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Old 08-18-2008, 09:16 PM   #106
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Originally Posted by creekster View Post
Money is surely important to many gay couples (and understandably so). But I think the agenda goes deeper than this. Some simply want acceptance. Some want leverage to force more acceptance in other areas. Some want this as a springboard to other social changes. The purposes are varied, just as our views in this forum are varied.
I'm simplifying for arguments sake, but it's about money and power. By achieving this status, they get more government benefits, and by imposing the standard on society, they achieve disproportionate stature in terms of power.

Most find these terms unfavorable. In political terms, they are the only true commodities of the marketplace. If you don't have power and/or money, you're broke and meaningless. So the power groups have determined this is their road to greater power, money and control. Surely, we are old and mature here to not find any political movement to be about anything else.
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