tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post5340200651742348207..comments2023-06-28T07:58:56.909-04:00Comments on PERGE MODO: Taking Marriage PrivateTony Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091330901996916966noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-32009007164780352252007-11-28T10:14:00.000-05:002007-11-28T10:14:00.000-05:00I'm sure the more important public revenue comes a...I'm sure the more important public revenue comes at the other end - divorce courts & Co.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-49575170786071831272007-11-27T13:41:00.000-05:002007-11-27T13:41:00.000-05:00I have been a proponent of "gay marriage" as a mea...I have been a proponent of "gay marriage" as a means of attaining equal financial, medical, survivor benefit rights. I would just as soon get rid of the patriarchal and sexist institution in total, as long as all adults that have entered into a partnership with another, are afforded the same legal benefits. I am not as cynical as I once was, that there will be change on this issue. The very fact that this article by Coontz was published in the Times, is evidence that we are re-examining our beliefs, and that the subject of marriage and the legal rights it confers are open to a new public debate. We shall see what comes of it, and I am hopeful for equal rights for all in the not too distant future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-75364607985967777572007-11-27T13:31:00.000-05:002007-11-27T13:31:00.000-05:00Fascinating article on marriage.Fascinating article on marriage.dpastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813652943621759603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-23106892993989143062007-11-27T12:40:00.000-05:002007-11-27T12:40:00.000-05:00Every election cycle for the past twenty years [th...Every election cycle for the past twenty years [though perhaps longer, too lazy to perform a Google search], we've had candidates talk about the unfairness of the current tax code. Proposals are floated to rework the federal income tax to a more equitable distribution, with predictable results.<BR/><BR/>Call me a cynic but the only way you'll see any type of satisfactory movement on either of these gray-haired institutions in this country would be if there was a tectonic shift in the will of the people.<BR/><BR/>In other words, not in my lifetime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com