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<blockquote data-quote="seachange" data-source="post: 224471" data-attributes="member: 8611"><p>Big arrow, are you serious? "i wonder how many gay people stay gay forever"??!! that's like saying... i wonder how many straight people stay straight forever.</p><p>many closed minded folks don't even realize that gays are working (and living) beside you. also, homosexuality was REMOVED from the list of mental disorders in 1974. I think people are getting bogged down on the word "marriage". call it what you will: civil union, partnership, etc. Gays are only trying to obtain the same HUMAN rights. this includes access to over 1100 federal benefits that appy to married couples here are just 10 important ones: hospital visitation, health ins, spousal privilige, inheiritence rights, family leave, pensions, nursing homes, retirement savings, taxes, SS benefits, ability to serve in the armed forces. "Why wouldn’t two people, who have spent their lives committed to one another, be granted the same human rights that most other Americans take for granted?" Many gay couples i know have been in a committed relationship for 20 plus years. a heck of alot longer than most married folks these days. and one last tid bit of info... it's NOT a matter of cost to add domestic partnership benefits. on avg it adds less than 1% to overall costs. <a href="http://www.aclu.org/lgbt/relationships/20306res20050713.html" target="_blank">http://www.aclu.org/lgbt/relationships/20306res20050713.html</a> In order to obtain domestic benefits, a couple must prove that they are in a committed and mutually exclusive relationship in which each partner is responsible for the other's welfare. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/laugh.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":laugh:" title="Laugh :laugh:" data-shortname=":laugh:" /> I'm not looking to receive any bad rep points, i only wanted to provide some facts and info <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/wink.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink:" title="Wink :wink:" data-shortname=":wink:" /> PEACE TO ALL and go UPS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seachange, post: 224471, member: 8611"] Big arrow, are you serious? "i wonder how many gay people stay gay forever"??!! that's like saying... i wonder how many straight people stay straight forever. many closed minded folks don't even realize that gays are working (and living) beside you. also, homosexuality was REMOVED from the list of mental disorders in 1974. I think people are getting bogged down on the word "marriage". call it what you will: civil union, partnership, etc. Gays are only trying to obtain the same HUMAN rights. this includes access to over 1100 federal benefits that appy to married couples here are just 10 important ones: hospital visitation, health ins, spousal privilige, inheiritence rights, family leave, pensions, nursing homes, retirement savings, taxes, SS benefits, ability to serve in the armed forces. "Why wouldn’t two people, who have spent their lives committed to one another, be granted the same human rights that most other Americans take for granted?" Many gay couples i know have been in a committed relationship for 20 plus years. a heck of alot longer than most married folks these days. and one last tid bit of info... it's NOT a matter of cost to add domestic partnership benefits. on avg it adds less than 1% to overall costs. [url]http://www.aclu.org/lgbt/relationships/20306res20050713.html[/url] In order to obtain domestic benefits, a couple must prove that they are in a committed and mutually exclusive relationship in which each partner is responsible for the other's welfare. :laugh: I'm not looking to receive any bad rep points, i only wanted to provide some facts and info :wink: PEACE TO ALL and go UPS. [/QUOTE]
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