Possibilities of marriage equality

[zsdersw]

Getting government out of the marriage business requires only one thing: the support of the married heterosexual majority.

 

[nehalem256]

Getting government out of the marriage business requires only one thing: the support of the married heterosexual majority.

Not true. I believe a majority of people are unmarried.

Of course if you really are against government in the marriage business it would seem you are a bit hypocritical for your support of expanding the government marriage business by supporting same-sex marriage.

 

[Texashiker]

Back in the middle ages we didn't have courts of law to decide on these issues and woman had no rights.

Yes europe had courts in the middle ages, where do you think our justice of the peace system comes from?

In 1195, Richard I ("the Lionheart") of England commissioned certain knights to preserve the peace in unruly areas. They were responsible to the King for ensuring that the law was upheld, and preserved the "King's peace", and were known as "keepers of the peace".

An Act of 1327 had referred to "good and lawful men" to be appointed in every county in the land to "guard the peace"; such individuals were first referred to as conservators of the peace, or wardens of the peace. The title "Justice of the Peace" derives from 1361,[1] in the reign of King Edward III Plantagenet.

 

[zsdersw]

Not true. I believe a majority of people are unmarried.

51% of American adults are married: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/14/study-number-of-u-s-married-couples-at-record-low/

Add to that the number of single heterosexuals who want to be married in the relatively near future and you have a very clear majority that likely do not support getting government out of the marriage business.

Of course if you really are against government in the marriage business it would seem you are a bit hypocritical for your support of expanding the government marriage business by supporting same-sex marriage.

I'm against government being in the marriage business, but if it is going to be in the marriage business it shouldn't have an unjustified bias against non-heterosexual relationships.

 

[thraashman]

Why should you get to inherit someone's property without paying taxes?

Because in a marriage it's communal property and if a partner in a heterosexual marriage dies there's no inheritance tax though there is in a homosexual marriage... You were joking right? You're not really this dense are you? How many thousands of times do facts have to be presented to you before you read them and learn them? Most 6 year olds could out debate you because they only half the time ignore what the other person said and counter with "nuh uh!"

 

[nehalem256]

Because in a marriage it's communal property and if a partner in a heterosexual marriage dies there's no inheritance tax though there is in a homosexual marriage... You were joking right? You're not really this dense are you? How many thousands of times do facts have to be presented to you before you read them and learn them? Most 6 year olds could out debate you because they only half the time ignore what the other person said and counter with "nuh uh!"

I believe the idea was to throw out the idea of marriage entirely and so there would be no communal property