{OT} Yet another OT; Gerry Studds "Husband" denied Survivor's Pension

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ things are tough all over. Maybe the poor guy ought to have had a life insurance policy on his 'wife'.

Yet if Studds had been married to a female, you'd have no problem with the govt paying out $62K a year, right?

Instead of worrying about gay and lesbian marriages, why don't you guys worry about the 3 or more people recently charged with bigamy in Georgia. It's evidently become a big money-making thing there to marry aliens so they can get their green cards.

He was not 'married' when he started taking his pension.

That is a requirement in all the pensions I'm familiar with....

Not at all, Stuart!

I don't think gays can get 'married', period, and I wouldn't expect my pension to go to my 'live-in' wife without a Marriage Certificate.

God: "Me Dammit, I made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve!"

How about if a gay man married a woman and had a platonic marriage; maybe even living in different places?

The pension would then go to the wife.

That certainly isn't a marriage that fits the Christian viewpoint.

It's a tiny step from there to gay or lesbian marriages. What should count is whether two people love each other, want to be together, and are willing to make a commitment. Who the two people are is nobody else's business.

It's the "straight" people who are making a mockery of marriage. Look at all those movie stars that get married and divorced again all in one day. :-)

Oh, God, he's talking about Britanny! She must have REALLY tied one on that night! Even Lindsey Lohan hasn't gotten THAT plastered...yet!

No, I don't agree with that, either. That's just idiocy. When it comes down to it, it is really up to the employer! In this case the employer was the Federal Government, and they decided not to pay.

Who the HELL are you to interpret anything even remotely associated with Christianity?

Yeah, right, it's always THEIR fault...never your own. Look to your own family if you want to see lots of dysfunctionality.

No, it actually isn't up to the employer. My cousin worked for the IRS for many years determining whether pension plans were ok or not. An employer has to adhere to certain rules and regulations when setting up or changing a pension plan.

Survivor benefits are not something that the employer can be selective about. They have to follow the law.

No comment on this yet. So you think gay marriage is a bigger problem than marriage-for-hire? :-)

I really don't understand why anyone would oppose gay marriage. It makes me wonder if homophobia is what is causing the opposition.

IT's more like...disgust?

BTW, on this topic, Google the Studds Standard...interesting reading...

It makes ME wonder how imbeciles like you are able to both s*it and breathe at the same time.

Who...ME?!?!

Geeze...come to think of it...

Whoever it was who claimed that gay marriage is normal.

I know...I'm just funnin with ya... But, you did reply to ME and it was Stuart that made the comment.

I've seen a lot of hetero couples that present a pretty disgusting picture. I don't _even_ want to think about some people being intimate.

But I don't therefore say that, for instance, fat people shouldn't be allowed to get married.

I would pay $20 just to discover how two very fat people can actually get together to have sex LOL

mike