I’m against it. But no, not for the reason you think. Like I told one of my gay friends (yes, I actually have them; he was the best man in my wedding and is a friend since childhood), it has nothing to do with hetero vs. homosexual love … it has everything to do with economics.
Right now, the system is set to discriminate against anyone who is not part of a heterosexual union. Remember the so-called, repealed “marriage penalty”?
Giving gays the same legal rights as hetero couples makes an unfair system even more unfair — against singles, of any sexual persuasion.
Easy solution? Do not grant ANY person special tax benefits, regardless of sexual orientation or marital status. I would make an exception for couples (gay and straight) who have kids.
But someone please tell me why any couple, gay or straight, childless, should get tax benefits that single people do not. And don’t give me this crap about “you could always get married.” Easy to say to some 22-year-old punk … not so easy to say to middle-aged, divorced people.
So gays (and Hollywood celebrities), stop screaming about “discrimination” until you acknowledge that you are not the ONLY group suffering from it. In fact, I’m guessing there are one helluva lot more single people screwed by the tax system than gays.
That is the most twisted logic! Because there is already discrimination in the system, continue discrimination in the system.
Comment by 501cweb — April 16, 2009 @ 10:17 am
That’s exactly my point, idiot. Try reading the entry again — carefully this time — before adding your “twisted” comments.
Comment by dogslurp — April 17, 2009 @ 3:30 am