California Supreme Court Ruling On Gay Marriage: How Does This Affect the LDS Church? (gospel, Sodom)

[Starfish]

Originally Posted by DisneyMan

In California, same-sex couples have all the same benefits. Except one: they can't call their union a marriage. This is one of the things the recent California case addressed. The name itself is discriminatory if it's not equal.

Are you sure? So in California same-sex couples had all the benefits w/o the title of "married"?
Katzpur, is Disney's post what you meant?

Originally Posted by Katzpur

As I understand it, that is not the case. If I thought you were right about that, I would see this entire issue differently than I do.

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by Starfish

Katzpur, is Disney's post what you meant?

No. Personally, I don't see what anybody calls the institution as being anywhere near as important as the rights the institution guarantees.

[DisneyMan]

Originally Posted by Starfish

Are you sure? So in California same-sex couples had all the benefits w/o the title of "married"?
Katzpur, is Disney's post what you meant?

Yes. I'm sure.

[Starfish]

Originally Posted by Katzpur

No. Personally, I don't see what anybody calls the institution as being anywhere near as important as the rights the institution guarantees.

Originally Posted by DisneyMan

Yes. I'm sure.

I'm confused. If the benefits of marriage, meaning everything but the title, are available to same-sex couples, why to they need the title?

[Polaris]

Originally Posted by DisneyMan

Yes. I'm sure.

So same-sex couples in California, without being married, can file a joint federal tax return? And they can obtain family health insurance benefits? Are you really sure?

[DisneyMan]

Originally Posted by Starfish

I'm confused. If the benefits of marriage, meaning everything but the title, are available to same-sex couples, why to they need the title?

Because it's discrimination not to give it to them.

[DisneyMan]

Originally Posted by Polaris

So same-sex couples in California, without being married, can file a joint federal tax return? And they can obtain family health insurance benefits? Are you really sure?

We were talking about state benefits. Sorry if that wasn't clear, but I bet you could have figured it out.

[madhatter85]

you go to any LDS forum, theya re all talkign about it, and they all agree the same things here. The prophets are right and we are to support them.

only a fringe few have this determined attitude to not support the Prophet.