ramtops: (spikey hair)
ramtops ([personal profile] ramtops) wrote2004-03-31 11:52 am

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it's very good to see gay couples getting the same rights as heterosexual married couples (see Guardian link).

but where are the rights for straight, unmarried couples. I have many friends living in long term unmarried relationships, and this is discrimination, pure and simple.

what's the justification? The "sanctity of marriage"?
timill: (Default)

[personal profile] timill 2004-03-31 11:16 am (UTC)(link)
What differences do you see between:
(a) existing civil marriages for straight couples
(b) the proposed gay partnerships
(c) your proposal for straight partnerships?

ISTM that (b) is designed to match (a) as closely as possible without scaring existing "sanctity of marriage" people, and that doesn't leave a lot of room for (c) to equal (b) without also equalling (a).

And if (c)=(a), why bother inventing it?

Opinions?