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Properties › Re: Abuja’s Most Expensive Estates by ccollins(m): 4:22pm On Nov 08, 2013
[quote author=nutty_hnic]Another Full Exhibition of NEGRO Traits.

Why in the World would Apartments in Nigeria Cost That Much?
These Guys are just callous in their dealings[/quote]Racism syndrome
Car Talk › Re: 10 Most Expensive Cars In The World! by ccollins(m): 3:07pm On Nov 08, 2013
All this exquisite cars them dey price based on speed .... Na speed to grave yard be dem plot oooOo.end time tins on point
Education › Re: Updates From President Jonathan & ASUU Meeting by ccollins(m): 2:48pm On Nov 08, 2013
[quote author=I_am_Sylva]shocked

i swear this strike must continue..


How can sum1 call himself an undergraduate and yet his writtings can't be comprehended..


Bros u r not making sense at allgrin[/quote]You are making a hullabo of your self,and cannot spell writing.... Shame on you!!!
Education › Re: Updates From President Jonathan & ASUU Meeting by ccollins(m): 2:45pm On Nov 08, 2013
vizkiz: Breaking news from Abuja on ASUU
strike !!!
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ﻧﻮﺭ ﺍﮔﺮ ﺭﻓﺖ ﺳﺎﯾﻪ ﭘﯿﺪﺍ ﻧﯿﺴﺖ ﻧﻘﺶ ﺩﯾﻮﺍﻭ
ﭼﺸﻢ ﺧﯿﺮﻩ ﻣﺎ ﻧﻘﺶ ﺳﺎﯾﻪ ﺩﮔﺮ ﻧﻤﯽ ﺩﺍﻧﺪﯾﻮﺍﺭ
ﻭ ﭼﺸﻢ ﺧﯿﺮﻩ ﻣﺎ ﻧﻘﺶ ﺳﺎﯾﻪ ﺩﮔﺮ ﻧﻤﯽ ﺩﺍﻥ
ﻧﻮﺭ ﺍﮔﺮ ﭘﯿﺪﺍ ﻧﯿﺴﺖ ﻧﻘﺶ ﺩﯾﻮﺍﺭ ﻭ ﭼﺸﻢ
ﺧﯿﺮﻧﭼﺸﻢ ﺧﯿﺮ .
If I hear anything else, I'll let you
know.......
Lol,is that all
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 1:53pm On Nov 08, 2013
U are very myopic and dense in your views,how can you accuse and make a victim of wikipedia false propaganda which you are yet to proof convincingly.should we go pragmatically into various african countries laws and treaties of which I am certain that more than 10 are mute on homosexuality. Blaming wikipedia for any error or influence they bring shows how nostaglic you are... Repeatedly,you take advantage of the pitiable minorities(homosexuals) by altering words like discrimination and human rights.fyi, homosexual groups would never be the first guilds to fight for their rights and sooner or later,they will get it
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 12:24pm On Nov 08, 2013
Sagamite: grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin

ROFLMAO!

So you think because countries like Mali, Chad, Zaire, Congo etc do not have laws recognising anything homosexuals that implies they are "tacitly liberal" and are "beginning to practice homosexuality"? grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin

You are a fooooool! You think it is me you can use that useless pro-homosexual propaganda against.

Or you think I don't know homosexual campaign groups try and control the content of wikipedia to emm…sure they brainwash kids searching for information by displaying data in a pro-homosexual and "increasing acceptance of homosexual" ways? How do you think the person kids defending homosexuality were brainwashed?

Go to those countries and bend your yansh for another man and let someone find out. Your only regret would be not having selected the kind of inflammable liquid you wanted to be used on you and leaving it to the whims of the mob.
Again,you acted a schizophrenic role here perfectly,you tell me how homosexual campaign groups control wikipedia by posting the truth that is it only sa that completely practises gay-marriage....
Stop being a self-hating facist retard and be objective for once.... Also a lynching mob strikes out the place and morality of the law and order. If an angry mob would bring assault and death on a gay who wants his rights respected ,then the society there has no justification in all ramifications.

