 zasel says: What a shame. Here is an area of New Jersey, that on the surface seemed to be perfectly comfortable with its gays residence, without exception. However, once gay rights became enshrined into law, the surface cracked and out flowed hateful discrimination based on homophobia. Talk about thin skinned support and values. whats the problem anyway? according to the clip, the women have been 'partners' for 37 years. after that long together, does it really matter whether or not the local church lets them make it official. i guess i'm out of the loop, because i really dont see the point of gays getting 'married' as they call it and fighting for the legal right to do so. Barfobulator, I appreciate your having taken the time to comment on my clip. The point of gays being permitted to marry is the same as for heterosexuals. It is an open and public declaration of love. But aside from the romantic issue, please remember that heterosexual couples who marry are entitled to many legal advantages to which gay couples are not For example, a spouse is exempted from testifying against their partner in court. They are guaranteed visiting rights in hospital and entitled to make medical decisions if the partner is not capable of doing so. And of course there are many tax advantages as well. I only gave a couple of examples to underscore my overall point. But it i... thanks for clearing that up. but but quite frankly, the church owns the pavilion that the women want to use. the women asked for permission to use it, and the church is perfectly within its rights to say no. it belongs to them, and they dont support homosexuality [it directly says so in the Methodist Book of Discipline, it calls homosexuality "incompatible with Christian teaching"] and in new jersey, USA, thats perfectly legal, and makes perfect sense. no one has the right to force someone else to change their beliefs. ideally of course the chuch didnt say they cant get married elsewhere, just that they couldnt use that church's pavilion to do so barfobulator, you8 make an excellent point. However, I am not sure in this case if it holds true because of the nature of other activities that have occurred there. I am not claiming any specific knowledge of this matter so please understand I am not trying to debate you. But my overall thoughts have to do with your question as to why gays would want to get married in the first place. From you comment it appears you have a clearer understanding of my views. I am an American, born and raised in New York City, but I have been living in Montreal, Canada since 1985. As I am sure you know by now, Canada has legalized same-sex marriage and it is working beautifully. Of course, there was the r... |
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