansas passed legislation to ban unmarried persons in a relationship from adopting or fostering children....

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feeds@yuku.com (Carboys Desire) — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:38:21 GMT

So some places you still can't even adopt nor be recognized as a civil union? Wow that's sad.

Bingo.

Where I live, in Nevada, a constitutional amendment was passed in 2002 to declare marriage be between one man and one woman. This week our Republican Governor vetoed a bill to recognize Domestic Partnerships that would have let us register to get some of the rights that we cannot get because we cannot get married. Despite passage in the house and...

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feeds@yuku.com (kaizersozelives) — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:50:10 GMT

I knew there were states where the gay marriage question is up in arms, but I guess I just assumed you could all at least adopt wherever you were. Also stunned that there are actually places where a basic same-sex common-law relationship is not at least recognized. I thought the big argument with the anti-gay marriage peeps was that gay couples have civil unions and that should be enough. So some places you still can't even adopt nor be recognized as a civil union? Wow that's...

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feeds@yuku.com (BillGuido) — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:55:20 GMT

Kaizer is Canadian and lives in Quebec. Yet he is making comments about the American system.

That's like comparing Heaven (Quebec) to Hell (U.S.).

Quebecois are simply more evolved and always have been.

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feeds@yuku.com (Carboys Desire) — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:44:47 GMT

kaizersozelives wrote:
I see all this arguing one way or the other as a big waste of time - to me the answer is simple: As long as the following hold true in society, there is no logical basis to restrict marriage to any particular group of people...
[b]- Gay people can adopt children just like hetero people, whether they are part of a couple/union/gay marriage or not.
- If two people want to be together and...

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feeds@yuku.com (kaizersozelives) — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:37:31 GMT

I see all this arguing one way or the other as a big waste of time - to me the answer is simple: As long as the following hold true in society, there is no logical basis to restrict marriage to any particular group of people...

- Married heteros have no monopoloy of the success of long-term relationships, being that half end in divorce.
- Many married couples decide to not have children, so the idea of marriage being for procreation is not always true.
- More and more...

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feeds@yuku.com (clever trousers) — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:35:14 GMT

I just meant that until gays have the right to say they are "married" their relationships will never be taken seriously by society, no matter the seriousness or the length of time they have spent together. Sad, but true.

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feeds@yuku.com (meatball77) — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:27:12 GMT

clever trousers wrote:
Society will NEVER see your relationship as legitimate, no matter what your feelings for each other, no matter the length of your relationship unless you are married. It sucks, it's total fucking bullshit, but it is fact and I have experienced it as a never married het female in a long term relationship.
So, while I support marriage for gays I also think its depressing that some stupid little...

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feeds@yuku.com (factoryhurl) — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:15:00 GMT

You can't help who you fall in love with, it just happens. I fell in love with my sister and I'm not ashamed ... I only feel sorry for my mom and dad, I wish they could be happy for us. We love each other. It's nothing like some old man who tries to fuck his three-year-old, that's evil and disgusting ... Of course we're consenting, that's the most important thing. We're not fucking perverts. What we have is the most beautiful thing in the world.

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feeds@yuku.com (Je Fa) — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:10:42 GMT

Carboys Desire wrote:
Today I watched a 1-hour documentary on BBC America titled "Brothers and Sisters in Love" and the parallels to the gay marriage arguments were startlingly similar. All of the cases were brothers and sisters who had grown up separately and then met as adults. They fell in love. They were consenting adults. They did not understand why they shouldn't be allowed to be married since their marriage...

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feeds@yuku.com (clever trousers) — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:09:34 GMT

Society will NEVER see your relationship as legitimate, no matter what your feelings for each other, no matter the length of your relationship unless you are married. It sucks, it's total fucking bullshit, but it is fact and I have experienced it as a never married het female in a long term relationship.
So, while I support marriage for gays I also think its depressing that some stupid little bit of paper seems to determine people's feelings for each other, at least in the eyes...

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feeds@yuku.com (meatball77) — Tue, 26 May 2009 06:42:53 GMT

I always thought that incest was illegal because it's abusive (which it wouldn't be in a situation where the couple grew up apart) and something that shouldn't be prosecuted unless it comes with additional charges

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feeds@yuku.com (Carboys Desire) — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:28:53 GMT

Two were perfectly normal, but the other two had learning disabilities.

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feeds@yuku.com (nomii) — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:08:45 GMT

were the kids handicapped in any way? not thatit matters, because we allow humans with heredity diseases to reproduce

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feeds@yuku.com (Carboys Desire) — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:54:33 GMT

Today I watched a 1-hour documentary on BBC America titled "Brothers and Sisters in Love" and the parallels to the gay marriage arguments were startlingly similar. All of the cases were brothers and sisters who had grown up separately and then met as adults. They fell in love. They were consenting adults. They did not understand why they shouldn't be allowed to be married since their marriage didn't affect anyone else's. One couple chose to not have children, but another...

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feeds@yuku.com (CBRetriever) — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:47:03 GMT

thanks mountie - that's kinda what I thought

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feeds@yuku.com (SonOfAbraxas) — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:02:35 GMT

And then nomiiiiiii and I can run away together and live happily ever after, right?

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feeds@yuku.com (nomii) — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:54:47 GMT

for the next generation (like 20-30 years from now) ... we'll be having the civil rights debate on marriage yet again because by that time most people will be in live-in and not married relationships - and ppl will start bitching about not giving live-in couples or even single parents the same advantages etc.

and ofcourse some gay brothers wanting to get married will sue and there's zero reason to not allow their marriage (you can't even say retard baby excuse).
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The Worst Thing About Gay Marriage: It isn't going to work.

feeds@yuku.com (ShameOnAllOfYou) — Sun, 24 May 2009 20:54:03 GMT

How entertaining is this

The Worst Thing About Gay Marriage
It isn't going to work.
by Sam Schulman
06/01/2009, Volume 014, Issue 35

There is a new consensus on gay marriage: not on whether it should be legalized but about the motives of those of us who oppose it. All agree that any and all opposition to gay marriage is explained either by biblical literalism or...