[extropy-chat] No Joy in Mudville

[Sahyinepu]

In my faith we have several gay people, and their grip on the issue, 
and why they want some sort of legal recognition, etc, is for the same 
legal rights straights have..like say for example, if one person gets 
really ill and has to go to the hospital, the other person may not be 
able to see them.  Also, if someone dies, the states tend to seek out 
family member of the deceased, where as the person who the loved and 
whom they shared their life with is ignored.   They spend several 
thousand dollars more than any straight couple would with legal 
nonsense just trying to overcome some of these issues.

People should rely on the state for legal recognition only, as far as 
how the law recognizes them with regards to wills, etc, same as current 
marriages give protection.  As for the religious aspect of marriage, 
that is up to the person religious affiliation.  My faith has married 
several members who are gay, that is our choice...if Baptists don't 
want to do it, that is their choice...no one is being forced to marry 
anyone...but the state should give the same legal protection and 
recognition to gays as it gives to non-gays.

The Ancient Egyptians(and modern followers of the faith like myself) 
viewed marriage as a legal contract only...America should do the same.

Sah

On Thursday, November 4, 2004, at 05:06 PM, Bryan Moss wrote:

> Brian Lee wrote:
>
>> I favor someone else on this list who suggested that the gov't get 
>> out of the marriage business altogether and only allow civil unions. 
>> Then any marriage is purely non-legal and ceremonial.
>
>
> I don't understand this position at all.  You'd be allowing gay 
> marriage, but not calling any marriage marriage, but any organisation 
> that wants to call a marriage marriage would be free to do so and 
> would also be free to discriminate against homosexuals?
>
> Doesn't it just amount to a name change to appease bigots?
>
> BM
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