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Crghss, Domestic partnerships in theory are supposed to have the same weight or importance as marriage. Having said that, some hospitals and other entities treated domestic partners differently from married couples. The troubles exist throughout New Jersey, Connecticut and other states which have them. They are not the same as marriage, and are hence, separate but definitely not equal.

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It all depends on the state. BUT, we could create a civil union that carries the same rights as a marriage. In the court of law we could establish a civil union as anything we want. But for some reason the Gay community won't accept this. It's marriage or nothing.

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Well, if it's the same thing as marriage, why not call it marriage? Isn't that akin to calling a white's schooling 'education' and 'learning', but calling a black's schooling ONLY 'learning'?

Straights can be civilly united and they can be married, while gays can only be civilly united. Do you not see the implicit discrimination there?

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Ah, no I don't. But all people should get a civil union from the Gov't and marriages should come from churches. If you can get the Church(or mosque or whatever)to marry you good for you.

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Agreed. The civil portion is the realm of the state, the 'marriage' portion is the realm of the church or community.

I think I misunderstood you a bit.

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Works for me. That's the way it's done in Japan, a country with a few hundred years on us.

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"That's the way it's done in Japan, a country with a few hundred years on us."

Yeah, after we bombed them out of the middle ages and rebuilt their nation. Let's hope Iraq is just as successful. But, we do still have troops in Japan 63 years after V-J Day.

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Guess we learned from our mistakes.

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There is no discrimination at all. This world was made for men and women to get married and not the same sex getting married. People of the same sex is letting the devil win and should learn to turn to God.

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Everyone is free to turn to God or not, as that is the law of God and this country. Don't marry a man if you think it's wrong, but neither you nor your God has authority over my relationships, and our government shouldn't either.

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"There is no discrimination at all. This world was made for men and women to get married and not the same sex getting married. People of the same sex is letting the devil win and should learn to turn to God. "

Maybe this is true for your hateful God. But for those of us that follow the example of Christ and the law of the Bible there is nothing that restricts people of the same sex getting married, just as there is nothing that speaks against people *being* homosexuals, just a specific act as outlined in Lev 20.

So take your hateful God and go somewhere else where they allow you to legislate your religion and impose it on others. Remember, though, there may come a day when someone else can legislate their religion on your daily life.

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How does this affect you? How does it harm your marriage? It doesn't unless you are gay so why does this bother you that I may have the same rights as you?

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"Isn't that akin to calling a white's schooling 'education' and 'learning', but calling a black's schooling ONLY 'learning'?"

What kind of stupid comment is that? Where the hell did that come from?

You might have heard: Schools were desegregated during the last century.

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Yep. Because those discriminated against and their friends took to the streets and called out this country's conscience, and the courts listened. And then the President and the legislature listened, and then the Feds sent the National Guard to enforce equal treatment on the screaming and jeering people, WHETHER THEY WANTED IT OR NOT. Maybe we all need to take a lesson here.

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your a baby blocking my message

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Ah, name calling will get you nowhere with this crowd. Try another strategy.

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Seperate is not equal.

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