Census Should same-sex marriage be legal?

That would be the best thing ever.

 

Honestly, the naming stuff is bizarre. For my point of view, and it's not my call to make, but your name is part of your self-identity. You marry, and give that up to take a husband's sirname, you're kind of giving up a piece of yourself and I therefore don't support the idea of my surname being adopted. But, it's not my call to make.

Yet, the issue then becomes this - ok, fine. She kept her name, and I kept mine. But the kids either take mine or we double-barrel the surnames which is usually unwieldy. Surnames were not really set up to share.

One of my friends, who used to post on this board (Syrix_Kahl) double-barreled his own name as did his wife. That, or men taking their wives' surnames, I respect but I don't know if I could do it as a person.

 

Yeah I've never been comfortable with the naming thing myself. That said, I'm way too used to having my father's last name to change it.

 

I doubt I'll ever change my name, if I decide to marry. I seriously doubt that I will decide to marry, though, as I also see it as an unnecessary and outdated ritual.

 

But think of the wedding!

 

No, thanks.

 

We should all go by just one name. Like Madonna or Prince.

 

Yeah, and that's why I find it so wrong to just expect that because I have a wang, I can say "take mine name woman!"

But also, comfort. Familiarity. Continuity. The only way I'd change my surname is if it was to a more Dutch name like, "Rijsdijk".

 

My financé's taking my surname for the simple fact she doesn't like hers. It's really not a big deal either way for me.

Anyway, gay marriage. All for it. More weddings means more parties and more parties means more fun.

 

FTFU

 

No, he's back to being Prince again.

 

The interesting thing about the husband's name though is that it's the opposite of DNA. Through mitochondrial DNA, we can trace our maternal ancestry. Through conventional marriage names, we can trace our paternal ancestry. Without realizing it, we've devised a way to keep a complete record. In a way, it's too bad our generation is mucking all of that up.

 

The artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince?

 

The paternal line can be traced with the y-chromosome.

 

That's why I advocate a dual-naming system, a patrilineal and a matrilineal, one for mtDNA and one for the y-chromosome.

 

You're right. Marriage is out

 

I would marry Jared Leto if he is dressed like a woman but not with that big beard. That beard is weird. I'm conflicted.

 

Switching to a number system is the obvious answer. Simple, fair, efficient. Who doesn't want to be called 14583745.4? It just rolls off the tongue.

 

The irony, so-to-speak, of that post with the (current) avatar of the poster above you.

 

In a homosexual relationship, who makes the sandwiches?

 

You need three people to make a sandwich.

 

If you're bisexual is your bread buttered on both sides then?

 

I was delighted with my 10 year old daughter today.

Dropped her off at school and she overheard two parents having a conversation about a lesbian couples who are due to get married soon and were dropping their daughter off at the same school.

Let's just say my daughter overheard some unsavoury and homophobic comments and she let them have it with both barrels.



//proud dad.