[Dems2008] Re: Loving v. Virginia (1967)

and don't forget "married filing jointly" as opposed to the much higher
"single" tax rates.

--- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, "citation502" <citation502@...> wrote:
>
>
> Gabrielle, fair questions:
>
> I think it's largely TWO things:
>
> * I saw a list one time, and I recollect that it was something like
> 185 different rights that are inherent in marriages as recognized by
> most states, and of course, the list of rights and entitlements could
> change any time. The simplest guarantee of similar rights is to use
> the same term "marriage"
> * Second, use of different terms -- while it may seem like just a
> term -- perpetuates the SEPARATION that represents the inequality of
> dignity.
> *
> --- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, Gabrielle Latham gabrielled2003@
> wrote:
> >
> > Mark, I think there should be marriage for all. Why should we be the
> only ones that are miserable? j/k I love my hubby.
> >
> > What is it about marriage that is so important to you? Is it that it
> makes it somehow more official? Will a piece of paper give your
> relationship more meaning? I am just trying to understand, I don't
want
> to hurt anyone. Honestly, if my hubby and I could have all the
trappings
> of marriage without the piece of paper (and the church not having a
> cow), believe me we would have just lived together and we did for
> awhile. But then we wanted to adopt a child (I can't have one) and the
> whole "you have to be married" thing came about. I honestly don't see
> why so much importance is put on a piece of paper. I also don't see
why
> you can't get married. I would have thought that as a society we are
> past that. I agree with Obama, the federal government should not be
> setting about making a definition of marriage as a man and a woman.
> >
> > Mark^o^ smiledaydream@ wrote:
> > You will quickly get sick of not being married.
> >
> > Every FRIGGIN day it is a pain to live as a pair for 20 years and
have
> > to live a lie because your FRIGGIN country does not have equal
rights.
> >
> >
> > .
> >
> >
> >
> > Gabrielle (Gabe to my friends)
> > Do not enter into a battle of wits with an unarmed person.
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> >
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