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Again, see the OP, what rights are missing as laid out in the Bill of Rights.Gay couples want the same protections and rights given married couples. These include inheritance and property rights, medical coverage and decisions, child custody, insurance and divorce.
USATODAY.com - Gay-marriage foes try to stop 'activist courts'
Imagine this. A man is kicked out of his home at 15 for being gay. 45 years later, after he put himself though school and started a business with another man who he lived with for 30 years, he develops cancer. While he is in a coma, his "first cousin" who he never met, shows up and bans his boyfriend from visiting him in the hospital. He dies. The first cousin takes the boyfriend to court and is awarded half the house, half the money and half the business. The boyfriend is economically devastated and the 15 year old adopted son receives nothing because he was adopted by the "wrong gay".
Now, while I'm sure that Republicans would be cheering over bringing this much devastation to a gay household, many other Americans understand that it's evil. So, what rights do gays want? What a stupid, idiotic question.
A sob story is nothing, people get sued all the time for rights and property after a family member dies, it isn't restricted to gays.
Your plea to emotion is as false as your argument. Oh wait, that was your false argument.
I get so tired of having to explain things to those on the right. Sometimes, you can show charts and diagrams and still, it doesn't "take". It's as if intelligence is walled off and understanding is shielded.
There was a time in the US when debt could be passed down to family members. Since that time, things have changed. For instance, in Oklahoma, if a man dies, if there is no will, his widow gets half and the rest is divided equally among the children. You see, blood takes precedence.
Families that fight over money in court have a claim, though blood. Suppose a man has a wife and two children. Gets divorced, has another wife and two more children. Leaves everything to his children from his second wife. Now, you can see a court battle. Because, by blood, all four children have a legal claim. Then it's up to the courts to sort it out.
A gay leaving a will, no matter how iron clad, can have it challenged in court be a first cousin and the first cousin will win. That's just the reality. Now I know that those on the right claiming gays molest dogs and babies say, "Good". Well, screw 'em. These are the same jerks that believe evolution is a lie and a magical God really does exist who is on their side. Uneducated and usually pretty worthless.