Read Wojtek's badly-written posting again. He says gays can get civil union, but not marriage. It's there in black and white.
md
----- Original Message ----- From: "joanna bujes" <jbujes at covad.net> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 4:16 PM Subject: [lbo-talk] RE: arranged marriage
> Michael Dawson writes:
>
> "So, you'd force people wanting marriage into the arms of religion? You
> think detailed behavioral contracts would help, not hurt? You think the
> divorce revolution is a bad thing? You talk about marriages and families
as
> if they're self-contained and not part of a wider society and its immense
> problems? You say nothing at all about European-style family support
> programs? You think gays demanding equal marital rights is a form of
> cultural pollution?"
>
> Michael, I don't know what thread you're reading, but I don't see how
either Woj or I argued for any of the above.
>
> Yes, the divorce revolution IS very bad for kids. Is it worse than bad
marriages? Probably not. What I'm arguing is that there's a way to sort out
raising children from passionate/sexual relationships ...which hurts no one.
Family support programs would be very wonderful. How did I say that gays
shouldn't marry?
>
> Joanna
> (Divorced single mom raising two kids)
>
>
>
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