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sophiaserpentia) wrote2004-03-24 12:05 pm
sophiaserpentia) wrote2004-03-24 12:05 pm
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Apparently, a county in Oregon is taking a different approach to ensure parity of marital rights for straight and gay couples -- they are refusing to issue marriage licences to anybody.
"It may seem odd," Benton County Commissioner Linda Modrell told Reuters in a telephone interview, but "we need to treat everyone in our county equally."
[Poll #267913]
Edit. Here is what I endorse at this point. Churches should remain free to accept or deny any applications for marriage or holy union. The government should replace legal marriage with a new form of domestic union that would allow two or more adults (whether or not they are in a romantic or sexual relationship) to define themselves as a legal unit for purposes of finance, taxation, healthcare decisions, and so on.
Legal marriage, as it is now, puts the government in your bedroom, where it should not be.
"It may seem odd," Benton County Commissioner Linda Modrell told Reuters in a telephone interview, but "we need to treat everyone in our county equally."
[Poll #267913]
Edit. Here is what I endorse at this point. Churches should remain free to accept or deny any applications for marriage or holy union. The government should replace legal marriage with a new form of domestic union that would allow two or more adults (whether or not they are in a romantic or sexual relationship) to define themselves as a legal unit for purposes of finance, taxation, healthcare decisions, and so on.
Legal marriage, as it is now, puts the government in your bedroom, where it should not be.