NationStates Jolt Archive


A question

Superpower07
19-01-2005, 22:46
Recently I have been contemplating another solution to the whole gay marriage debate:

Get the government out of marriage altogether! Only offer Civil Unions, which would be for everybody.

Ok, so I'm not the 1st person to profess this belief, but what do you think is better? (see poll)
Superpower07
19-01-2005, 22:48
DP: OK I know this issue has been hacked to death, but I wanted to put this new spin on it.....
Drunk commies
19-01-2005, 22:50
If thou dost marry I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry
Be thou as straight as Hugh Hefner or as gay as Graham Norton, thou shalt not escape nasty divorce proceedings.

Hamlet 2005
Eichen
19-01-2005, 22:53
SuperPower07, I couldn't agree with you more and thanks for having the vision to include this option!
Eutrusca
19-01-2005, 22:54
Recently I have been contemplating another solution to the whole gay marriage debate:

Get the government out of marriage altogether! Only offer Civil Unions, which would be for everybody.

Ok, so I'm not the 1st person to profess this belief, but what do you think is better? (see poll)
I responded to this poll from a personal preference standpoint. I tried to think about how I would feel if one of my children had been gay, or if one of my grandchildren were to become gay as they got older. How would I feel if they wanted to marry someone of the same sex? How would I feel if they weren't permitted to do so?

Because of the answers I reached on this issue, I voted that the government should remove itself from marriage entirely, except for civil unions. If couples desired to get married in a religious ceremony, that would be between them and the religious organization. But the union would not be recognized by the State unless it was preceded or followed by a civil ceremony.

Where the rub comes in is getting the general populace to agree to allow civil ceremonies for same sex couples. I seriously doubt this will happen in my lifetime.
Eichen
19-01-2005, 23:03
Superpower07-- I just realized you're a member of our little region.
Your answer tipped me off.
Superpower07
19-01-2005, 23:06
Superpower07-- I just realized you're a member of our little region.
Your answer tipped me off.
Yea I've seen you around the message boards; it's cool being in the same region and all
Eichen
19-01-2005, 23:08
Yea I've seen you around the message boards; it's cool being in the same region and all
Thanks for posting in our own forum... Hope the paper's going well.