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Nine

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4. my parents have been dealing with a lot of this stuff...

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Mon May 14, 2012, 06:35 PM

May 2012

I think the fact that my parents have been dealing with a lot of this stuff - hospitals, nursing homes, etc. - makes it all the more real to me. I can't imagine how much more difficult it is for a same sex couple with fewer protections. They pay into the system but are denied from benefiting. That's what makes this a civil rights issue. It's not that their love is not being sanctioned, it's that they are being made to struggle and suffer in very real ways, especially economically.

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Same sex marriage is more than just a symbolic issue. [View all] Nine May 2012 OP

The people involved certainly aren't abstract symbols. BrownianNotion May 2012 #1

"There are real human beings and real lives involved here..." Zenlitened May 2012 #3

Excellent post Zenlitened May 2012 #2

my parents have been dealing with a lot of this stuff... Nine May 2012 #4