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I wonder if the spokesman for the health department with be changing his name.The words “bride” and “groom” – along with “husband” and “wife” are about to become archaic language in Washington state as officials prepare to remove the terms from marriage and divorce certificates.
Tim Church, a spokesman for the Wash. state Health Department, told Fox News they will likely be removing those words in favor of more gender neutral terms.
He said the changes are necessary in response to the same-sex marriage law that takes effect Dec. 6.
“We’ve been quickly moving ahead to change our marriage certificate to make sure it fits for everyone who is going to be using it,” he told Fox News.
The words “bride” and “groom” could be replaced with “Spouse A” and “Spouse B” or “Person A” and “Person B,” Church said.
I have to admit that things like this sadden me. Its not that I object to "progress", its just that there is no need for something like this.
The "old" terms could still have been accomodated, this sort of thing is just inflamatory really.
How could the old terms be accommodated? There is no clear equivalent to husband, wife, bride or groom in most gay couples.
This is the kind of stuff that predicated the fall of the Roman empire. Watch for the legalization of having sex with children next.
I'm about to go off on the gays if this doesn't stop. The gays can call each other whatever in the heck they want. I'll even provide the white out for their certificate. However, they're in for a fight if they expect me and other normal couples to drop the use of husband and wife.
How could the old terms be accommodated? There is no clear equivalent to husband, wife, bride or groom in most gay couples.
This is the kind of stuff that predicated the fall of the Roman empire. Watch for the legalization of having sex with children next.
I'm about to go off on the gays if this doesn't stop. The gays can call each other whatever in the heck they want. I'll even provide the white out for their certificate. However, they're in for a fight if they expect me and other normal couples to drop the use of husband and wife.
Why does there have to be "equivelants"?
Whats wrong with alternatives instead?
If the cap doesnt fit do you need to destroy the cap, or can you wear a different hat while the person the cap fits wears the cap?
Things like this are inflamatory, as they take from others where there is no need.
Run for the hills! Arm yourselves! Tinfoil for all! WOLVERINES!!!!!
They are not asking you to change what you call yourself.
It starts like this:
"The union between two individuals – heterosexual or homosexual – was considered a pleasurable fact and posed no moral problem for the upper-class Roman elite"
And it progresses to this:
"As Paul Veyne relates, "…it was proverbially held that sex with boys procures a tranquil pleasure unruffling the soul." Examples abound in almost overwhelming abundance. Ovid relates the story of Ganymede as boy lover to Jove, as well as his description of Orpheus who turns to boys as a tranquil consolation after having lost his wife"
Sexuality in the Roman Empire
Expecting every darn thing to become gender neutral is going overboard.
They are only inflammatory if you chose to be inflamed. No one is responsible for your emotional reactions but you.
So how does this lead to Washington being sacked by the Visigoths?
I'm about to go off on the gays if this doesn't stop. The gays can call each other whatever in the heck they want. I'll even provide the white out for their certificate. However, they're in for a fight if they expect me and other normal couples to drop the use of husband and wife.
The decay of a society leads to the eventual sacking of the country. China may well be our version of the Visigoths.
The decay of a society leads to the eventual sacking of the country. China may well be our version of the Visigoths.
Again, they are not. Firstly, it is the government that is doing this, not teh gays. Secondly, official documents that have inaccurate terms for the needs would be a problem.
Ok so how is gay marriage giving China an economic edge?
Expecting every darn thing to become gender neutral is going overboard.
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