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Originally Posted by Etacovda
Nice back out Lothar....not sure what the status of it is in the US.
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That was not a back out. I personally have suffered incidents of racial discrimination in my life and that experience makes me sensitive to all forms of bigotry.
Same sex marriage is a hot button issue right now. Our constitution establishes that all laws not covered by the constitution are at the discretion of individual states provided that they do not conflict with the constitution. Marriage is not mentioned in the constitution. Thus this issue is being hashed out by individual states. A few states have decided to allow civil unions but others have passed laws which defined marriage as only between the opposite sexes. Thus, it is creating some interesting legal challenges. For instance what is the status of a same sex couple who is married in New Hampshire and Moves to Texas? At some point our Supreme Court will have to sort this out.
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Originally Posted by Cathar
I thought the modern US variant of "partner" was "ho", or "bitch". Perhaps this is where the confusion lies, and is what Lothar meant when he said you were being too politically correct.
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Only among a certain age group, that are in a rebellious stage of their life.