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Post #333,419
by boxley
9/30/10 7:42:29 AM
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New 1. doesnt matter,
tax benefits would be defined by a contractual registered agreement just like a car loan or mortgage.
2. vegans can fuck off.
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
Post #333,510
by CRConrad
10/1/10 5:45:17 AM
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New You're missing the point by a mile, as usual.
1. There IS already such a "contractual registered agreement"; it's been around longer than christianity, and its name has always been "marriage". Look up the English concept "common-law marriage", for instance, and reflect a bit about how old it and the institution it describes might be, compared to christianity among the speakers of English; and then on why it was coined in the first place. (Hint: To describe people who felt they "were married" just like their forebears had always been, without these new-fangled ceremonies the new faith was trying to claim were mandatory, in order to usurp the regulation of the domestic life of the populace as its sole prerogative.)

2. Yup, exactly. And if they can, then so can (other) religious nutcases, too.
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     Mark Morford on the gay heathen hordes freaking out the - (Ashton) - (52) - April 10, 2009, 04:40:48 AM EDT
         Wow...not too reactionary... - (beepster) - (2) - April 10, 2009, 08:21:21 AM EDT
             well look at the bright side :-) - (boxley) - (1) - April 10, 2009, 08:45:45 AM EDT
                 :-) -NT - (beepster) - April 10, 2009, 10:07:07 AM EDT
         Interesting point there - (drook) - (34) - April 10, 2009, 09:46:26 AM EDT
             I have said that for years, the state has no business - (boxley) - (2) - April 10, 2009, 09:49:32 AM EDT
                 Is it? - (drook) - (1) - April 10, 2009, 10:45:27 AM EDT
                     Current law is the name on the birth certificate - (boxley) - April 10, 2009, 10:50:14 AM EDT
             Re: Interesting point there - (jay) - (20) - April 10, 2009, 12:01:58 PM EDT
                 Words count - (drook) - (18) - April 10, 2009, 03:28:30 PM EDT
                     bing bing bing! - (beepster) - (8) - April 10, 2009, 04:26:55 PM EDT
                         I view it differently. - (Another Scott) - (7) - April 10, 2009, 07:13:23 PM EDT
                             You missed the implication of what I said - (drook) - (5) - April 10, 2009, 07:48:24 PM EDT
                                 But the horse left the barn and is in the next county. - (Another Scott) - (4) - April 10, 2009, 09:00:25 PM EDT
                                     Good idea, but DOA - (drook) - April 10, 2009, 09:17:55 PM EDT
                                     marriage is a religious term not a legal term - (boxley) - (2) - April 12, 2009, 10:57:53 AM EDT
                                         So they were covered on each other's insurance? - (drook) - (1) - April 12, 2009, 11:51:48 AM EDT
                                             actually neither had insurance :-) - (boxley) - April 12, 2009, 12:13:40 PM EDT
                             nope, my marriage was illegal in virginia - (boxley) - April 12, 2009, 10:51:16 AM EDT
                     I don't think it would really work - (jay) - (8) - April 11, 2009, 12:47:49 PM EDT
                         People are lazy, I'm counting on that - (drook) - (7) - April 11, 2009, 06:52:43 PM EDT
                             There would be - (jay) - (6) - April 11, 2009, 11:32:44 PM EDT
                                 I'm not trying to change the language people use - (drook) - (5) - April 12, 2009, 11:48:53 AM EDT
                                     can we use a fade away shot - (boxley) - April 12, 2009, 12:15:10 PM EDT
                                     Which isn't enough - (jay) - (3) - April 12, 2009, 02:47:42 PM EDT
                                         in the real world the fundie gets fired - (boxley) - April 12, 2009, 03:14:26 PM EDT
                                         actually a real world example link - (boxley) - April 12, 2009, 03:22:44 PM EDT
                                         What? - (beepster) - April 12, 2009, 03:39:28 PM EDT
                 bassackwards - (boxley) - April 12, 2009, 10:48:13 AM EDT
             Interesting discussion. - (static) - (9) - April 11, 2009, 01:27:01 AM EDT
                 I think that where you stand depends on where you sit. - (Another Scott) - (4) - April 11, 2009, 09:12:03 AM EDT
                     Yep, I've 'committed marriage' upon 3 sets, so far -- - (Ashton) - April 11, 2009, 07:57:14 PM EDT
                     I had another thought. - (static) - April 12, 2009, 04:12:16 AM EDT
                     thanks for proving my point - (boxley) - (1) - April 12, 2009, 11:04:12 AM EDT
                         My point, too. - (static) - April 12, 2009, 07:56:27 PM EDT
                 Marriage probably predates religion - (jay) - (3) - April 11, 2009, 01:01:55 PM EDT
                     I seriously doubt . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - April 11, 2009, 02:06:48 PM EDT
                         Unanswerable question - (jay) - (1) - April 11, 2009, 11:36:55 PM EDT
                             Ummm . . . paper thin? - (Andrew Grygus) - April 12, 2009, 03:40:17 AM EDT
         So this thread became about who gets to define language... - (CRConrad) - (13) - Sept. 30, 2010, 07:37:52 AM EDT
             1. doesnt matter, - (boxley) - (1) - Sept. 30, 2010, 07:42:29 AM EDT
                 You're missing the point by a mile, as usual. - (CRConrad) - Oct. 1, 2010, 05:45:17 AM EDT
             Define "married" - (drook) - (4) - Sept. 30, 2010, 10:02:54 AM EDT
                 Married=Living in a civil union(religious blessing optional) - (CRConrad) - (3) - Oct. 1, 2010, 06:10:50 AM EDT
                     Dammit, you're making a good point - (drook) - Oct. 1, 2010, 09:20:19 AM EDT
                     Well said. Here's an interesting summary. - (Another Scott) - Oct. 13, 2010, 01:33:24 PM EDT
                     Stuart Chase ceased revolving-in-grave upon this utterance - (Ashton) - Oct. 13, 2010, 07:41:02 PM EDT
             Each religion can define it for themselves - (mhuber) - (5) - Oct. 1, 2010, 01:55:57 PM EDT
                 Sure-if they also name it for themselves.'Coz "marriage"... - (CRConrad) - (4) - Oct. 2, 2010, 07:14:39 PM EDT
                     FWIW, this Xian agrees with me - (drook) - (3) - Oct. 13, 2010, 11:31:02 AM EDT
                         I'm dealing with this right now - (crazy) - (2) - Oct. 13, 2010, 02:02:46 PM EDT
                             I can picture the joke now - (boxley) - (1) - Oct. 13, 2010, 02:44:56 PM EDT
                                 It writes itself. - (crazy) - Oct. 14, 2010, 11:16:19 AM EDT

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