Rhode Island moves toward marriage equality

mikepegg44

POD,

I think maybe we are crossing wires, you are right, right now that is the way it is done, but there are other avenues that could be used to do each and everyone of those things, but legally right now marriage is how it is done. A State granted marriage license does not HAVE to be the way it is done.

There should not be 1300 rights protections responsibilities perks and privileges that are only available to married couples. My marriage wasn't for someone else, it was for me, just as I assume yours was and neither of us deserve special rights because of it. It is sad that I get them and you don't. And that isn't ok. Give them to all or give them to none. I prefer the latter on principle alone, but would be more than happy with the former.

The only thing a government body or representative should give you for your marriage is a congratulations, and that is only if the congratulations is no cost to other tax payers.

Prince Of Dorkness

All I want is to be able to sponsor him for a green card as my spouse. So we don't have to continue to shovel money into flying back to Canada to renew work visas and so there's no danger of m being deported if he should lose his job. Or hey... Decide to go to school and not work at all.

Not beg kept out of his hospital room by some nurse who doesn't approve or not be able to make healthcare decisions for him should he not be able to himself.

hedonist

You've mentioned that nurse before, and I really hope that experience was the exception and not the rule.

(fortunate we live in an area that's generally open-minded...in our many times at Cedars, the majority of the nurses have been quasi-angels for us - perhaps for you as well)

As to the first part of your post...well, absolutely. No need to have that hanging over your or anyone's head. Life's hard enough.

Prince Of Dorkness

hedonist wrote:

You've mentioned that nurse before, and I really hope that experience was the exception and not the rule.

And of course,.. Exception or not, it should never be allowed to happen at all. It shouldn't be an option. Nobody should ever have to hope they get a nice nurse.

As to the first part of your post...well, absolutely. No need to have that hanging over your or anyone's head. Life's hard enough.

Well... Seems that the president is adding same gender couples to the immigration reform package. So hopefully it will be a separate issue from marriage equality.

hedonist

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

hedonist wrote:

You've mentioned that nurse before, and I really hope that experience was the exception and not the rule.

And of course,.. Exception or not, it should never be allowed to happen at all. It shouldn't be an option. Nobody should ever have to hope they get a nice nurse.

True, and not to be construed as such. But, shit does happen. (and fuck knows we have had our fingers crossed for a nice night nurse many times, precisely because of the opposite).

I get you, though.