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Chrispy
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I don't follow christianity word for word, but I do believe in what if stands for. I think that even the christian definition of marriage should be updated.
But christianity isn't really the issue, since legal and relious marriages are different.
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Culture20
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Chrispy mentioned that he believed marriage had to do with love; well, that's religious marriage. Legal marriages are about a contractual bond, one which can be broken with minimal (comparitively) repercussions. A cleric will generally counsel a couple before marriage, making sure that they truelly are ready to make a commitment to the ones they love. A "justice of the peace" probably does not (no experience in this matter).
Legal marriages arose because the State (whatever government) decided that there was a good reason for marriage, and I doubt it was just to get form-handling fees from the already existing religious marriages. What were their reasons? The ancient Greeks seemed tolerant of homosexuals in their society; did they have such marriages? Did they have Legal marriages (considering everyone was supposed to worship the greek gods anyway)?
Some people have suggested doing away with Legal marriages since they are contributing to the high-divorce rate. IMO, this would kill two birds with one stone. What say you?
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Captain_Falkenhayn
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I would say that Terminator is nary too bright, but he de facto says it all the time.
Legal benefits for married couples do not only include things like tax breaks. If I were to get in a car accident and be in critical condition in the hospital, only family could get in to see me. Therefor, my hypothetical same-gender boyfriend of 15 years would not be able to visit me. I believe that the 700+ benefits for being married (in Mass. anyways) are a bit excessive, however.
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Death 999
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We did. You did. Yes we can. No.
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All this taking ideas from Europe, next we'll be trying to adopt the Metric System... oh, the horror!</sarcasm>
(edited to clarify that this was a joke on the slippery slope argument)
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Chrispy
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I, being Canadian, have the metric system and I can tell you that it is awsomely easy.
1cm3=1 liter 1 liter of water has a mass of 1 gram
short cuts like that are all over the metric system. no math involved.
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Culture20
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Arizona and Indiana would switch to daylight savings time sooner than the U.S. officially adopting the metric system.
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Chrispy
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Not a fan of the metric system?
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I have no problem with discussing both.
The metric system was designed to be easier, but changing to it would be no easy task. I think amarica is already slowly changing, and that is the best way.
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Being as gay as a loon and supportive of equity, there can only be one answer for one such as I. I honestly believe people should be able to do as they choose; of course, I'm not so sure about marraige myself, I don't think I'd like it but the lack of the option is a bit of an inequitous slap in the face.
As for the metric system and the rest of it, being in Britain, parts of my homeland have possessed such a system for a while now and yea, I doubt it will be long before something else comes along to replace it. Things grow, things change and adapt. Adaption is life, without it there's only stagnation, people sitting around bored and wondering what they're going to do with themselves today and stuff. Stagnation usually tends to not be favoured by the process of evolution. Change is good, as literally, change is life.
Besides, fresh ideas are always fun.
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