Lastly, none of us pro-homo are gullible and campaigning for their freedom is a good cause in any country that truly practices democracy,I rest my case
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 12:16pm On Nov 08, 2013
Sagamite: grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin

ROFLMAO!

So you think because countries like Mali, Chad, Zaire, Congo etc do not have laws recognising anything homosexuals that implies they are "tacitly liberal" and are "beginning to practice homosexuality"? grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin

You are a fooooool! You think it is me you can use that useless pro-homosexual propaganda against.

Or you think I don't know homosexual campaign groups try and control the content of wikipedia to emm…sure they brainwash kids searching for information by displaying data in a pro-homosexual and "increasing acceptance of homosexual" ways? How do you think the person kids defending homosexuality were brainwashed?

Go to those countries and bend your yansh for another man and let someone find out. Your only regret would be not having selected the kind of inflammable liquid you wanted to be used on you and leaving it to the whims of the mob.
Again,you acted a schizophrenic role here perfectly,you tell me how homosexual campaign groups control wikipedia by posting the truth that is it only sa that completely practises gay-marriage....
Stop being a self-hating facist retard and be objective for once.... Also a lynching mob strikes out the place and morality of the law and order. If an angry mob would bring assault and death on a gay who wants his rights respected ,then the society there has no justification in all ramifications.

Lastly, none of us pro-homo are gullible and campaigning for their freedom is a good cause in any country that truly practices democracy,I rest my case
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 11:40am On Nov 08, 2013
The charity’s director of faith and social
development, Reverend Ijeoma Ajibade, said: "This
legislation denies LGBT Nigerians their fundamental
rights. By claiming it is about outlawing same-sex
marriage, the parliament is deliberately misleading
people.
"Not a single group in my home country has asked
for gay marriage. They ask only for the same rights to
freedom from discrimination, personal liberty, human
dignity and privacy that all Nigerians are entitled to
under the constitution."
Bisi Alimi, a Nigerian gay rights activist and one of
the founders of the Kaleidoscope Trust, told Sky
News: "On behalf of Nigerian LGBT and our straight
allies, families and friends, I strongly condemn this
outrageous act from Nigerian lawmakers and
demand that we challenge them against this blatant
infringement of the fundamental human rights of
already vulnerable and at risk group."
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 11:32am On Nov 08, 2013
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_of_same-sex_marriage


This could expound what I am vividly potraying.. Under the african context,not all african countries forbid it or impose sanctions and penalties.so stop masquerading your self in a delusion that apart from south africa,it is frowned upon by all african countries, as the stats shows that some african states do not totally go against Same-sex
marriage,
No recognition
of same-sex couples
Same-sex sexual
activity illegal
,Not Enforced or
unclear.....
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 10:31am On Nov 08, 2013
@sagamite ,it is true that many african countries are yet to accept homosexual marriage, some have even gone to the extent of making same sex marriage a 'offence' but I must also notify the good fact that there is a tacit liberality for ssm in some african countries that have neither ways brought any form of laws against ssm due to the rational fact that a open confab where various proponents can argue the recognition of the legal acceptance of homosexuality in their country like what is going on in ghana
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 10:10am On Nov 08, 2013
[quote author=MR.SANITY]https://www.nairaland.com/1505592/one-claims-homosexual-here-nairaland#19322310
Lets all say no to homosexuality on Nairaland, Seun Osewa is called upon to do something about this.[/quote]Helloooo, we are just having a peaceful debate here which does not accomodate a biased and sentimental idiocy outcry... Nigerians may brag about being moral but we have the best records in double standards
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 9:59am On Nov 08, 2013
Sagamite: Some African countries?

Can you name them?

