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Originally Posted by Jerrek
I will not support putting children through that kind of torture.
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NO. YOU ARE NOT LISTENING-- There are NO RIGHTS. GET IT? NO RIGHTS!
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Just because you shout doesn't make it true.
I can't legally sign any medical consent for my partner, or him for me, I am his next of kin, yet I am not allowed this "right"
Another "right" I don't have is being able to leave him my savings or possessions tax free, this is because we aren't "married"
Both of these are rights that I would be given if we were allowed to marry. Personally I wouldn't want to marry, it isn't our style, but I do plan on spending the rest of my life with him and would like the same rights as a heterosexual couple when it comes to these issues. I feel that this is going to come (at least to the UK) soon, and I for one will be glad of that.
As for your way of thinking in the states, I can't take a country (and its views) seriously that can't cope with a flash of a womans breast on their TV yet find violence a routine part of their viewing acceptable. You want to get Richard and Judy over there, she's always getting her boobs out.
Getting back on topic, and to sum up, I WOULD like to have the same rights as a married couple but without it being called or linked to that word. Maybe an official declaration (similar to adoption) that states that I have the right to make decisions about my partners life (should they become too ill to make them their selves), for me this is the main problem at the moment.