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Permalink Reply by Melanie Dawn Molina Wood on January 16, 2011 at 4:50pm

I think that your heart is in the right place, but I have to ask... who would care if heterosexuals refused to get married it protest? Wedding planners and florists, sure. But they aren't the ones who can change the laws. The federal government, on the other hand, might be just as happy if people didn't marry. More tax income from all of those separate returns.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah N Mirza on January 16, 2011 at 5:30pm

We seek heterosexual equality. In a democratic society, everyone should be equal before the law. There should be no discrimination based on sexual orientation.

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Permalink Reply by T A A on January 18, 2011 at 5:36am

Why stay out of marriage temporarily... make marriages be gone forever. Remove the whole stupid concept and replace it with a parenting contract. No kids, no contract. Parenting contracts would be tri-partite agreements between government, children and parents, sexual orientation not a part of the picture.

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Permalink Reply by Kirk Holden on January 18, 2011 at 10:39am

Why temporarily abstain from the civil religion? The state issues civil papers for incorporation that are not then sanctioned by a religious ceremony. Not until the recent supreme court decision anyway.

 

In Rome I passed by the courthouse and several bride/groom pairs got dropped off at the entrance, ran in to sign civil union agreements - in full tux/gown - and ran out to the waiting limo that whisked them to a religious ceremony. These were not the same thing and the events codified a wall of seperation between the religious sacrement and the official government paperwork.

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