How has SA started to "practice" homosexuality?
Stop wallowing in a sea of ignorance,use your intellectual effervescent mind to undestand what I potray... Here is historical facts on how SA accepts homosexuality- 1 December 2006 South Africa has become
the fifth country in the world, and the first
in Africa, to allow legal marriages between
same-sex couples, after a historic vote in
Parliament on 14 November, followed by
the signature of Acting President Phumzile
Mlamblo-Ngcuka on 30 December, passed
the Civil Union Bill into law. Parliament and
the Presidency have therefore met the 1
December 2006 deadline set by the
Constitutional Court in 2005 for the
country's Marriage Act to be amended, or
for new legislation to be passed to allow
gays and lesbians to enter into legal
marriages. Following an application by
Marié Fourie and Cecelia Bonthuys to be
allowed to marry, the court ruled that the
existing legal definition of marriage was in
conflict with the country's Constitution
because it denied gays and lesbians the
rights granted to heterosexuals. Section 9
(3) of South Africa's Constitution expressly
prohibits unfair discrimination on the
grounds of sexual orientation. It reads:
"The state may not unfairly discriminate
directly or indirectly against anyone on one
or more grounds, including race, gender,
sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or
social origin, colour, sexual orientation,
age, disability, religion, conscience, belief,
culture, language and birth." The court
gave Parliament a year to remedy the
situation. On 14 November Parliament
passed the Civil Union Bill into law by a
vote of 230 to 41. The ruling African
National Congress ordered a three-line
whip, the strictest disciplinary command
the party can give its MPs, to compel them
to be both present in the chamber and to
vote in favour of the party line supporting
the Bill. Parties opposed to the new law
included the African Christian Democratic
Party and the Freedom Front Plus, while the
Democratic Alliance allowed its MPs to vote
according to conscience. The Independent
Democrats opposed the Bill on the basis
that a "separate but equal" marriage law
for gays and lesbians remained
discriminatory. While it is still impossible
for same-sex couples to marry under the
existing Marriage Act, any South African
citizen will be allowed to marry under the
new law - including gays and lesbians.
Whether heterosexual or homosexual, they
will have the option of calling their
partnership either a civil union or a
marriage. Among other benefits, the new
law will allow married same-sex couples to
make decisions on each other's behalf and
inherit if a partner dies without a will.
'Backward, timeworn prejudices' Before the
vote, Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota
urged Parliament to support the rights of
gays and lesbians, and to allow them to
enjoy the fruits of democracy. "We are
bound to fulfil the promises of democracy
which we made to the people of our
country," he said. "Are we going to
suppress this so-called minority, or are we
going to let these people enjoy the
privilege of choosing who will be their life
partners? "I take this opportunity to remind
the House that in the long and arduous
struggle for democracy very many men and
women of homosexual or lesbian
orientation joined the ranks of the
liberation and democratic forces. "How
then can we live with the reality that we
should enjoy rights that together we fought
for side by side, and deny them that?
"Today, as we reap the fruits of democracy,
it is only right that they must be afforded
similar space in the sunshine of our
democracy … This country cannot afford to
continue to be a prisoner of the backward,
timeworn prejudices that have no basis."
Progressive democracies With the new law,
South Africa joins the elite group of
progressive democracies that have
legalised same-sex marriage in the last five
years: the Netherlands, which passed the
law in 2001, Belgium (2003), Canada
(2005) and Spain (2005). A number of
other European Union countries - Britain
being the latest - have passed laws
allowing for various forms of civil
partnership between same-sex couples.
But while these allow same-sex couples to
register their partnerships and receive
some of the benefits accorded married
couples, they fall short of full marriage
equality. In the Constitutional Court's
December 2005 ruling, Judge Albie Sachs
highlighted the deep injustice of denying
gays and lesbians the right to formalise
their unions. "Finding themselves strongly
attracted to each other, two people went
out regularly and eventually decided to set
up home together," he said in the
introduction to his judgment. "After being
acknowledged by their friends as a couple
for more than a decade, they decided that
the time had come to get public
recognition and registration of their
relationship. "Like many persons in their
situation, they wanted to get married.
There was one impediment. They are both
women." Sachs said there was an
imperative constitutional need to
acknowledge the long history of the
marginalisation and persecution of gays
and lesbians in South Africa. "Although a
number of breakthroughs have been made,
there is no comprehensive legal regulation
of the family law rights of gays and
lesbians." The exclusion of same-sex
couples from the benefits and
responsibilities of marriage is not a "small
inconvenience", he said. "It represents a
harsh, if oblique, statement by the law that
same-sex couples are outsiders and that
their need for affirmation and protection of
their intimate relations as human beings is
somehow less than that of heterosexual
couples." He said marriage was the only
source of such socioeconomic benefits as
the right to inheritance, medical insurance
coverage, adoption, access to wrongful
death claims, bereavement leave, tax
advantages and post-divorce rights. Sachs
said the intangible damage to same-sex
couples was as severe as the material
deprivation. "To begin with, they are not
entitled to celebrate their commitment to
each other in a joyous public event
recognised by the law. "They are obliged to
live in a state of legal blankness in which
their unions remain unmarked by the
showering of presents and the
commemoration of anniversaries so
celebrated in our culture."


