Don't know about you, but our taxes went up.

Post #388,366 by mmoffitt 4/9/14 12:45:03 PM Reply	Don't know about you, but our taxes went up. Remember the "marriage penalty"? Might pre-date you. That was back when it was understood by everybody that marriage caused a financial hit to society, made up by taxing married couples higher - until they had kids.
Post #388,371 by malraux 4/9/14 2:41:06 PM Reply	Oh, right. Gay people would never adopt a kid. You sidestepped the other reason as well, Bryce. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #388,373 by pwhysall 4/9/14 3:16:51 PM Reply	Bryce is the reason? I don't wanna know.
Post #388,375 by mmoffitt 4/9/14 4:12:08 PM Reply	Name calling? Incredibly, I apparently have still not made clear that I have no objection to gay couples enjoying all the legal rights, privileges and responsibilities as married couples. Since I had issue with the accuracy of only one of the two things you mentioned, my reply was directed at the one of the two with which I took issue.
Post #388,379 by Another Scott 4/9/14 4:40:17 PM Reply	"No objection"?!? Your argument here seems to be too subtle and too strident at the same time. You seem to me to be objecting a great deal to gay people coming out with fanfare, or getting married, or expecting to be treated as a customer when they want a service from a company. How is that not "objecting"? It's an understandable position to dislike and argue against the concept of gay marriage. Or even "sterile marriage". :-/ But to simultaneously say that you've got no objection to people being treated equally doesn't make any sense. IMHO. People are treated equally, or they're not. "Separate but equal" isn't equal. What am I missing? Thanks. Cheers, Scott.
Post #388,380 by mmoffitt 4/9/14 4:45:58 PM Reply	Maybe one of my posts? If this whole "marriage equality" question had instead been posed as, "Should homosexual civil commitments (or whatever phrase) receive all benefits under the law and be recognized as being the equal of marriage?" you'd have heard nary a peep from me. http://forum.iwethey...iwt?postid=388345 My father used to have a saying, "Let's agree to call a spade a spade." I just don't want to call a spade a shovel.
Post #388,384 by crazy 4/9/14 4:56:44 PM Reply	Doesn't matter We went through this with Beep. Separate but equal does not work, many thousandS laws and millions of contracts would need to be rewritten then litigated. So no point in building that straw man, it would never happen and merely a distraction.

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