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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
No more or less than any other benefit given to married people that is not given to non-married people. It seems to me like, in this case, rather than that bill being discriminatory against gays, that's just an extension of the lack of same-sex marriage being discriminatory against gays. If anything, this is discriminatory against non-married couples, gay or straight.
Regarding the myth that people become more conservative as they get older... that's because the definition of conservative charges overtime. When reformers/liberals/progressives/whatever succeed in their agendas their beliefs become the status quo and a few decades down the road they support and seek to defend it, likely opposing the next generation of progressives.
People who support same sex marriage now are not likely to oppose it down the line. When they are 50 they might well oppose whatever civil rights issue is going on then, they'll be the conservatives in that case but they won't magically oppose their own damn achievements.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Kind of hard to predict. Ask someone during the civil rights movement and homosexuals probably wouldn't have been their first guess.
Throwing my speculation hat on I'd wager it'll have to do with illegal immigration and how many are treated like second class citizens at best and criminals at worst. I'd guess it would have to do with getting illegals some form of citizenship that's easy to revoke. Sort of "you're an american till we can find a reason for you not to be"
Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
We know. We have a separate thread devoted to CISPA.
edited 20th Apr '13 10:05:15 AM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016And the lack of intersectionality those sorts display make us liberal types vomit in our mouths.
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen FryPeople sadly have a ways to go in understanding and accepting transpeople.
EDIT: Foolish wording on my part.
edited 20th Apr '13 2:49:28 PM by RadicalTaoist
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.Senators Murkowski (R-AK), Wyden (D-OR) set to unveil bipartisan campaign finance reform bill
Plus, the chef of the Senate GOP and main engineer of the "filibuster everything" policy Mitch McConnell is a firm believer in private campaign spending and only small limitations - if any - on it.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanAnd Murkowski does not really count as a member of the Senate GOP; she's practically a dinosaur now.
She supports campaign finance reform because she has nothing to hide; everyone in Alaska knows that she represents the Native Corporations, and we love her for it.
edited 20th Apr '13 11:31:02 PM by Ramidel

Hey, everyone? Bash Fox News all you like, but they're actually right on this one; any federal bill that gives special benefits to married individuals is discriminatory against homosexuals.