"So it kind of burns me to hear "polygamy" raised as an argument against gay marriage and simultaneously dismissed by gay people themselves. What we REALLY need is a more general form of adoption that covers whatever kind of kinship you want to have."
THIS. Just needed to say that. I hate that my (well not at the moment *sigh*) relationships get thrown under the bus for those who want some picket fence heteronorm assimilation fantasy.
Yeah, I don't get why you can't have a full fledged intentional family with people in the legally-equivalent role of brothers, uncles, grandparents, whatever. It's not like a family is always exactly two people. Not even NUCLEAR families are like that. At least the French have "affrereage" or however it's spelled - two men can become brothers, equivalent under the law to blood relatives. Wouldn't that be nice?
And this isn't even remotely a sexual thing, just a living life thing.
My opinion is that the federal government needs to get out of the marriage business, completely. They certainly shouldn't "define" marriage in any way shape or form. DOMA defined marriage, and the feds should not do that, unless the entire country wants to vote in a Constitutional amendment, which would never happen
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THIS. Just needed to say that. I hate that my (well not at the moment *sigh*) relationships get thrown under the bus for those who want some picket fence heteronorm assimilation fantasy.
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And this isn't even remotely a sexual thing, just a living life thing.
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