Somerville and gay marriage

[georgy.livejournal.com]

According to WBZ-AM 1030 this morning, Somerville is going to be one of the town's that doesn't give a rat's ass about residency come May 17 and the legalization of gay marriage, joining the ranks of P-town and Cambridge (Boston seems to have wussed out). So people can come and get married with no questions or hassle.

Hooray!

Comments

[betra.livejournal.com]

LOL

Actually I can't say I disagree. In my mind Marriage is religiously based. Therefore everyone should be considered in a Domestic Partnership and if they then want the religious tag also, they can have it but it should only apply to religious things, not FEDERAL or STATE LAW.

NJ is pretty liberal all things considered.

I would like to see everyone placed on a legally equal footing though. It is not like gay parents love their kids less, and in some cases might be better at the job.

[12stringsamurai.livejournal.com]

yeah... on a similar note, in a country where approx 50% of marriages fail anyways I don't think we have any real moral authority to tell people "no, you aren't allowed to have a committed monogamous relationship."

[betra.livejournal.com]

Amen!