California Prop 8 Overturned By Openly Gay Judge

[ChunkyMonkey]

the state being involved in marriage is bullshit to begin with.

THIS + stop state/fed fundings to shit like abortion, biased education programs, and any other private citizens' circumstances.

Fed needs to stick to foreign affair and nation security.

[BigBear]

THIS + stop state/fed fundings to shit like abortion, biased education programs, and any other private citizens' circumstances.

Fed needs to stick to foreign affair and nation security.

Hold thread! Question about that.

Why DOES the state/fed fund abortion? They don't fund sperm banks or whatever do they? Isn't this what health coverage is for?

It's the individual's problem that they got pregnant, they should get themselves out of it.... Rape victims, etc excluded.

I just never understood that. Can anyone explain?

[BigMat]

First and for most, I'm happily married.

That said, I don't think the .gov should be involved in any of it. Marriage should be between a person, their spouse, and maybe their God, I don't see why the fed has to get involved one iota (other than they love to get involved in everything). I would rather the .gov stay out of stuff they don't need to be in, and if I want my wife to receive medical, insurance, death, etc. benefits, that contractual stuff can be handled without the .gov defining marriage, just existing laws regarding contracts and an afternoon with an attorney.

I dislike how some people can be all for small government, and freedoms, unless they disagree with those freedoms, regardless of their effect on them. I am for liberties, I don't care whose, but if you aren't hurting someone else, I plan to leave you the hell alone, and expect you to pay me the same respect. Leave my guns and my money alone, and you can sleep with whoever you want.