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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (74726)	11/6/2009 8:51:19 AM
From: Oral Roberts	2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 224755

I see we now have an official admitted unemployment rate over 10% for the first time since 83.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (74726)	11/6/2009 8:55:49 AM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 224755

U.S. jobless rate climbs to 10.2 percent; the highest in 26-1/2 years.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (74726)	11/6/2009 2:41:01 PM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224755

Neither can heterosexuals get ss or benefits from their girlfriends or boyfriends. They can't get Social Security from their spouse/partner. In M v H, Justice Gonthier wrote: "The definition of spouse ... is an extension of marriage. To be a spouse is, in essence, to be as if married, whether or not one is actually married. Spousehood is a social and cultural institution, not merely an instrument of economic policy. "The concept of spouse, while a social construct, is one with deep roots in our history. "It informs our legal system: the status of spouse is defined, recognized, and regulated by the legislature. Under the Constitution Act, 1867, the federal government regulates capacity to marry and the provincial governments regulate solemnization of marriage.... "It is rooted in Western history, in which the concept of spouse has always referred to a member of a cohabiting opposite-sex couple. "That is what it means to be a spouse. That well-recognized definition does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, any more than the status of child or adult discriminates on the basis of age, or male or female discriminates on the basis of sex."

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (74726)	11/6/2009 3:27:45 PM
From: chartseer	Respond to of 224755

Oh bummer! THey can still get aids from their spouse partner though. comrade chartseer