OOPS!
In previous post I write about us getting married. I did not mean to give the impression that this is a new development or a sudden romantic impulse. No. We have always known we would, once the law allowed it. For reasons too complicated to go into, we had always planned to do so once John reaches retirement, which he does in 2012. By which time, we will have been living together for 32 years.
Of course, as a sop to the bigots, this is called a 'civil partnership' not a marriage. It just amounts to the same thing but ssshhhh! The legal implications are the same and one cannot just leave it. One has to divorce if one decides to leave it.
I'm not willing to let this go...
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Knitting is still going on, but I've lost of bit of the mojo. It's OK I
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My parents, who have two gay children, are among those who are perfectly okay with "civil partnership" but vehemently oppose "marriage." They acknowledge that it is exactly the same thing, but they don't want to use the word "marriage". I believe the only reason for this is to draw a line between "us" and "them"--to deny that someone else's relationship is just as legitimate as one's own. I think this is a very real distinction, a very real form of discrimination. I am glad that civil partnership exists in some places, because it is a step in the right direction, but I will not be satisfied until the right to marry is extended to all people as a basic human right. (Stepping off my soapbox, now...)
My brother, who is a solicitor, married his partner a couple of years ago. Recently he was at a meeting at which Peter Tatchell spoke, underlining the differences between civil partnerships and marriage. Basically CP is "marriage lite". Since my brother doesn't touch civil law with a bargepole, he was unaware of the differences in status between the two and is getting involved in campaigning for an end to the difference in rights and status of marriage and civil parterships. He wants to be married rather than civilly partnered...
I think whether it be marriage or cp, you should invite all your internet friends and have HUGE reception, complete with knitting and spinning wheels and cute puppies all over the place:)
That would prove the adage: the best revenge is a happy life:)
(just indulging in some happy fantasy!)
OK, while I'm at it, we'll also all be celebrating the release of your second SOCK BOOK:)!!
Is it our PACS (civil partnership of solidarity) ? In France it's the same as a marriage but without the ceremony, just in front of a judge. Anyway it's a very good thing. I wish in France two men could get married and have the possibility to adopt a child. But our society is a little bit reac...
I think you should be careful at labelling people who don't agree with same sex marriage as bigots. A bigot is someone who believes in something without a reason. A lot of people who are against same sex marriage do have reasons. Just because their reasons are not acceptable to some others doesn't make them bigots. They could just as easily say that people who don't agree with their view of marriage are bigots, too.
I'm old fashion enough to think that marriage is between a man and woman. However, I also think that a civil partnership between same sex couple should carry all the rights and privileges as a marriage between a male and a female. I admit I do have a hangup about what it might be called. And before I'm attacked about whether I believe homosexuality is a choice - no, I don't think that. I believe one's sexual preference is what one is born with and whatever that is, is.
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