Originally Posted By: Edelweiss3
Is the divorce rate among gays the same as with hetros? Worse or less? That would be interesting.

Another thing; Wouldn't it be simpler to change the hospital rules about visiting rights,...then forcing people to marry just so they can get around those ridiculous rules.


I don't know why iv been tipie toeing around this topic but i have lol

EW divorce rates are hard to come bu as if theirs no marriage thers no way to become divorced, (or need to become) so it onlie be figures avalible for certine places and i gess some of you states.

IN the UK their is no marrage its a CIVAL PARTNERSHIP (cp) which is the cerimony that male female gays have acess to. That dose give or grant hopital rights, inherantanse or wil right, rights over the children that one partner may have but the other is activlie rasing, tyhe right to change or joine second names etc. So its better than nuthing but dose't grant same rights as marriage legalie or even in the minds of people generallie. Love can be viewed as a second rate commonitie depending upon whom one loves.

As far as i know NO ONE in uk has undone their CP. It takes two years before the undoing process can begine after a CP, imagine the potencial press when someone dose legalie undo the CP and felling of opps "iv let the whole team dowen" I am sure it will happen soon though, sadlie.

Im a bit sadend that a cp is not the same as a marrage (church or registrie) and wonder if its a bit like given someone a hamburger instead of a sirloine steack. I say this as its a token jester to shut the activist dowen or shut them up, secondlie some people will be happie to settle for something and others are ignorant and assume a cp is the same as a marrage.

The hospital thing and changing the policies within a hopital and how they work conserning same sex partners IS I AGREE a much better idea than having to marrie to get faire treatment or acess to your partner in life death situasions or around visting rights or even around access to infomation regarding how well or the progress of your partner while in hopsital. Ther has to be some underlying laws but i sure the hospitals can work thhis out. Or when all else fails tell Lies and say oh i the brother/sister of said person. That onlie works if the blood familie accept the other partner or their relatives sexualitie. When their conflict then their no way at all or if partner was in coma and thir blood familie contest the sexual partner being their then they be turthed out.

I not sure the whole extent of why its got to be blood or tradisional marrige partners that can onlie have thse rights or the underlyings laws their trying to hold up.


its is just sad and id agree with dancer and chattie its just withholding of cival rights regardless of religion or someones objections or views on someone elses lifes.
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