A bit of a poser

[docwebster]

To those who actually think "civil unions" are okay.. we didn't let them get away with this happy horseshit forty years ago when it was called "separate but equal", why are we supposed to let them get away with it now? What the hell's next, I ask you - separate homosexual drinking fountains? Homosexuals at the back of the bus? Where in the wide blue hell does it end, people?

Comments

[nehi.livejournal.com]

i agree -- and i'm glad someone else pointed it out, too.

in most european countries, a church marriage and a legal union are not the same thing, nor are they mutually inclusive. the common practice is to go get the legal ceremony (usually small, and private) done in the morning, then have the big 'church wedding' later in the day.

the problem with the whole situation here is that they are -not- mutually exclusive. most 'church weddings' also carry with them the legal benefits, although legal weddings do not carry the sacramental benefits, according to the church, and thus must be blessed. what this country needs is not gay marriage rights, but the legal rights and standings of any heterosexual couple married in the eyes of the law. our country just needs to do a better job of separating church and state -- in mind, as well as in legality.

[nehi.livejournal.com]

let me rephrase that:

but the legal rights and standings of any heterosexual couple joined in the eyes of the law.

which, actually, winds up illustrating my point further -- the inclusion is so ingrained that even when trying to make a point I went and fucked it up. :P

[docwebster.livejournal.com]

Poor dear. She hasn't had any chocolate or drills today.