http://www.southafrica.info/services/rights/same-sex-marriage.htm
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 9:16pm On Nov 06, 2013
Sagamite: What moronic statements are these?

Simple question: "So in your democracy, do you force the view of the minority on the majority that does not want it?"

Answer it!
At times……,it is good for one to listen articulately as some wise people say..... @ sagamite,my answer is that have you seen anyone(minority) force you to indulge in homosexuality with or without your consent. It is annoying that some anti-gay proponents cannot be objective.. Are we also going to use a ludricious fallacy of comparing homo to other negative crimes I.e paedophille that is not accepted to the society...
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 8:02pm On Nov 06, 2013
Sagamite: What a moronic argument.

So in your democracy, you force the view of the minority on the majority that does not want it?

Most of you are too stewpid to understand the concept of the fads you espouse.
This incessant misuderstandings and lack of objectivity may cause some quagmire.... May I mind you that a simple principle of coherency should have made you know that the needs and insurgence of the minority depending on the threshold does not in anyway demand its negative effect on the majority esp when it comes to homosexuality issues. Abi dem force you to be an homo ni? Its a matter of choice
Education › Re: Updates From President Jonathan & ASUU Meeting by ccollins(m): 10:51am On Nov 06, 2013
Emzybrown: And that is why you that called your self a student fail simple exams, i asked a question while you are writing gibberish.
My friend,sharrraPpp,I said u are literally a lazybone but you are here talking off the thread.... Is it not a slowpoke that would want others to give a synopsis of a thread for him...nonsense
Education › Re: Updates From President Jonathan & ASUU Meeting by ccollins(m): 10:24am On Nov 06, 2013
Emzybrown: Who get time to read this long shitz..........summary please lipsrsealed lipsrsealed lipsrsealed lipsrsealed lipsrsealed
U call urself a student and can't read through the short Thread... What is wrong with your basic comprehension and the ability to read voraciously
Education › Re: Pregnant At 18, Best Graduating Student At 25 by ccollins(m): 8:46am On Nov 06, 2013
vicky85: Thank you Nairaland, I am your committed member since 2005 when you started. Tks Seun.
How I wish I get belle when I was in school, by now, I will not bother of getting married. I need to get pregnant now. #confused
Imao,no try am at all..... Hope say na crack ya ribs jokes
Education › Re: Pregnant At 18, Best Graduating Student At 25 by ccollins(m): 1:16pm On Nov 05, 2013
pmc01: What a very silly story of a wayward and immoral fornicator!

In fact, it is an insult to the Modest Ladies around. Can't one be successful without having been wayward?

It's not as if she was raped, she simply traded away her virtues as a woman- disrespect to her future husband.

If her parents had been asked to give her out in marriage then rather than bring shame to them, they will say she is underaged. Shame on the careless parents too.

Tomorrow, when the child is being taunted about his father, he will start to suffer undue psychological torture and depression. Yet, they say we should celebrate such a shameless woman.

When I read that she is now changed, I had even expected to see a well-covered lady in her hijab. Alas! She doesn't even have her hair covered and still goes on to wear attachments. So disgusting!

