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What My Accounting Class Taught Me About Same-Sex Benefits
Fact Report ^ | November 6, 2013 | David Fowler

Posted on 11/09/2013 8:07:50 AM PST by James R. Aist

The point of the story is this: is the real issue being debated by these city governments one of effort or relationship? In other words, is it an issue of equal benefits for an equal effort in the workplace or is it one of equal benefits for equal relationships? The following example shows why it is not really an issue of equal benefits for equal effort.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: gaymarriage; homosexual; marriage; marriagebenefits
This is the real story behind the push for "gay marriage."
1 posted on 11/09/2013 8:07:50 AM PST by James R. Aist
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To: James R. Aist

Thanx ... good lessen


2 posted on 11/09/2013 8:13:19 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: James R. Aist

I know a gay guy who is an executive with a company. His take on benefits is that if the couple is legally married, then okay. But if they’re just living together, then no.


3 posted on 11/09/2013 8:14:27 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: Gen.Blather

Common law marriage?


4 posted on 11/09/2013 8:15:37 AM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Cvengr

“Common law marriage?”

In Florida, at least, Common Law marriage was eliminated by the Legislature in 1968. But, my guess is that if its legal between man and woman that this guy (gay) would say it’s legal for two same-sex people. (I was actually very surprised that he wasn’t even more liberal. But he’s responsible for profit at his company too.)


5 posted on 11/09/2013 8:17:56 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: Gen.Blather

Liberals don’t do well in things like accounting or engineering if they let their political views interfere with reality.

The last space shuttle disaster are a great case in point.


6 posted on 11/09/2013 8:21:52 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: James R. Aist

Two issues appear to arise.

1) Monogamy vs multiple marriage relationships.

2) Palimony.

Give them what they want and since they have 1000s of relationships vs heterosexual marital monogamy, let their former pals sue each other for palimony.


7 posted on 11/09/2013 8:22:21 AM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: James R. Aist; windcliff; stylecouncilor

From just plain common sense (secular), and the prohibition of male homosexuality in Torah (sacred), the issue is settled for me. It won’t change.


8 posted on 11/09/2013 8:25:40 AM PST by onedoug
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To: Gen.Blather

Then it comes down to how one defines “marriage”, doesn’t it? Hence the push to redefine marriage.


9 posted on 11/09/2013 8:57:28 AM PST by James R. Aist
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To: onedoug

Totally agree.


10 posted on 11/09/2013 8:58:07 AM PST by James R. Aist
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To: James R. Aist

If somebody claims that they’re gay, how do you prove that? Do you go to your doctor and get a note? Do you have to take pictures of you involved sexual acts?

Think how hard they dig with marriages between U.S citizen and a citizen from another country.

Now think how little they’ll dig on same sex mariages. There is going to be a lot of same sex marriages that are in reality, scams for benefits, citizenship or similar.


11 posted on 11/09/2013 9:28:34 AM PST by Usagi_yo
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To: Usagi_yo

Right- I ‘M retired with a Gov’t pension. I’m married but my wife and I don’t live together. She can’t share my health benefits Yet if I bring some guy into my house he can then be entitled to my health benefit. INSANE


12 posted on 11/09/2013 9:57:17 AM PST by capt B
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To: James R. Aist

Marriage is, at it’s essence, a contract for procreation.


13 posted on 11/09/2013 11:04:08 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: James R. Aist

In Malachi it says, “The Lord God hates divorce. And why? Because he was seeking Godly offspring.” The purpose of marriage is raising children. All other reasons aside, marriage provides a contract consistent with child rearing.

The reason why, as a society, we decided on benefits for spouses and children is to further child rearing. Take that out of the equation and benefits don’t make economic sense.

Add in gov’t manipulation like being Uncle Daddy and manipulating the benefits markets and the result will be, inside a generation, that if any employee benefits are given at all, they’ll be just for the employee.

Providing same sex benefits make no economic sense and it doesnt fill a pressing social imperative.


14 posted on 11/09/2013 11:13:56 AM PST by ziravan (Choose Sides.)
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