Posted by
Playful Walrus on Thursday, November 06, 2008 8:00:00 PM
I noticed something last night that I don’t think I had seen as clearly before. As I've written numerous times, California already treats domestic partners as spouses.
But notice that domestic partnerships are only available to same-sex couples, and not offered to both-sexes couples unless one of the individuals is over a certain age.
Where have all these "equality" activists been when it comes to such "inequality"? They keep telling us that domestic partnerships are not the same as marriage, that the word marriage carries with it certain things – which might precisely be why a both-sexes couple might prefer to get a domestic partnership instead of a licensed marriage.
That domestic partnership law proves that state policy includes treating different kinds of relationships differently. I don’t see how the California Supreme Court could order the neutering of marriage licensing without also ordering that domestic partnerships be offered to both-sexes couples whose members are of any adult age. Perhaps all domestic partnerships should be immediately dissolved?
Unless you have been calling for domestic partnerships to be opened to both-sexes couples, you have less credibility if you are now insisting on marriage neutering under the guise of "equality"
I actually like the domestic partnership law, by the way, and do not want to see domestic partnerships dissolved.