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U.S., in Shift, Sees Marriage Act as Violation of Gay Rights

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Re: U.S., in Shift, Sees Marriage Act as Violation of Gay Rights

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Post by zdw » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 1:42 AM UTC

jokermatt999 wrote: post #6

jdp23 wrote: post #4

With 13 votes in less than an hour, I'm surprised that this isn't on the front page. Presumably some penalty is being applied, and I'd like to better understand this. For hackers and many other people at startups, marriage is an important way of getting insurance coverage and other benefits. Until now, the US government has taken the stance that many people shouldn't be eligible for it. Now, it's changing the positio…

Political articles tend to get flagged, pushing them off the front page.

Correct. All of the Giffords shooting in Tucson articles from last month got flagged off.

Re: U.S., in Shift, Sees Marriage Act as Violation of Gay Rights

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Post by ktsmith » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 8:53 AM UTC

burgerbrain wrote: post #10

ktsmith wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a lot more than just tax issues involved. Marriages are contracts that two people enter into and a number of benefits and responsibilities are determined by that contract.

People enter into contracts every day that the government has nothing to do with. I'm still not getting why government approval should be involved at all.

I didn't suggest that the government should be involved I just wanted to point out that it's a lot more than taxes. The problem is that the government is already involved and so at the very least we should allow all couples the ability to enter into this particular contract without discrimination based on sexual preference.

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