No more marriage in NC...

[Covar]

At least not by the state, if this lawsuit succeeds.

 

[Ravenpoe]

I'm all for the banning of "marriage" as a government title, and replacing the same functionality with civil unions. That way, maybe the country can finally move past the gay marriage debate, everyone can have equal rights in the form of the union, and churches can still marry people if they choose (though such marriages would have no legal authority)

 

[Covar]

I'm all for the banning of "marriage" as a government title, and replacing the same functionality with civil unions. That way, maybe the county can finally move past the gay marriage debate, everyone can have equal rights in the form of the union, and churches can still marry people if they choose (though such marriages would have no legal authority)

That's been my stance for a while as well.

 

[GasBandit]

I, too, support the ending of institutionalized "marriage."

 

[Necronic]

Yeah but that's just because you want to sleep around.

 

[Hailey Knight]

You don't need to be married to sleep around.

 

[@Li3n]

You don't need to be married to sleep around.

No, it just makes sleeping around more fun...

 

[Necronic]

Why is it that when you're single all you see are couples, and when you're in a couple all you see are hookers?

 

[Norris]

I, too, support the ending of institutionalized "marriage."

I can't tell if you're just in favor of abolishing the current terminology and replacing it with less politically loaded terms or in favor of abolishing the various privileges that marriage grants you (since a hospital, as a business, should have a right to decided who is and isn't allowed to stay at the bedside of patients).

 

[GasBandit]

I can't tell if you're just in favor of abolishing the current terminology and replacing it with less politically loaded terms or in favor of abolishing the various privileges that marriage grants you (since a hospital, as a business, should have a right to decided who is and isn't allowed to stay at the bedside of patients).

I'm in favor of ending it as a cultural institution. Nobody gets married. "Marriage," as a thing, ceases to exist. Your example of a hospital can basically be satisfied by a glorified "buddy list," or next of kin.