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In article <3lumsn$i17@canyon.sr.hp.com> mikep@sr.hp.com (Mike Powell) writes:
   David A. Kaye (dk@crl.com) wrote:
>: You might be interested to know that in the years since San Francisco has 
>: had domestic partner registrations (a sort-of marriage license) the VAST 
>: majority of people applying for these registrations have been male/female 
>: couples, not gay male or lesbian couples.  The ratio is something like 8 
>: to 2.  So much for viewing domestic partnerships as a same-sex thing.

>This certainly seems to imply that 'domestic partnership' and
>similar efforts do indeed devalue marrage...

Yeah, and laws against segregation devalue racism.  Terrible, isn't it?

>bill in CA.)  For if most registrants are opposite-sex, then
>why don't they simply get married?  And if they are not willing
>to get married, then why should society recognize their
>relationship?

Because they see marriage as an oppressive and discriminatory
institution, perhaps?

Muffy
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