At 25, she is not talking about getting married and start her own family. She will rather keep a boyfriend while accomplishing more 'academic landmarks'.

She had better turn to her Lord in sincere repentance and try to strike a proper balance between her worldly stay and preparation for her Hereafter.

Wishing her well in her future endeavour.
I get where you are coming from but she ammended her mistakes already and her son would be very well proud of her... Her situation is not the worst and because she was pregnant b4 does not make her a loser ,all those bell students should be ashamed of themselves that a woman with a little bad past could come out best among them and kudos to the parents tutelage of her and her son
Education › Re: Pregnant At 18, Best Graduating Student At 25 by ccollins(m): 12:34pm On Nov 05, 2013
Consistency and faith made her achieve her goal. Also a resilient spirit
Celebrities › Re: Tiwa Savage Is Not Pregnant, She Just Ate 'Puff Puff' – by ccollins(m): 12:00pm On Nov 05, 2013
Are you guys sure she is not referring to p.diddy a.k.a puff daddy..... I just feel she should be careful of her words ooooOOOO.b4 another funny gossip starts
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 10:58am On Nov 05, 2013
Beync: Hehehe, tell me one shameful practice that some people will never accept practising it but will defend the act with their last strength, homosexualism. That's how disgusting and disgraceful homosexualism is especially in this context, you people will never see the day light in this part of the world. Go to America or uk and practice not here.
Nigeria may be a hard nut to crack for now but such sexual inhibitions are very rare even in africa as some african countries have started to practice it I.e south africa... Earlier, I noted that various school of thoughts do have to look into the advantages of homosexuality and stop making flimsy noise of how bad homo is and the diseases innate about it.... We forget that diseases (std) enamate from bestiality
Politics › Re: Petition: Make Senator Cruz Apologize For His Offensive Remarks by ccollins(m): 4:58am On Oct 26, 2013
Onliie: I want an apology from the Nigerian ambassador to every American who has been bombarded by Nigerian email scammers. I'll listen to him after the Nigerian government prosecutes these criminals who attempt to rob U.S. citizens. Ted Cruz owes no apology to Nigeria.
Inky Spaniel, 32 mins ago
That's it.. As if senator cruz is not saying the truth... Mitchew
Politics › Re: Petition: Make Senator Cruz Apologize For His Offensive Remarks by ccollins(m): 4:55am On Oct 26, 2013
ogugua88: A petition has been created on change.org to make Senator Cruz aware that he has offended the Nigerian community and needs to apologize for his distasteful remarks.

Nigeria may not be perfect, but neither is any nation. Our imperfection gives no one any right to mud sling us, most especially a US senator, who is supposedly esteemed.

Please sign!

Senator Ted Cruz, Apologize For Your Offensive Remarks to the Nigerian Community!
@op, what arrant nonsense is this.. The importance and attention to what other countries say Is not even a major concern for majority of masses in a country with 160 million people yet alone being talked about.. Hope this not a plot by one of our dirty political leaders to distract us from our own issues like ASUU strike,stella oduah scandal,corruption and many millions of problem nigeria face daily... This is no wisdom at all .. Leaving your own wahala to fight for another
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 5:15pm On Oct 25, 2013
Donjazzy12: ONE THING THE HOMOSEXUALS HAVE NOT BEEN UNABLE TO EXPLAIN IS THE BIOLOGICAL PURPOSE OF THEIR LUNACY!

WE HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS A DISEASE RIDDEN LIFESTYLE THAT ENCOURAGES PROMISCUITY.

NOW WHAT USEFUL PURPOSE DOES THE HOMOSEXUAL LIFESTYLE SERVE?

APART FROM DISEASES LIKE HIV, ANAL CANCERS AND INCREASED RATE OF BOSOM CANCERS WHAT IS THE THAT USEFUL PURPOSE HOMOSEXUALITY PROVIDES?

THE WHOLE WORLD HAS BEEN BEDEVILED WITH ALL MANNER OF ILLS , WHY DID A WHOLE COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER(DAVID CAMERON) SEE HOMOSEXUALITY AS THE ONLY VIRTUE WORTH EXPORTING TO AFRICAN COUNTRIES?

