Jefblog: March 2004

Sunday, March 21, 2004

Al Cockburn Kinda Sums Up the Whole Gay "Marriage" Thing...

Marriage diverts us from the path of necessary reform. Civil union, today lawful only in Vermont, is what makes sense as a national cause. Unmarried couples, straight or gay, need to be able to secure joint property, make safe wills, be able to have hassle-free hospital visits and so forth. But issues of hospitals visits or health care should have nothing to do with marriage, and marriage as a rite should have nothing to do with legal rights. Separate "marriage" from legal recognition of a bond, of a kinship.

// posted by The Commander @ 2:53 PM

: Name: The Commander; Location: California!

"I am a child of the Golden State
I grew up in the orchards and fields
I've seen farm towns become commuter alleys
And shopping malls eat up the trees
Sometimes I wish for a simpler time
When you could drink right out of the stream
The loneliness around me, freeways just surround me
I'm 30 miles from a field of green ..."

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