tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post2421673576557882736..comments2024-03-28T19:34:12.281-04:00Comments on Not of this World: A Refutation of Homosexual Marriage.Ed Bonderenkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-76202838255407049442014-10-16T20:04:19.126-04:002014-10-16T20:04:19.126-04:00"someones feeling of specialness." That&..."someones feeling of specialness." That' probably cuts both ways. And the "specialness" wasn't referring to feelings, it was referring to an arrangment meant to help children.<br />"It's for the children!" usually works for dems. :)Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-84409756184584888492014-10-16T00:48:57.212-04:002014-10-16T00:48:57.212-04:00Ed - I appreciate the tack your argument takes. It...Ed - I appreciate the tack your argument takes. It's mature, reasoned and cogent. I disagree with it, but at least you've proffered an intellectual approach over the base emotional.<br /><br />I believe that it is no longer a compelling interest of the State to involve itself in codifying the personal relationships of consenting adults; and that the tenets of individual liberty outweigh the allegations of financial harm to heterosexual marriage....not to mention an assumption of emotional harm to someones feeling of specialness.Constitutional Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251746798758539951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-89482744249598534482014-10-15T17:56:33.754-04:002014-10-15T17:56:33.754-04:00That is sad. I've heard variations of that for...That is sad. I've heard variations of that for years, even with Social Security.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-67620658234776111592014-10-15T11:42:06.316-04:002014-10-15T11:42:06.316-04:00As for us old folks, childbearing is no longer an ...As for us old folks, childbearing is no longer an issue, and there are so many in our age bracket who can't marry because the woman usually loses her benefits from her deceased spouse. Our firefighters union demanded that their widow's benefits remain even if their widow remarries. Their argument was that the benefit laws would force their widows to live in sin, rather than marrying and losing the benefits their husbands had worked and died for. Of course they were ignored.lotta joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742978845913126675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-84785392832274963212014-10-14T23:50:09.336-04:002014-10-14T23:50:09.336-04:00Lot of kids don't have happy situations.
How ...Lot of kids don't have happy situations.<br /><br />How do you establish that the issue is gay parents and not social stigma from some of the less understanding in our populace.<br /><br />The only adopted child of gay parents I know is in Germany studying architecture. Quite well adjusted and happy.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-15876901762117797562014-10-14T22:06:02.242-04:002014-10-14T22:06:02.242-04:00"Next, when homosexual marriages are accorded..."Next, when homosexual marriages are accorded the same tax breaks as heterosexual unions, the tax benefits to the normal marriages are diluted. <br />When everybody gets a tax break and spending remains the same, everyone's taxes go up. "<br />The tax breaks for kids are diluted.<br />and I have some experience with children of gays. Not a happy situation.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-49041098643479790792014-10-14T21:58:10.116-04:002014-10-14T21:58:10.116-04:00"In the current political environment, it was..."In the current political environment, it was also decided to allow tax breaks to those who engaged in marriage to promote the welfare of the children."<br />------<br />How does gay marriage alter this in any way?Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-38408150893794680222014-10-14T21:53:00.995-04:002014-10-14T21:53:00.995-04:00I don't know why you think adoption agencies h...I don't know why you think adoption agencies have been put out of business in Massachusetts, Ed.<br /><br />When same sex marriage was legalized the archdiocese did block adoptions b Catholic Charities to married gays. The irony here is that adoption by gay couples had been legal and they had a reputation for accepting older tough to place kids.<br /><br />Foolish to hurt kids out of spite.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-77469727206344327452014-10-14T21:17:40.146-04:002014-10-14T21:17:40.146-04:00But it was such a nice country. It did so much goo...But it was such a nice country. It did so much good.<br />Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-53672779126100057442014-10-14T20:13:36.509-04:002014-10-14T20:13:36.509-04:00We both know that this subject has been settled .....We both know that this subject has been settled ... in this life. We also know that it is settled in the next. We will never achieve, and can never maintain a productive society when every convention protected by the courts is designed to destroy it. I often think that the number of my years is ... sufficient.Mustanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06388694472897425202noreply@blogger.com