Might Kerry, if elected, have a hard time upholding his promise granting state-sanctioned married gay couples the same federal rights and benefits married straight couples? Granting federal rights to same-sex couples contradicts a major provision of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. The provisions state federal benefits for married people may not apply to same-sex couples and that judgments stemming from a same-sex union are not portable from state to state. While marriage and civil unions are not considered a "judgment" in legal terms, divorce, child support, and probate are judgments. What legal mess could arise if a partner dissatisfied with the litigated decision regarding divorce, in one state decided to litigate in another?
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To: fight_truth_decay; ahadams2
Four years ago this fall, we stood before an Episcopal priest and were pronounced married for life, for better, for worse. "Those whom God has joined together," the priest warned, "let no one put asunder." One could wonder just who it was who joined them...
2 posted on
03/04/2004 5:14:51 PM PST by
Eala
(Sacrificing tagline fame for... TRAD ANGLICAN RESOURCE PAGE: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican)
To: fight_truth_decay
I quit reading during the first sentence, where it stated "the president announced that my gay family should be banned by the U.S. Constitution". What a load of crap. They'll be living together the same way they have been.
3 posted on
03/04/2004 5:14:51 PM PST by
squidly
(Money is inconvenient for them: give them victuals and an arse-clout, it is enough.)
To: fight_truth_decay
"I've fantasized about leaving this country since I was 12 years old, but never more desperately than last Tuesday, when the president announced that my gay family should be banned by the U.S. Constitution.Yeh yeh. Cry me a river.
Buh bye. Don't let the door hit you in that well worn out ass.
PS....homosexual sex fetishists don't have families. They can't mate. They just borrow someone else's.
4 posted on
03/04/2004 5:16:24 PM PST by
concerned about politics
( Liberals are still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's Hierarchy)
To: fight_truth_decay
I'm sure the trial lawyers are almost beside themselves for joy at the prospects of wide-spread gay marriage !
The case law to arise ! The precedents ! And, best of all, THE FEES !!!
5 posted on
03/04/2004 5:17:02 PM PST by
genefromjersey
(So little time - so many FLAMES to light !!)
To: fight_truth_decay
Sick wretch. As B.G. says, "It's sick out there, and getting sicker."
7 posted on
03/04/2004 5:18:45 PM PST by
Salvey
To: fight_truth_decay
Funny, how marriage is considered an outdated concept, just a piece of paper, and a form of slavery for the wife....unless when it is for homosexuals.
9 posted on
03/04/2004 5:20:33 PM PST by
Paul Atreides
(Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
To: fight_truth_decay
I sure hope he doesn't go away mad.
10 posted on
03/04/2004 5:21:03 PM PST by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: fight_truth_decay
freaks
11 posted on
03/04/2004 5:21:31 PM PST by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
To: fight_truth_decay
"I've fantasized about leaving this country since I was 12 years oldBy all means GO!
14 posted on
03/04/2004 5:24:37 PM PST by
jwalburg
(We CAN Question their Patriotism!)
To: fight_truth_decay
"I want...I want...I want...I want....
Hey, I want a million dollars. Will this lesie give it to me?
15 posted on
03/04/2004 5:24:54 PM PST by
concerned about politics
( Liberals are still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's Hierarchy)
To: fight_truth_decay
LOL, great find!!
The sooner these pigs get their fat, disease-infested rumps out of here, the better. Canada is perfect for them. shame about the toddler, though. (How sick is THAT?)
To: fight_truth_decay
I've fantasized about leaving this country since I was 12 years old My fantasy, other than watching you leave, is watching you and your wife get it on...
23 posted on
03/04/2004 5:28:05 PM PST by
Drango
(Liberals give me a rash that even penicillin can't cure.)
To: fight_truth_decay
That's sick. Both of them should go to Canada & may the door not hit their behinds on the way out.
To: fight_truth_decay
that ain't no marriage
and you ain't no husband...
and it wasn't God who "joined" you.
To: fight_truth_decay
Where's the Barf alert?!
28 posted on
03/04/2004 5:31:19 PM PST by
tuckrdout
(Terri Schindler (Schiavo) deserves to have her wishes honored: Give her a DIVORCE!)
To: fight_truth_decay
If only these threats to leave the country would be carried out!
29 posted on
03/04/2004 5:31:28 PM PST by
OldFriend
(Always understand, even if you remain among the few)
To: fight_truth_decay
I stopped right here...
I've fantasized about leaving this country since I was 12 years old
didn't feel the need to read anyfurther...just thought to say, Than get the Hell out..we don't want you.
30 posted on
03/04/2004 5:33:28 PM PST by
Blue Scourge
(Off I go into the Wild Blue Yonder...)
To: fight_truth_decay
How do they decide who's the husband and who's the wife? Count chromosomes? Is one more comfortable wearing the tool belt?
31 posted on
03/04/2004 5:33:40 PM PST by
clintonh8r
(Vietnam veteran against John Kerry.)
To: fight_truth_decay
Homosexuality is a voluntary perversion. It is a chosen behavior, not a trait.
For these people to embrace this perversion and then demand societal benefits by aping normal conventions, e.g. marriage, is astounding!
By all means, the article's author and its "wife" should leave the country. And don't let the door hit its butt on the way out!
To: fight_truth_decay
Darnit!!! If Bush just hadn't said that, this guy was going to vote for him!
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