tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post8695751505454107410..comments2023-04-03T05:20:01.318-04:00Comments on Young, Hip and Conservative: a skeptical blog: The stealth queer taxMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00427964335321253510noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-39620091976342918162012-05-15T20:10:17.895-04:002012-05-15T20:10:17.895-04:00Preach it brother.Preach it brother.Natehttp://congressshallmakenolaw.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-6536205089340202452012-05-15T17:07:03.247-04:002012-05-15T17:07:03.247-04:00I believe marriage should not be the concern of th...I believe marriage should not be the concern of the state. Better to eliminate the byzantine tax structures that reward marriage, and to remove the government from meddling in the health care industry with regulations based on marital status (or any, for that matter). Leave it to the private parties involved to decide whether they wish to discriminate against homosexuals. Leave it to the rest of us to boycott and draw attention to bigotry, if it rightly offends us.<br /><br />But as long as there is special legal status associated with being married, it's wrong for the State to gender-discriminate with laws like DOMA.<br /><br />In the meta sense, that we waste so many brain cells pondering this incredibly minor issue illustrates the ability of the media to control the narrative. This is what the left wants to talk about. They desperately do not want to defend their fascist/socialist economic policies.Mark Lindholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14184361531569761797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-41684850538085434762012-05-14T20:48:59.752-04:002012-05-14T20:48:59.752-04:00Two other things:
The only reason taxing gay won&...Two other things:<br /><br />The only reason taxing gay won't make it smaller is that it is too hard to tax effectively.<br /><br />And, I'm not concerned that gay couples have to pay a tax that straight couples don't, I don't care about that distinction. The thing about it I don't like is why is there a tax on this at all? It's harmful regardless of who is paying it, in or out of a couple.Natehttp://congressshallmakenolaw.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-84860630254835430192012-05-12T01:27:17.371-04:002012-05-12T01:27:17.371-04:00Ah I largely agree, however, I tear away when it c...Ah I largely agree, however, I tear away when it comes to DOMA.<br /><br />I don't want the Executive branch deciding what is law and what is not. Their job is to defend and enforce federal law, not decide what is and is not defensible. The courts decide that, and I don't support rewriting the constitutions division of power regardless or what position it is written from. <br /><br />I think the "gold standard" for constitutions is the US Constitution, and I am willing to defend it until your death, if need be.<br /><br />:DNatehttp://congressshallmakenolaw.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com