tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post8223357098313849883..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-61527033365638556862007-02-24T21:57:00.000-05:002007-02-24T21:57:00.000-05:00The Feds did a big study and listed over 1000 benefits that accrue solely to married couples.<BR/><BR/>Turn the question on its head: why do heterosexual couples want to get married? Probably the same reasons as same-sex couples.<BR/><BR/>The Brits did a detailed study of the number of likely gay couples if same-sex marriage were legalized in the UK. From that study, I projected that 5000 Hoosier gay couples would sign up.Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/06987859307032067229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-915464799050207332007-02-24T20:27:00.000-05:002007-02-24T20:27:00.000-05:00As a hetero sexual male, I don't care what ywo people do in the privacy of their own home? <BR/>I suppose i shouold read the whole thing to get a better understanding, but since it doesn't effect me personally, i probably won't.<BR/>Whats the whole purpose behind gays wanting to marry anyway?<BR/>Insurance benefits and survivor beenfits are the only thing that I can see there. <BR/>Anything else can be covered by a will. <BR/>Am I missing something ?garyjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18141621101828080762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-20877068842340770292007-02-24T11:46:00.000-05:002007-02-24T11:46:00.000-05:00Being a Hoosier for all of my life and now serving as a pastor in Wyoming, I was glad to see the Wyoming Legislature put this forward. But alas, it failed to pass.<BR/>http://wapurl.co.uk/?5OXYCMWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-90118382982415545382007-02-24T08:47:00.000-05:002007-02-24T08:47:00.000-05:00So where are you moving, 7:11?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-26231819212619118582007-02-24T07:11:00.000-05:002007-02-24T07:11:00.000-05:00I'm tired and worn out. You can stay and fight.<BR/><BR/>If we lose this one, I'm gone.<BR/><BR/>And thanks to our "leaders" it looks like we might lose. <BR/><BR/>The courage of these Wyoming legislators is startlingly simple.<BR/>May their tribe mutiply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-34839367080846078972007-02-23T23:38:00.000-05:002007-02-23T23:38:00.000-05:00I'm with you, Wilson. My mother's family was here before Indiana's statehood. I'm not running away, either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-8078536327870394452007-02-23T19:57:00.000-05:002007-02-23T19:57:00.000-05:00I'm a 65-year-old gay Hoosier. Both sides of my family were in Indiana since before the Civil War. I'll be damned if I'll let a few bigots drive me away. I helped organize the first gay-rights group ever in this state back in Bloomington in 1970. Within a decade, the sodomy laws were repealed! Change often takes time but then happens with amazing dazzling speed.<BR/><BR/>Hang on in there!Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/06987859307032067229noreply@blogger.com