Gay marriage battle focusing on N.J.

The battle between New Jersey advocates for gay marriage and their opponents heated up Wednesday in the wake of new decisions in Vermont and Iowa to allow same-sex couples to marry. Gay rights groups here said the Vermont legislature’s vote Tuesday to approve gay marriage added fuel to their mission to pass a same-sex marriage bill in New Jersey this year. They argued that civil unions, which granted New Jersey couples the legal benefits of marriage in 2006, failed to guarantee the legitimacy and fair treatment the word “marriage” would ensure.

[Daniel P from Long Island]

When will a bill be introduced in the legislature ?

[God]

Gay & Lesbian life style is perversion.

[ActsOfBeauty]

God wrote:

Gay & Lesbian life style is perversion.

I doubt "God" resides anywhere near New Jersey.

[REDsonja]

ActsOfBeauty wrote:

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I doubt "God" resides anywhere near New Jersey.

I TOTALLY agree with that, I think God would have nothing to do with Jersey! LOL

[ltndncr59]

God wrote:

Gay & Lesbian life style is perversion.

"God?" Really? In Asbury Park, NJ? I sincerely doubt it!
Are you Russian? I only ask because it is fairly common for those whose native language is Russian to drop articles like "the" and "a".
Can you please describe for us this "lifestyle" that you believe to be a "perversion"?

[Quest]

God wrote:

Gay & Lesbian life style is perversion.

Marriage is a perversion? Thats the lifestyle being discussed here.

You hate the institution of marriage so much that you believe anyone who attempts to commit to the one they love for a lifetime is a pervert?

I hope you aren't married, yourself ...

[flower]

Quest wrote:

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Marriage is a perversion? Thats the lifestyle being discussed here.
You hate the institution of marriage so much that you believe anyone who attempts to commit to the one they love for a lifetime is a pervert?
I hope you aren't married, yourself ...

i have a question please...

if its also considered a marriage then why do some consider themselves "life partners" instead of "my spouse"....(wife or husband)

not to be rude but ive always wondered...

[Tony C]

flower wrote:

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i have a question please...
if its also considered a marriage then why do some consider themselves "life partners" instead of "my spouse"....(wife or husband)
not to be rude but ive always wondered...

Because before it was considered marriage, that's one phrase people got in the habit of using.

[flower]

Tony C wrote:

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Because before it was considered marriage, that's one phrase people got in the habit of using.

when i heard people as a couple they would say common law not partners...

[Tony C]

flower wrote:

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when i heard people as a couple they would say common law not partners...

That's nice. What are you trying to say?

Obviusly different people have different experiences other than what you personally have heard, yes?

Gay people have no generally accepted standard of what to call each other, because of the way we have been left out of society.

Some call each other partner, spouse, husband, boyfriend - sometimes they are interchangable.

I know gay people who refer to what I would call boyfriends as "husband."

I will often use "husband" in front of family and friends, but sometimes if I don't feel like getting into a whole big thing, I'll say "partner" when talking to strangers.

I will not accept "friend" or "boyfriend" or anything that sounds less than husband, spouse, or partner.

But that's just me. There are those who, after being rejected by society and not allowed "marriage" would never use the term "husband."

Everyone is different. I imagine it will head closer to uniformity when gay marriage is legalized everywhere.

[flower]

Tony C wrote:

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That's nice. What are you trying to say?
Obviusly different people have different experiences other than what you personally have heard, yes?
Gay people have no generally accepted standard of what to call each other, because of the way we have been left out of society.
Some call each other partner, spouse, husband, boyfriend - sometimes they are interchangable.
I know gay people who refer to what I would call boyfriends as "husband."
I will often use "husband" in front of family and friends, but sometimes if I don't feel like getting into a whole big thing, I'll say "partner" when talking to strangers.
I will not accept "friend" or "boyfriend" or anything that sounds less than husband, spouse, or partner.
But that's just me. There are those who, after being rejected by society and not allowed "marriage" would never use the term "husband."
Everyone is different. I imagine it will head closer to uniformity when gay marriage is legalized everywhere.

thanks for the explanation...

i had always wondered...