Traditional marriage is discriminatory, DOMA opponents charge

cna ^ | September 16, 2009

[wardaddy]

Charging that the traditional definition of marriage is “discriminatory,” U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) has announced that he will reintroduce a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). One critic of the measure is warning that it will lead to discrimation against those who support marriage between a man and a woman.

I would reckon that more Orthodox Judaism views this as heresy but how does your average Reform temple see this issue?

[longtermmemmory]

..AND if you can dilute or eliminate marriage then all of a sudden automatic inheritance is eliminated and if you die intestate the money AUTOMATICALLY goes to the government even if you have a “spouse.”

[riverdawg]

” ... if you die intestate the money AUTOMATICALLY goes to the government even if you have a “spouse.””

This is not true. If you die intestate and are unmarried, each state determines who will inherit your estate from a list of “next of kin.” The order differs from state to state. I was single for many years, I had no children, my parents were deceased, I have no siblings, and I did not have a will. A lawyer friend of mine told me that if I died intestate my estate would be divided among any surviving aunts and uncles, with the surviving children of these aunts and uncles (e.g., my first cousins)receiving the share otherwise due to any deceased aunt or uncle. This was enough for me to immediately have a will made!

[manc]

so marrying a dog is discrimination too right or how about the LDS church .

can they have as many wives as they want?
I find it ironic the left hates the LDS with a passion but have no problem with saying discrimination to having two homo men or women getting a sham marriage and then thinking they should be parents

[manc]

just said the same

there is a line
one side it is normal traditional marriage as nature and some would say God created .

You cross that line the anything should be considered marriage .

I know which side of the line I’m on.

Just look at how messed up liberal parents are, most have no rules, are perverted and way out of this world with their views.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

There is no discrimination.

Any currently-unmarried American of marriageable age has a God-given, constitutionally-protected right to marry a currently-unmarried individual of the opposite sex.

[Unam Sanctam]

Of course the traditional marriage is also discriminatory against polygamists, bestial marriage proponents, etc.

[longtermmemmory]

I am speaking of the notion that the left wants to de-legalize the family.

If the law recognizes NO family ties then intestacy would equal a 100% death tax. Remember the whole marriage debate is about destroying the family.

You are correct, under current law (common and legislative).

[riverdawg]

I see your point now. It’s the best argument against my own (admittedly libertarian) view, which is that the government ought to get out of the marriage business altogether. I fear that the alternative is a continued extension by government of “marriage” to unions of all sorts that conservatives find abhorrent.

[TASMANIANRED]

These folks need to have a lobotomy.

[NYer]

Laws discriminate by definition. We can keep going and declare that the law discriminates against pedophiles, too.

An interesting and astute comment. Have you noticed that over the past several years, more and more laws are being passed that overturn others enacted under a 'judeo-christian' system of morality? Essentially, under the guise of relativism, we are restoring a pagan society where anything is valid and to be treated with respect.

[Albion Wilde]

Traditional marriage is discriminatory, DOMA opponents charge

That's what marriage is supposed to do. Make a distinction between one person and all others.