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<blockquote data-quote="trplnkl" data-source="post: 798120" data-attributes="member: 13254"><p>We are on the same page here. As I said in another post here, there has to be a way to give civil unions the same benefits, etc. as a conventional marriage. This should keep both side (too bad there has to be two sides). There are way too many people in the USA (right or wrong) that are opposed to same gender marriage to hope SGMs will be readily accepted. With the civil union being a binding contract, as a marriage is, then both sides get what they want. I can see some possible problems with this also, but probably not many more than with married couples with a possible "revolving door" type of thing. The income tax situation is a year to year thing and could be handled much like marriage. The shared SS thing is a different story though. Please don't take the nest statement as a degradation of gay people, but it is a reality. With many gays, the commitment isn't a long term (I'm aware it isn't with straight couple either), adding the complicated sharing of SS benefits could be horrendous.</p><p></p><p>DS, I will challenge the pure profit idea of marriage licenses fees, the gov agencies have to pay people to process, print and file all those documents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trplnkl, post: 798120, member: 13254"] We are on the same page here. As I said in another post here, there has to be a way to give civil unions the same benefits, etc. as a conventional marriage. This should keep both side (too bad there has to be two sides). There are way too many people in the USA (right or wrong) that are opposed to same gender marriage to hope SGMs will be readily accepted. With the civil union being a binding contract, as a marriage is, then both sides get what they want. I can see some possible problems with this also, but probably not many more than with married couples with a possible "revolving door" type of thing. The income tax situation is a year to year thing and could be handled much like marriage. The shared SS thing is a different story though. Please don't take the nest statement as a degradation of gay people, but it is a reality. With many gays, the commitment isn't a long term (I'm aware it isn't with straight couple either), adding the complicated sharing of SS benefits could be horrendous. DS, I will challenge the pure profit idea of marriage licenses fees, the gov agencies have to pay people to process, print and file all those documents. [/QUOTE]
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