WHY DOES THE WESTERN PRESS DO SO MUCH TO SUPPRESS THE DAMNING REPORTS OF OBVIOUS DANGERS OF HOMOSEXUALITY/

IF NOT THE DEVIL , WHOSE AGENDA ARE THEY SERVING?

WHY SHOULD NIGERIA GIVE ITS BACKING TO A LIFESTYLE THAT HAS NO KNOWN BENEFITS TO ANYBODY, A LIFE STYLE THAT GUARANTEES ONLY DISEASES AND PROMISCUITY?

WHY DO GULLIBLE NIGERIANS LIKE @wman GET EASILY DERAILED INTO SWALLOWING HOOK LINE AND SINKER THE SILLY ARGUMENTS FROM THE WEST IN SUPPORT OF HOMOSEXUAL LUNACY?
Why write with caps on... It does not convey or prove your points
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 5:13pm On Oct 25, 2013
Sagamite: There are enough clues.

Further added to by no denial.

You sure do argue like someone with a personal association with homosexuality.
I still maintain my stance that you are just exponential abt my personal life and it will be foolish to say things abt someone you do not know because you are amazed by his strict views
Politics › Re: Yerima's Evil Act by ccollins(op): 4:34pm On Oct 25, 2013
tobezekiel: hi..
Hello dear
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 12:12pm On Oct 25, 2013
vire: The laws of God and Man is a system designed not to have emotions but pass absolute judgements...........Gay people and pro-gay sympathetic people may not like it but well its a system its not based on what you like cool cool cool cool
Oga op,where did you get false anti-gay synopsis from.. Abi u just dreamed of it,,nigeria may look into this gay thing later in future
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 12:06pm On Oct 25, 2013
[quote author=enigma_otr]If anyone is free to do whatever he/she likes in the privacy of his/her room,What makes a father/mother sleeping with his/her daughter/son wrong, and homosexualism,right,if it's done by two consenting adults in private?
Why should the nature of incest be a problem to you?
What right do homosexuals have that a brother and a sister who sleeps with each other don't have?
Does incest pose more danger to the society than homosexualism?
And how did you come about the notion that,homosexuality is only about non family members? What do you call it,if father and son are sodomising eachother?
I'm not in support of incest,but please you pro-homos should stop saying,"whatever two consenting adults do in private is no one's business".
It's hypocritical.[/quote]The above post you argued have no point and is very useless.. Why do we not ban heterosexual sex too for causing the abhorrent problems you stated simultaneously in ur post
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 12:02pm On Oct 25, 2013
Sagamite: I have every little doubt from your argument pattern that you are surely an homosexual or have a loved one that is. undecided

I can tell. undecided
You do not know me and cannot conclude on my personal life you cannot even ever know... Fyi,you anti _ gay radicals have a dull memory to know that a person does not need to belong in a particular class before she /he supports such class I.e does a person need to be black or white before he/she speaks against racism
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 10:31am On Oct 25, 2013
Here is a practical experience of one of my liberal colleague who does not believe in restriction or in enforcing old traditional values on anyone.... Full disclosure: she is a
lesbian with a partner and a small son, who is legally adopted by both of them. She analysed certain positive points which I noted down in our interaction in order to clear the stiff-minded and those who have a blind heart and brainwashed negative thinking towards homos..



First of all, joint parenting -- Positive effect. This protects the child being raised by two same-sex parents. In case
one of them dies or becomes incapacitated, there is a legal tie to the other parent. My partner and I have this benefit, thanks to a second parent adoption, but this is not legal in all states, and even where it is not illegal it can be a crap shoot depending on the particular judge you get. This assumes, of course, that you think that having a child stay with the person they know and trust as a parent, who is prepared and committed to raise the child, is a good thing.

