Conn House OK's Gay Unions.........

Foxnews ^ | April 13, 2005

[longtermmemmory]

So now in conecticut a person can be married to a member of the opposite sex AND can be civil unioned to a person of the same sex AT THE SAME TIME!

[mlc9852]

We need a constitutional amendment. Let the people decide whether we want to make sexual deviancy of people of the same sex equal to marriage between a man and woman.

[mlc9852]

Are you saying we should abolish legal marriage?

[jmc813]

Are you saying we should abolish legal marriage?

I don't think the government should play a role in an institution so sacred to so many people. Couples could sign binding contracts to spell out all legal terms of their marriage, and a church or religious institution of their choice could perform the ceremony. When the government is involved in something, it usually screws it up.

[HostileTerritory]

R.I. and Maine haven't done anything.

[cvq3842]

I have posted on this whole issue before. One thing that never seems to come up, even in the face of "why is it anyone's business" department, is the financial cost. I assume all these additional people coming on to health insurance policies and becoming eligible for state "spousal" benefits would add up to a fair amount of money. Has anyone run the numbers? Are we allowed to ask?

[gidget7]

Actually, No they are not doing it right. Every other state, with the exception of the court imposition in MA and VT, have allowed a vote by the people. CT did not, and is denying constitutional rights of it's residents!

[RexBeach]

No, something's already happened in Maine...there's strong sympathy there for an accomodation, or whatever one wishes to call it.

Thanks for the note!

[mlc9852]

There are many laws that relate to marriage. Actually, a legal contract would be much more difficult to get out of than a marriage.

[Phantom Lord]

CT did not, and is denying constitutional rights of it's residents!

Do residents on CT have a constitutional right to vote on all legislation? If not, how are they being denied their constitutional rights?

Here in NC we do not have the right to public referendums. We get to vote on very few things outside of elections. We get to vote on Constitutional amendments, bonds (though that was actually just removed by a vote of the people!), and something else that is slipping my mind.

[concerned about politics]

We need a constitutional amendment.

Yep. Just like Americans shouldn't be forced by law to support abortion, they shouldn't be forced by law to support a chosen sex fetish (especially a diseased and infected one like this! Their new strain of AIDs is a real beauty! They're dead in 3 years or less).

[gidget7]

That's just it, this is amending the constitution, without benefit of an amendment. CT Constitution is clear on marriage. Without an amendment, which is to be voted on by the people, this law is unconstitutional.

I was born and raised in CT, have only lived outside CT a year or so. It appears Rell is no better than Rowland was, but I am not that surprised.

[Aquinasfan]

The Connecticut bill, approved 85-63 by the House, would give same-sex couples all the rights and privileges of marriage, but they would not be eligible to receive marriage licenses.

That'll teach 'em. Cowards or idiots, or both. Probably both.

[jmc813]

Actually, a legal contract would be much more difficult to get out of than a marriage.

That might just not be a bad thing.

[Aquinasfan]

I don't know why the Gov't is involved in "marriage" at all.

Because all citizens pass through the institution of the family, which is the bedrock of every society.

Moreover, the State must arbitrate all family disputes, including adoption, child-custody, etc.

Ironically, state sanctioning of homosexual marriage is suicidal. No procreation, no society, no State.

[concerned about politics]

I assume all these additional people coming on to health insurance policies and becoming eligible for state "spousal" benefits would add up to a fair amount of money.

Homosexuals drop dead like flies after they've cost businesses (which means us in the end) millions in AIDS medical expenses. That'll cost us!
Their life expectancy is 40 years old.

[GSWarrior]

"That is a very bitter pill to swallow."

Trying to resist urge to insert tasteless comment.

[longtermmemmory]

can the citizens of CT get a referendum to amend their constitution and thus bypass the legislature?

[gidget7]

Not to mention it is forcing it's residents to defy their faith, and thought control over their moral conscience. How does any government get off telling its residents they have to find anything acceptable, which their faith and morals tell them, is not?? This is like telling us it's ok to be a prostitute, ignore you religious and moral objections. It's thought control, plain and simple.

And you're right on the AIDS objection. In MA, the homosexuals already had benefits for partners in the work place. Then the courts imposed homosexual marriage on the state. Now, homosexuals get benefits whether they choose to enter these phony marriages or not. It's lunacy!! You don't see heterosexual unmarried people getting benefits. (Nor should they, but that isn't the point)

[gidget7]

I really think it will come to that, of course ultimately it will take going through the legislature anyway. Whether it will happen or no, I don't know. Seems the stench has gone airborne from MA, south.