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sinkingfeeling

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2. I've got a better idea. Why don't we drop all federal benefits for

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 01:29 PM

Mar 2013

married couples? Then same-sex or not, they'd all be treated the same! (If same-sex marriages don't qualify for benefits, than neither should different-sex marriages.)

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The BRILLIANT legal argument made by DOMA supporters in the Supreme Court today... [View all] brooklynite Mar 2013 OP

Yep. As Scalia said, straight people can't be married in a same sex marriage either... Mika Mar 2013 #1

I've got a better idea. Why don't we drop all federal benefits for sinkingfeeling Mar 2013 #2

Drop all federal benefits? - Bad Idea OutNow Mar 2013 #3

Yeah, I wish my husband and I had those benefits. n/t BeeBee Mar 2013 #4

Same benefits for all should apply. sinkingfeeling Mar 2013 #5