Comments on: too easy to fix

By: kerry mitchell

kerry mitchell — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:20:47 +0000

I hit you back with an email, but I couldn’t send a second one…
(how about a large mug?…and is there any color options or just white?)

By: Linoge

Linoge — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:18:58 +0000

Exactly, EternalCynic. The system has gotten too complicated, too cumbersome, and too governmentally-controlled (and way too prone to exploitation). If two people of whatever gender want to get religiously married, and their respective religion(s) have no problem with it, then more power to them – who is the government to argue with it? Furthermore, if two people want to get the legal recognition of a civil union, and meet whatever requirements the government sets (and, being the government, it cannot exactly discriminate on gender), then why should they not?
Stupid “problem”… easy solution.
Kerry, you have an email inbound to you.

By: kerry mitchell

kerry mitchell — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:44:08 +0000

help me!!!!! my girlfriend and I are crazy doctor who, LOTR, and H2G2 fans…when we first met we found the elvish 42 and deemed it the symbol of our relationship…is there any way of getting any of the products at all?????

By: EternalCynic

EternalCynic — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:12:41 +0000

Bravo – you’ve basically hit upon the solution I’ve been espousing for years. The concept of marriage in general has far too many problems, and whether or not same-sex couples can marry is honestly one of the LEAST of those problems.
Separating legal marriage and ceremonial marriage would definitely be an excellent first step. Removing government-based incentives (like income tax breaks) for marriage is certainly another. There is no reason why the government should have ANY involvement with the commitment of two people to each other in the year 2008, and eliminating that intrusiveness also effectively solves the problem of same-sex marriages entirely (leaving ceremony and ritual to the various religious groups or philosophical faiths, and leaving them to decide what they consider right or wrong without the government forcing them to follow a single path).