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Not all states have common law anymore. Tennessee did away with it years ago. You can live together for 20 years here, but if you want to be recognized by the state, you gotta give 'em some money and sign a paper.

Well, you're not insulting him, exactly - some people are damn near impossible to insult.

You're also very defensive and intent on justifying yourself. all the signs of an insecure teenage girl.

Because people agitated for them. Why they agitated for them was for varying reasons depending on the benefit and frankly I've wasted my time with explaining it before and have no interest in doing so again in this thread.

Gbaji's major flaw is his mistaken belief that the government provides marriage benefits as an incentive. They don't and they never did. Marriage benefits are a series of reactions.

Then explain to the gay couple how forking over $10,000 to a lawyer to get said "contract" doesn't hurt them (especially while their heterosexual counterparts only have to pay $90).

This will be an amusing conversation.

I'm pretty sure Joph's postcount goes up a few points every time he clears his throat or shifts in his chair slightly.

Actually, you're often so incoherent as to be incomprehensible. That aside, it's not that I don't have anything to add to the debate, it's just that I feel pretty much anything else in the entire fucking world is a better use of my time.

Also, it's not that we don't agree with each other about anything - I don't even know how true that is, seeing as you only pop up for the same three issues - but rather that pretty much everything you've said and done has led me to think you're very, very stupid. When you boast about how incredibly clever you are, I feel this misguided urge to try and inject some sanity into your thick little skull.

That's not irony, by the way; I recognise any attempt to persuade you of anything, or get you to understand anything, is pretty much doomed from the start.

Edited, Aug 12th 2010 2:18pm by Kavekk

Clearly, as boobies are all the justification necessary around here.

And only the simplest fool would fail to recognize that in legalese, everything's a fucking contract.

This contract you speak of is a Social Contract. Richer for poorer, health and sickness, Death do us part.

The rest of it is nonsense that addle brains like yourself get caught up in. For your transgressions, just stop using the words "marriage, contract,". You have no right to them.

And the only one who would dispute that is Alma, herself.