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Originally Posted by buggyone
Rubicon,
What problem would you have with gays and lesbians having civil unions with all the rights of marriage - except it would be done in a non-religious place? It would be very similar to a man and woman being married in a court setting but would not be called marriage.
Michelle Bachmann stated that since 47% of Americans pay no income tax, they should be forced to pay some tax. She did not want to increase tax on the very wealthy but would force everyone to pay "their fair share" and those are her words from the Republican debate last Saturday. Tax the poor and lower-middle classes more and not the wealthy. Now, that makes real social justice.
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Hi buggyone, see my post #32. To answer your question to acknowledge civil unions is to accept that lifestyle. When my daughter came from college with her boyfriend they slept in separate rooms because I personally don't believe in pre-martial sex. I am not naive nor am I a prude but my wife and I met at 13 and promised to wait until we were married. If we could commit to such a promise then I would not expect anything less from my children. Having said that I understand the mores had changed since we were kids. However, sacriface and restraint are not out of date. The wait that my wife and I endured was well worth it because it strengthened our releationship made it real and lasting.
When it comes to increasing taxes my response is to resist because the more money congress gets the more they spend. Let's face it thre 1% willalways be able to dodge the tax man and those increase commitments by congress that were suppose to be fu ded by the 1% will always fall back on us.