Equal rights?

Question

If gays are at some point allowed to get beenies for their partners, shoudl I be allowed (as a single person) to get bennies for someone I love?

We want equality right, how come singles arent allowed the same bennies as marrieds?

Ok, homosexuals. not trying to offend anyone here, just asking about equality

I am not bashing homosexuals. I am asking about equality. People are complaining that homosexuals do not get the same benefits that married people get, weel neither do we single people. Thats the question. So stop with the gay bashing stuff. I have no problem with people being gay, thats there thing, not mine.

Answer 1

The government should get out of the marriage business entirely. (If marriage is a sacred institution...give it to the church) Every adult should be allowed to choose another adult and enter a legal civil partnership with all the rights normally attributed to marriage. Right of inheritance when a will is not present. The right to make life decisions in the event the other is incapacitated. the right to file taxes jointly...whatever.
And really...it doesn't matter who they choose...it could even be a sibling.
It's a legal partnership...just like a business... nothing to do with intimacy.

Answer 2

Some companies offer domestic partner benefits which allow people who have a long time, live-in significant other, gay or straight, to get on the benefit plan. When talking about insurance benefits and equality, you should talk about the insurance companies policies in general and not specify the issue so greatly. The insurance companies policies are very unequal between all people, not just gay or straight.

Answer 3

No matter what you say Sway your going to get the whining, accusations and name calling from the gay lovers and supporters, ignore them. As with ANY other insurance, you cannot get coverage for someone you have no LEGAL interest in. So you cannot get benefits or insurance for someone who, even though you have a relationship with them, is essentially a stranger legally. Its a simple as that. Its the same thing with the homo's, but they want to make it a gay rights issue which it is not. No one has any right to benefits legally married or associated or not. Its a right that does not exist. Its how the gays are forcing the issue using the intollerance game and name calling to get their way, and force us to accept what they are and what they do. No one should be forced to accept something they find repulsive and and unacceptable, socially or morally it makes no difference. Not gonna happen.

Answer 4

I thought that gays get the "domestic partner" benefits through their insurance companies already? I have a gay uncle and a gay brother in law and I never hear them complain about these things. It's usually the same people/groups that want the government to do everything for us. I think that it is unfair that single people get singled out in most everything too: higher insurance rates for home and auto, life, health and all other types of things related to your question.

Answer 5

You are missing the point. The "equal rights" being lobbied for are not just for homosexuals; it also concerns those heterosexuals who live in a relationship without benefit of marriage. There should be equal rights for ALL. You have the right to marry - or not...that decision should not deprive you and your significant other from having the same benefits as a married couple.

Homosexual relationships should have the same right - to marry or not..and not be deprived of having the same benefits as a heterosexual relationship.

Answer 6

The benefits are for married people, all people have a choice to get married unless you are a part of that community that you are legally allowed to discriminate against.

If marriage is truly a religious institution as people try to claim as a reason to not let gays get married, having legal benefits for marriage would then constitute an endorsement of religion and thus is a violation of the endorsement clause of the first amendment.

The hate spewing religious nuts can't have it both ways.

They can either give up the argument that it is a religious institution and thus allow gays to get married or they can continue to push the issue and constitutionally loose the benefits of marriage for all people religious or not.

Answer 7

If by bennies you mean benefits, I agree with you.
The reason is more societal than legal.
Marriage and family stability are traditionally considered to be beneficial to the human race. Therefore our society has traditionally created benefits to encourage families and the rearing of children.
Please explain the "marriage penalty" that exists in income tax law? Was it designed to encourage "stay-at-home" moms?

Answer 8

Is there a reason you refuse to spell the word "benefits"?
I think the argument is this:
Allow gay marriage with full rights of heterosexual marriage, or at least allow the benefits of marriage if the country will not allow marriage.
See, you CAN get married, but you don't choose to, that's why you don't get your "bennies" or whatever the hell you call them. Gay people don't have any option in this matter.
I don't understand why this is so hard for you to comprehend.

Answer 9

Is it beenies or bennies? What the hell is a beenie/bennie anyway? Benefits? Ok if that's what you're trying to say.

It's about legal unity, not singles who want to shack up with whomever they feel, whenever they feel, and call themselves a couple. A legally married couple is just that, and deserves the rights of being married.

Funny, you don't look much like a narrow-minded gay basher, guess looks can be deceiving. You sure you don't have something in your own closet?

Answer 10

Why do people get so offended when you call them gays? They call themselves gay. This is whats wrong with this country. Its that everyone wants everyone else to call them something different then they call themselves so they feel superior. Calling gay people gays is not offensive. The only thing that makes that offensive is when you make yourself get offended by it which only incourages more people to do it. GET OVER IT. Don't march for equality and then follow it up with a list of words that you can call each other but we can't call you. THATS NOT EQUALITY.