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amelliagrace -> RE: Same Sex Marriage Legal In California? (11/5/2008 8:21:31 AM)
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ORIGINAL: MistresseLotus
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ORIGINAL: amelliagrace
For the life of me I don't see how John and George, Mary and Mitzie, or Jerry, Pauline, and Harold establishing a family unit is a threat to MY relationship. Phrases like "marriage under attack", "undermining the sanctity of marriage", "weakening the fabric of society" tend to set my teeth on edge. The more committed, solid, stable family units my nation has, the better, IMO. This isn't rocket science. IMO, it is pretty simple and common sense. Perhaps that is why the vast majority of people remain utterly clueless on this subject.
Yes, I AM an opinionated bitch.
Grace
Or perhaps they just see the revolving door that has been associated with relationships of the gay and poly situations and figure.. why do they even want to bother with making it "official" ?
Only the lawyers will profit.. and if they want all the legalities, then the alimony. child support, breach of promise suits, and division of half your property upon dissolution of said marriage which comes along with it. It's so much more than just a pretty ceremony.
Which is why I said in my previous post:
"Just my unpoplular opinion, but I'd like to see the two completely seperate in this country. Two, or even nine people want to set up a legally recognized household, with stated intent of longevity, and while accepting all the responsibilities that go with its upkeep and consequences of its dissolution? Sounds fine to me. The more solid, stable, household units this society has, the better. "
Based on the homosexual people I've known well, and talked with at length, I've come to the conclusion that one major reason for the "revolving door" relationships is, in fact, the lack of societal support for those relationships. "Societal support" being not just a certified stamp of "legal", but recognizing that the rights, privileges, and responcibilities which apply to hetero relationships should also apply to homosexual or poly relationships.
Whith hetero marriages becoming increasingly short lived, our society needs all the good relationships it can get - and that includes same sex ones. I've known several families with same sex partners. Their communities would, IMO, have been far better off had they not made it so damned difficult for those individuals to coach little league, and so many other things. One the one hand the griping about not enough "parental envolvement" in schools, and on the other"but we don't want YOUR help". That makes a lot of sense - NOT.
Human nature and the headaches of alimony (not to mention the aggravasions of having more than one spouse) and custody would limit the number of poly relationships going forward to "legal partnership" status. They aren't ever likely to be common in our society. I simply fail to see a logical and productive reason to discourage the developement of quality relationships, regardless of configuration.
Grace
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