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Amendment protects bigotry, not marriage
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:15 pm
by George Ricker
For those who are interested, my article on the so-called "Florida Marriage Protection Amendment" ran in Dissident Voice on Feb. 18th. The url is:
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/a ... -marriage/
George
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:21 pm
by Mr. P
Very well done George.
Mr. P.
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:57 pm
by Ophelia
George,
I've read your article, and, needless to say, I agree!
One important achievement by Lionel Jospins's Socialist government in France was to enact the PACS law in 1999 (Pacte Civil de Solidarite).
It established a basic civil contract that could be used by both heterosexual and homosexual couples.
The topic was controversial before the law was voted, but afterwards people -- heterosexuals and homosexuals-- used the new law and things went smoothly.
We're still alive, all 63 million of us, no big chasm opened to swallow us country of heretics.
People are still getting married, some are using the PACS, and some are still unmarried and not using any other type of contract.
According to Wikipedia, for every 100 couples that got married in 2006, 21 chose the PACS.