The GBLT deserve civil rights! (homosexual, marriage)

[SunMessenger]

I dare say that recognizing gay marriage, legally , would be answering the prayers of lawyers for increased business... There is nothing wrong with that I suppose... What is the issue anyway... Is it civil rights or affirmative action for gays ... They are not really the same... Some courts may argue differently... If you love someone, Good ... Why must it be dragged through the system. It seems to lose something in the legal translation. I wish everyone The Peace Of Heaven... Thank You...

[Booko]

Originally Posted by beckysoup61

Right to be allowed in the hospital when their partner is dying, right to have tax breaks, etc. etc. I am not saying marriage, because I firmly believe marriage is between a man and a woman

Call it a civil union if you want, but there are some basic things that heterosexuals have that the GLBT community doesn't.

The hugest issue for me in GLBT rights is the lack of protection for families.

When same-sex couples adopt, only one is allowed to be the adoptive parent, and the other parent has no legal rights.

What this means is, if the "legal" parent gets run over by a truck, the state can step in and take the kids, and there's no recourse.

I have a HUGE problem with this. Even if I didn't care about the feelings of the remaining parent (and I do!), what kind of trauma would it do to the kids to lose both their parents at the same time! This sort of things just disgusts me, and the sooner the law is changed to protect GLBT families, the better.

Not being able to visit in the hospital is downright stupid too. Patients should be able to choose who they do and do not want to visit them in the hospital.

I was personally witness to a situation where the partner of a patient was not allowed to visit, but the abusive parents were and the patient, in a weakened state all drugged and after surgery, had hell on wheels trying to get the abusive parents taken out of her room. Sorry, that just isn't right either.

[Booko]

Originally Posted by Scott1

A hospital visitation policy is a civil right?

It should be. Whatever happened to the bit about the freedom to peaceably assemble? sheesh

[Booko]

Originally Posted by michel

And that can have a consequence (legally) on the custody of Children, on the rights to property on the death of one of the partners. That (I think ) is one of the ones people don't tend to think of.

These are the ones I think of first.

[Booko]

Originally Posted by Mr Spinkles

Do you think people (including homosexuals) should be allowed to enter into legal contracts with others to predetermine such things as child custody, hospital visitation, inheritance, burial rights (the ability to decide whether the person will be buried or cremated and so forth), etc, and do you think that those legal contracts should be equally accessible to all groups?

Yes. Without reservation.