"You may be as straight as an arrow, and you may have a friend that is as straight as an arrow. Say you had a great job with the government where you had this wonderful health plan. I mean, what would prohibit you from saying that you’re gay, and y’all get married and still live as separate, but you get all the benefits? I just see so much abuse in this it’s unreal. I believe a husband and a wife should be a man and a woman, the benefits should be for a man and a woman. There is no way that this is about equality. To me, it’s all about a free ride.” -- Georgia GOP Chairwoman Sue Everhart, in the Marietta Daily Journal
And the reason that an opposite sex couple wouldn't be able to do this, as well, is because...?? Do some people not step back and think through what they say before they open their mouths? And yes, I know that that's a rhetorical question. Actually, forgetting for the moment that there doesn't seem to be a huge demand for fraudulent gay marriages, and that it's more likely that gay marriages are more scrutinized for that very reason than are opposite sex marriages, I would guess that there not only could be this kind of abuse for opposite sex marriages, but there already are. And have been since, perhaps, the beginning of marriage and wonderful health plans. Using her logic, therefore, I really hope that Ms. Everhart (R-GA) will not now be coming out against opposite sex marriage, as well. It could reek havoc with the wedding industry.
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Arlene Paige
4/4/2013 09:20:09 am
I have a cousin who's a lawyer. Her best friend in college became very well known in the women's lib movement. My cousin used to arrange adoptions for Lesbians. Two grown women can become family in that way. There's no law against it. This has been going on for decades to share benefits, assure the legality of inheritance, willingly provide for support as required should there be a separation, and what-not. It's a little unusual to be adopted instead of married, but it makes no difference to the law. You can privately celebrate in a white dress and a tux, if you want to. So the fuss about the benefits of familial rights and emotional equality are only within the envied tradition (as if anyone could envy it) of matrimony. Everyone politicized by their same sex commitment would have known, if they were serious about providing financial protection, medical insurance, and all rights and privileges, that adoption was a real solution. All the complaining is a theatrical device. I wouldn't be ashamed to enter into an adopted state with anyone who loved me, any more than I'd be ashamed of being gay. Whatever works. Leave a Reply. |
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