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

Justify and reinforce? Oh my dear....you've obviously never been in love.

-- 

Melanie
"There are only four questions of value in life....What is sacred, of what
is the spirit made, what is worth living for, and what is worth dying? The
answer to each is the same....only love."





"Marvin Edwards" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> "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.
>
>