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Old 05-03-2011, 09:21 AM   #42 (permalink)
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There's no benefit, thus no discrimination.
No, I'm asking a different question. As it stands there's a legal benefit to being married, and the civil partnership benefits are almost identical. But I'm asking why the legal benefit to being married is even there. How does that help society?

Or in relation to gay marriage, why don't we just let people box themselves into whichever social structures they like, and call their relationships and ceremonies whatever they like, without the state getting involved? It seems really odd to me that it's the job of the state to define what does and what doesn't constitute marriage.
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The Filth have comfortably the better bowling. But the Gash have the batting. Might be quite good to watch.

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