State gay marriage amendments

Post by **Jonathan** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:23 am

http://www.slate.com/id/2152799/?nav=tap3

Fascinatingly, Ohio's ban of any marriage-like union is throwing out heterosexual domestic abuse cases involving unmarried couples. Will Virginia's gay marriage amendment be next?

George · Post by **George** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:19 am

Without digging into the Ohio case, would it really be legal to choke someone you're not "married" to? I'm not sure I understand the need for separate domestic abuse laws, when assault, battery, and other generic crimes are already applicable.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:55 am

The New York Board of Health is considering making gender a personal choice:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/07/nyreg ... yt&emc=rss

That would basically indirectly make gay marriage legal, except that they would all be "straight" marriages.

Post by **Jonathan** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:48 am

I think penalties, resources, attention, protection is greater for people who are victims of domestic abuse than people who are assaulted. Being a victim of domestic abuse gets you certain things that being a victim of assault doesn't, not the least of which is credibility as a victim.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:52 pm

Gender should be optional and marriage should just be a legal agreement to have 2 people represented as one really fat one. Thus fat people would be taxed differently as well.

George · Post by **George** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:40 pm

But what happens when two fat people marry? And since a divorce is just a termination of marriage, would it be legal for a fat person to divorce them self?

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:14 pm

They are forced to consume another fat person of equal weight to restore order in the force.