Wait, am I reading this correctly? They’re asking for LESS money than they did originally?

Well, a number of countries have a legal civil partnership status that you can register for. I live part-time in both Belgium and the Netherlands and they both have it- gives you some financial rights, hospital visitation, etc.

OH MY GOD THIS IS WHY MY MILKSHAKE BRINGS ALL THE BOYS TO THE YARD

That is one of those phrases that will be hanging on the air like a rancid fart when I finally snap.

YES!
Seriously think if these oversights were fixed, marriage rates would totally *drop*. Alas the wedding planner industry probably has far reaching lobbyists. *sigh*

What if you want to like, spray your milk all over someone, is that cool too? I mean, what if you want to spray your milk on lots of people. I mean, if you’re that kind of cow, we are cool with that right?

a household really should refer to any cohabitating group of people who have elected the other person to have rights of will/finances in circumatances of death or injury.

I should be able to nominate a FRIEND for that, if I so choose. If we both pay rent or both pay towards the same bills, we shouldn’t really need to…

This just argues that marriage should be for children.

“But the main takeaway for researchers, and us, is simple: Why marry the cow when living with it will do just as well?”

Yeah, but if you don't get married how will you get all those useless presents on your registry?

Wow, I read Kamp Dush as Damp Kush and was super confused for a moment.

I’ve gotten the feeling that he doesn’t actually want to be president. Maybe he just needs someone to tell him it’s okay to follow your own dreams.

I didn’t know that being a model was a right. I’ll be contacting the ACLU posthaste!

Fine, but beware the slippery slope—e.g., banning overweight people from fastfood jobs in an effort to encourage everybody to maintain a healthy weight.

I don’t think this is a “rights” issue. We’re talking about qualifications for a job, not whether or not the very thin can vote.

Agreed. It may also open the door for doctors to make some kick backs since there is a price tag associated with the content of their medical evaluations.

Oh, I agree - I don’t like it, and I certainly am not advocating for it! As I explained elsewhere, I was mostly talking about formal military correspondence, which will always be in the “proper” format. I’m hoping that more female service members and the recognition of same sex marriage will help bring about some…

Oh, I’m not a fan of it, please don’t get me wrong! Just when we get formal correspondence for military related events, it’s always going to revert to the “proper” etiquette. I am interested to see if that changes with increasing numbers of female service members and the recognition of same sex marriages.

This is hopefully good news for me. A few years ago I asked my partner (now fiancée) if he had a opinion on last names, and he said he didn’t care what I did since it’s my name, but he didn’t want to change his. And if he wasn’t willing to change his, “why would I make you change yours?” So that’s all well and good. I…

I know people who have philosophical objections to marriage. And then there are those people who can't legally get married. There are presumably other reasons, too, but those are the ones right off the top of my head.