joint adoption -- Positive effect. See above.
joint foster care, custody, and visitation (including
non-biological parents) -- Positive effect for the
children. status as next-of-kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent
-- Very positive. I want the person I choose to live my life with to make these decisions. Arguably, having those decisions made by the person I live with every day, who knows my medical conditions and views about treatment, would be a net positive for the medical community and cost of health care, as well.

joint insurance policies for home, auto and health --
Good thing, since we own property and cars jointly,
they should be covered jointly. As far as health
insurance goes, one can argue that a person with
decent health coverage, who has the capacity to get
regular preventative care and early treatment for
illness is a net benefit to society and less of a drain
on emergency rooms. Joint health insurance makes
this more likely.

dissolution and divorce protections such as
community property and child support -- Positive. It's a good thing for society when people have these
protections. Same sex couples already live together,
own things together, raise children together -- but do so without the same legal protections.
immigration and residency for partners from other
countries -- Good thing.
inheritance automatically in the absence of a will --
Also a good thing. Except, maybe, for the lawyers,
like ours, who are making big bucks drafting legal
docs that could easily be waved away anyway by
some bigoted judge. Surely all that inheritance red
tape is costing society money.

joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the
event one partner dies or leaves the house or
apartment -- Good thing. A whole lot less red tape.
inheritance of jointly-owned real and personal
property through the right of survivorship (which
avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate) .

See the stuff in parentheses.
benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social
Security, and Medicare -- Damn good thing. We work and support each other. Sometimes in a partnership, one person has to give up something to support the other. Let's say I decide to be a stay-at-home mom, while my partner works. If she dies, I am screwed when it comes to these benefits -- even though we have jointly been doing our part to support the family. Having indigent people without the means to support themselves, because of the death or disability of one partner, is not a benefit to society.

spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon
the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the
home -- Good thing. Hell, even conservatives don't
like more taxes. veterans' discounts on medical care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns -- Good, I guess. If there were gays in the military, that is.


joint filing of customs claims when traveling -- Uh,
good I guess. It means that I don't have to wait for
my partner to get through the line. The customs
person has to only talk to one of us, so that would
fractionally increase the speed of the line for the
people following.


wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and
children -- Positive. Mutual support lasting beyond
death is a good thing, because people make
sacrifices to support each other during life and you
never know when one will get the short end of the
stick when something goes wrong. Good for society,
because that means that the children are cared for
and the surviving partner doesn't become indigent.
bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or
child -- Good thing. For example, caring for my ailing


partner in our home is a damn sight cheaper for
society than having her sit in a hospital.
decision-making power with respect to whether a
deceased partner will be cremated or not and where
to bury him or her -- Good for us. Doesn't really
matter to the larger society, I don't imagine.
crime victims' recovery benefits -- Good.
loss of consortium tort benefits -- No clue what this
means.


domestic violence protection orders -- Fewer people
getting beat up, fewer medical expenses, less money
spent on incarceration. Good things.


judicial protections and evidentiary immunity -- Not
sure what that's good for.
For the most part, I know these benefits would be
good for me. The question is, are they also, in
general, good for society as well? I think that many of them are. Bottom line: legal rights that make it
easier for people to have stable, healthy lives with
protection from death and other catastrophe are a
net good for society. Same-sex marriage benefits
extend those protections to gays and lesbians.

We're already living together and raising families (and/or large numbers of pets). We're already supporting
each other. Legal protection for what is already there is a POSITIVE thing.
Politics › Re: Nigeria Speaks-out Against Same-sex Marriage At The UN by ccollins(m): 10:11am On Oct 25, 2013
Sagamite: If you want this kind of brazen sicko displays in your society then you will oppose the Naija bill:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/24/student-clayton-pettet-lose-virginity-gay-sex-art-project_n_4154703.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement
reckon the project is not art and
cheapens the special relationship of sex
between loving partners.
Hope u saw the above line, well nothing you say can nullify the acceptance of homosexuality even if you bring in ethnical values or the virtue of morality... Homos have come to stay and are humans who cannot be ripped off from their mother land because of your narrow mind to issues.... Fyi, u know that losing of virginity is a great concern in the heterosexual and have broken uncountless destinies

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