Comments on: DHS Close Up Students Touring D.C.

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:10:16 +0000

I agree. I was just mocking what I believe to be a ludicrous argument.

By: CA

CA — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:35:13 +0000

Yeah, they’re treated as second class. Sure. State’s decision.

By: J_T

J_T — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:12:10 +0000

Seems to me that the easiest way “around it” would be to acknowledge that a gay couple’s avowed commitment to a lifelong partnership is equivalent to a heterosexual couple’s. In fact, there would be no “around it” necessary. Dontcha think? Or is there another reason that you would relegate them to second-class citizen status?

By: CA

CA — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:17:57 +0000

I will agree that that is an issue. But there are ways around it.

By: smalltowngal

smalltowngal — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:46:14 +0000

An unmarried couple may be treated VERY differently than an unmarried couple in a hospital, if one becomes seriously ill. Even if they have been monogamous life partners for decades, they won’t be considered each other’s next of kin because they were never allowed to be married, even though they desperately wanted to be, and have lived their lives as if they were married, with all the love and commitment that entails. In that context, how is it not an infringement on their civil rights to forbid them to marry?