[singpilot]

Woodpie, I'm not painting the picture....... It's already happening. It's here!

My using the example of marrying my car illustrates just how far this could be taken.

Oh.... wait you say... Humans should be mentioned here? Geez, I didn't think that marriage should have to be explained as between humans of different sexes, but if we have to explain that to members of this society (you know, a group of people bound together by laws for the common good), then maybe we have to 'remind' some of these members that the rules of this society were set a long time ago.

The framers of those rules did not think that some time in the future, common sense would have to be spelled out in a constitutional amendment. The object being to keep society from having to legislate what was common sense at one time.

It's kind of like buying a house next to the airport, and then complaining about the noise of the airplanes. You bought the house next to the airport, you bought into the noise.

If you are a member of this society, you have already bought into the concepts in play here. If you want to change the rules; put it up for a vote. If you lose the vote, and decide to break the law anyway, you are subject to sanction. (This is where we are today in California).

Not good enough? Secede. Leave. Do it in secret. (Known as the Clinton 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell Doctrine').

I don't think this is anybody's fault, and I am not saying that there are right and wrong here. I DO understand the concept of 'partners' rights. I would love to have that concept applied to my (female) partner's rights. I doubt the mayor of San Francisco, or Rosie McDonnell gives a damn about my partner's rights. I am trying to illustrate the point that there is a right way to do this, and what is happening is not it.

I, for one, am getting tired of paying for someone else's disreguard of the laws on the books. This includes the sad state of our international borders. I cross other nations' borders every month. They do not tolerate 'aliens', why should we?

I hope that I have explained my 'flippant' diatribe of my 911's rights as compared to Rosie's partners' rights. Under the present situation, they are exactly the same.