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No more marriage in NC...

Dec 15, 2011#1

Covar

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

Dec 15, 2011#2

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)

Dec 15, 2011#3

Covar

Ravenpoe said:
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.

Dec 15, 2011#4

GasBandit

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

Dec 15, 2011#5

Necronic

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

Dec 15, 2011#6

Hailey Knight

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

Dec 16, 2011#7

@Li3n

Quotemander Prime said:
You don't need to be married to sleep around.

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

Dec 16, 2011#8

Necronic

Jimm Gaffigan said:
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?

Dec 19, 2011#9

Norris

GasBandit said:
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).

Dec 19, 2011#10

GasBandit

Norris said:
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.

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