Comments on: Study: Why marry?

By: beargulch

beargulch — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:44:08 +0000

Getting married doesn’t keep people together. That’s something they have to do on their own. What it does do, and this is the main reason we are fighting this battle, is give couples rights, benefits and tools for surviving life’s hard knocks. My partner and I married in California where we live the first day we could. But we won’t be able to have those benefits until the Federal government gives them to us: community property rights, the ability to inherit a spouses social security, the right to decline to testify against one’s spouse in Federal court, to name a few. That’s what this fight is all about for us.

By: David Ta

David Ta — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:36:25 +0000

Tom – Good question. It would be interesting to look at the discourse surrounding reasons why queer couples separate. Then they can take that data and compare it to mixed-sex couples to see if there is any difference.

By: JayC

JayC — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:29:05 +0000

My partner and myself will celebrate our 35th anniversary next summer. We’re not married, and unlikely to be married in this state! However, we would like to have the security of legal status. We don’t need to send a message to anyone, we need our relationship legally recognized! We have wills, powers of attorney, etc., but those do not provide safety from fundamentalist judges.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:24:06 +0000

What percentage of people were divorced?