Gay Marriage

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I am curious about your use of inverted commas. Do you mean that if you were to get married you don't think that it would be a full or proper marriage?

Interesting Question...I am glad that you asked as I never stopped to think about the inverted commas and how I use them. I actually use them alot on Political Debate Boards where I am usually the only Liberal and I acknowledge the common use of the word or the specific use of the word to the conversation at hand when I have a different definition (i.e. "Patriotic" "Real American" "Win" "Lose")...and while I am not a fan of "marriage"...I would never use the inverted commas when I say gay marriage. If anything...I am biased in favor of gay couples having a deeper (or fuller if you will) connection than alot of their straight counterparts. As for the term "proper marriage"...I am not really sure what
that constitutes but I will say IF one chooses to marry then I believe in 100% full equality under the law and see no difference if the couple is gay or straight.

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[B]What do find oppressive about marriage (as practised in the modern United States)?[/B]

I believe in the journey of the soul and each person being unique and I think everyone should be free to go on that journey and be true to themselves..free to explore and open new doors and close others.

Personally I could never promise to be faithful or to love honor or cherish anyone til death because I am very keen on keeping my promises and I make very few of them....I also refuse to let anyone make that promise to me. I also have a distaste for the control and ego that traditional marriage incorporates and dictates and the judgements people make toward each other and toward themselves based on the framework of traditional marriage.

I really like knowing that the person I love who is with me makes that choice everyday of his own free will and not because there is some archaic piece of paper or a contract...the only contract I want to follow and I want him to follow is unspoken and that is to "be true to yourself". Ironically...we are both monogamous but it just evolved that way on it's own....that has never been a condition and never will be.

I have alot of other reasons and rants but at the risk of boring you guys/TMI better stop now