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2006-10-19 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Fred 2006-10-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So, if he didn't marry and put the pension to his estate and left his estate to the "boy"friend, no biggie?

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-10-19 00:40|| 2006-10-19 00:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Iff the Gays-and-Lesbians want "marriage", as a class IMO they have to be willing to legally, financially, materially, emotionally, morally spiritually, and psychologically, etal. take care of any and all children-Minors REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE BIOLOGICALLY RELATED TO SAME, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEIR RELATIONSHIP = "MARRIAGE" LASTS/ENDURES OR NOT. Why, becuz hetero "parents", SINGLE ANDOR JOINT, are and do. DO NOT ASK FOR MARRIAGE UNLESS ARE WILLING TO BE A "PARENT/SPOUSE" IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD, AT LAW ANDOR NOT AT LAW.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-10-19 00:49|| 2006-10-19 00:49|| Front Page Top

#3 so much for the ballbearing spouse

Posted by Captain America 2006-10-19 01:30|| 2006-10-19 01:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Under federal law, pensions can be denied only to lawmakers' same-sex partners and to people convicted of espionage or treason, Graves said.

That is too funny. Um, no, pensions are also denied to the neighbors, brothers, fathers, sisters, mothers, best friends, coffee partners, tennis partners, roommates, and favorite hookers.

Posted by anon 2006-10-19 03:13|| 2006-10-19 03:13|| Front Page Top

#5 You nailed it, anon.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-19 07:08|| 2006-10-19 07:08|| Front Page Top

#6 ...and to people convicted of espionage or treason,

Lynne Stewart, there's still hope for you!

Posted by Raj 2006-10-19 08:23|| 2006-10-19 08:23|| Front Page Top

#7 "Now they have a death in the congressional family of one of their distinguished members whose spouse is being treated differently than any of their spouses," Buseck said.

Um....OK. Time for a definition:

Main Entry: spouse
Pronunciation: 'spaus also 'spauz
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French espus (masculine) & espuse (feminine), from Latin sponsus betrothed man, groom & sponsa betrothed woman, bride, both from sponsus, past participle of spondEre to promise, betroth; akin to Greek spendein to pour a libation, Hittite sipant-
: married person : HUSBAND, WIFE
- spou·sal /'spau-z&l, -s&l/ adjective

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-10-19 11:25|| 2006-10-19 11:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Peter Graves, a spokesman for the Office of Personnel Management, which administers the congressional pension program, said: Have you ever seen a grown man naked?"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-10-19 13:40|| 2006-10-19 13:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Frank, that's funny.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-10-19 13:46|| 2006-10-19 13:46|| Front Page Top

#10 Haw haw

Posted by Shipman 2006-10-19 14:47|| 2006-10-19 14:47|| Front Page Top

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