[extropy-chat] No Joy in Mudville

[Brian Lee]

I was suggesting that marriage no longer be a legal arrangement, but a 
social one only. Then civil unions would take the place of marriage but 
would not have the cultural/religious heterosexual element to them.

The government would then recognize civil unions for tax purposes, power of 
attorney, etc but not marriage.

BAL

>From: Bryan Moss <bryan.moss at dsl.pipex.com>
>To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] No Joy in Mudville
>Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 23:06:43 +0000
>
>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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