Poll: Support For Gay Marriage Growing

Foxrac said:
Taxes, hospital visit, immigrant, health insurance, many benefits under federal and state.
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Those rights are not being denied based on sexual orientation. Did you not read the article I posted?
 
Steinhauer said:
Those rights are not being denied based on sexual orientation. Did you not read the article I posted?
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actually it does. do you not really comprehend the article?
 
Steinhauer said:
Those rights are not being denied based on sexual orientation. Did you not read the article I posted?
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The article that you posted isn't fact but just other anti-GLBT opinion.

For me, it is still denied.
 
Steinhauer said:
Obviously you didn't.

I even highlighted it in blue
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and you obviously misunderstood it.

I'm sorry but this statement "there is nothing stopping gay couples from signing a joint lease or owning a house jointly, as many single straight people do with roommates" is not exactly the same as married couples.

and if a gay man had a sudden medical emergency, the hospital does not recognize his SO's legal rights to make a medical decision for him unless proven with document and such. for married couples - hospital automatically recognizes husband/wife's legal rights.

so yea... not quite the same.
 
Jiro said:
and you obviously misunderstood it.

I'm sorry but this statement "there is nothing stopping gay couples from signing a joint lease or owning a house jointly, as many single straight people do with roommates" is not exactly the same as married couples.

and if a gay man had a sudden medical emergency, the hospital does not recognize his SO's legal rights to make a medical decision for him unless proven with document and such. for married couples - hospital automatically recognizes husband/wife's legal rights.

so yea... not quite the same.
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How would they know they were "Husband and Wife"?
 
Jiro said:
and you obviously misunderstood it.

I'm sorry but this statement "there is nothing stopping gay couples from signing a joint lease or owning a house jointly, as many single straight people do with roommates" is not exactly the same as married couples.

and if a gay man had a sudden medical emergency, the hospital does not recognize his SO's legal rights to make a medical decision for him unless proven with document and such. for married couples - hospital automatically recognizes husband/wife's legal rights.

so yea... not quite the same.
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Because marriage is defined as being between a man and a woman. So, yeah - same sex domestic partnerships are not the exact same thing as married couples. You got that one right.
 
Steinhauer said:
Because marriage is defined as being between a man and a woman. So, yeah - same sex domestic partnerships are not the exact same thing as married couples. You got that one right.
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ah so you're admitting that there are certain rights being denied for gay couples?
 
TXgolfer said:
How would the hospital know that though?
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not interested in this triviality. you can answer this for yourself since you've been there.

what's obvious is that hospital staff will certainly not going to recognize a gay couple's legal rights to make a medical decision.
 
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