If a gay/lesbian couple want to live together, why don't they just DO it, instead of bothering to make it a "civil union" or "marriage"?
If a heterosexual couple want to live together, why don't they just DO it, instead of bothering to make it a "marriage"?
Does a CU or marriage give them financial benefits or what?
And is a marriage better than a CU in that respect?
Well, yes. For starters, homosexuals in a civil partnership cannot legally fill the role of both parents when adopting a child or having their own child through fertility treatment, and instead both parents must individually register to be the child's adopted parent, which can cost them thousands. Couples in a legally recognized marriage do not have to do that.
At least, that's what I've heard from gay couples in the States. I'm not too certain how the law holds up elsewhere.
After my mate married his girlfriend he said to me later- "Wow, I'm a lot worse off moneywise since I got hitched!", so I should imagine that'd also apply to gay couples, which brings me back to the question- why get married if you're going to be worse off financially?
Why should ANYONE get married, in that case? If marriage makes us all worse off financially, doesn't it make sense NOT to ban specific groups from being able to marry, but instead ban marriage itself?
The point is, WHY is marriage being denied to homosexuals?
I have to insist on the fact that Ann Coulter is right when she says that most gay men want gay marriage not because they want to get married...but because they naively think that once there is gay marriage, people will respect them
Respecting gays has nothing to do with that. In Spain gay people are respected exactly as they were before gay marriage was legalized.
so...let's be honest: the majority of gay males are promiscuous and will never get married. They want gay marriage just because they think they will gain respect from that.
no...people will go on thinking what they think about homosexuality. And people will go on laughing out loud at jokes about gays.
This is such a wrong-headed and ignorant thing to say.
Firstly, how many gay couples, or gay individuals, do you know? Because I know several, and they are no more "promiscuous" than anyone else. I know more single heterosexuals than I know single homosexuals. Most are in long-term relationships, and act no different to the heterosexual couples I know in any regard.
Secondly, this isn't about "gaining respect" any more than the civil rights movement was about black people "gaining respect" by working to grant them equal rights. It's such a ridiculous double-standard. What you are saying is functionally no different to saying:
"Why do black people want to be served in the same stores as white people and drink from the same water-fountains? Don't they have their OWN stores and their OWN water fountains? They just think that being able to shop in the same stores and drink from the same fountains as white people, white people will immediately respect them. Let's be honest: the majority of black men are thieves and will never be trusted by white shop owners. They just want to be served by them because they think they will gain respect from that."
Do you HONESTLY believe that that's the issue? If these are your opinions, then you are not only on the wrong side of this debate, but you are actively part of the problem and a proponent of inequality.