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Katrina Swett supports marriage equality

by: brianrater

Sat Jul 17, 2010 at 12:34:38 PM EDT
Katrina Swett Statement on Marriage Equality

I am a proud supporter of marriage equality.  As it often does, NH led the country by being the first in the nation to proactively enact marriage equality through the legislative process.   In so doing, NH stood up for the proposition that all members of our community should be treated with respect and deserve an equal place at the table.

I strongly support the repeal of DOMA as well the repeal of DADT.  While the repeal of DOMA would bring important concrete federal benefits to couples who live in states that have marriage equality, it would confer no benefits on same sex couples living in the 45 states that do not.  That is why I will lead the fight for federal civil union legislation that would extend the full range of federal benefits and legal protections to all families in our country.

http://www.swettforcongress.co...
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Katrina Swett supports marriage equality | 1 comments
Yes, but does Ms. Swett support human equality? (0.00 / 0)
It's easy to support something that isn't and can't be.  Just as no two people are equal, their partnerships can't be equal either.

The issue is whether or not each person within the jurisdiction of the Constitution of the U.S. is treated equally by our agents of government. There is no evidence, in the statement, of the candidate's intent to insure this effect.

Marriages are private contracts.  Because society recognizes that there are associated social benefits, which flow from such a permanent commitment and that the knowledge of who's made a commitment is useful, entering such information into the public record is considered a positive and worth being prompted with the promise of rewards (special benefits).

Equality is not a desert.  It is a given.  Marriages, moreover, exist whether or not they are officially recognized, religiously sanctified or rewarded with special benefits.  If that's a difficult concept, compare it to the historical reality that humans are born, regardless of whether their birth is officially recorded or recognized as legitimate.  Illegitimate children were historically subject to a lower social status, much as illegal immigrants are attempted to be subject now.

It would, btw, be equal treatment to remove all consideration of marital status from employment compensation rate determinations.  Just as it was equal treatment to shutter all public swimming pools in the South and to privatize all public medical facilities, so the only criterion for access to service could be monetary assets or a third-party guarantee (insurance).  Equality doesn't necessarily apply to benefits; people can be equally deprived -- of their property and their human rights.

Rights, it turns out, are pretty useless, if they aren't associated with concomitant obligations.  How strong is Ms. Swett's support for social obligations?  If, as she asserts, rights are a matter of deserts, then the commitment to deliver on societal obligations should be automatically suspect.

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