Re: same *** marriage petition (Canada) .

"Melanie" <chovhani@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Have you never heard of romance? Of partner****ps? It's way beyond the
physical. <

Well, like I said, I sup****t the language of "domestic partner****p". This
phrase avoids both the romantic and ***ual references, which should remove
most objections to equal rights. Furthermore, it extends these rights to
other unmarried people, not just gays. A domestic partner****p is the
formal
agreement between two people to share a home and expenses. The
relation****p
is based upon economics and companion****p, not ***. A brother and sister
may
be domestic partners, or two war veterans, or two widows in addition to
two
gay men or women. Whether two people in a domestic partner****p are
romantic
or having *** is not the business of a domestic partner****p law. The
objective is to resolve inequities in the legal treatment of any two
people
who are in a committed interdependent relation****p, whether married or
not.

As to romance, I think it is something we create around our relation****ps
to
justify and reinforce them. Unfortunately, for men especially but also for
women, romance may wane with one partner and catch fire with another
repeatedly over time. So marriage and partner****ps both become legal
commitments to care for someone past romance and despite our feelings
toward
others.