Comments on: Another post on Same-Sex Spousehood in Scandinavia http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/12/02/another-post-on-same-sex-spousehood-in-scandinavia/ Feminist, anti-racist, pro-fat, plus whatever else we feel like talking about. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:57:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Robert http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/12/02/another-post-on-same-sex-spousehood-in-scandinavia/#comment-20429 Robert Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/12/02/another-post-on-same-sex-spousehood-in-scandinavia/#comment-20429 He's right. I've never understood the belief that allowing SSM will end up destroying or damaging conventional marriage. Through what causal mechanism, is what I always wonder. Gay cooties on the marriage altar? Conventional marriage's decline in some quarters and the rise of "alternative lifestyles" can be tied to similar root causes, I think, but that doesn't mean A causes B. He’s right. I’ve never understood the belief that allowing SSM will end up destroying or damaging conventional marriage. Through what causal mechanism, is what I always wonder. Gay cooties on the marriage altar?

Conventional marriage’s decline in some quarters and the rise of “alternative lifestyles” can be tied to similar root causes, I think, but that doesn’t mean A causes B.

]]> By: Catarina the Swede http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/12/02/another-post-on-same-sex-spousehood-in-scandinavia/#comment-20430 Catarina the Swede Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/12/02/another-post-on-same-sex-spousehood-in-scandinavia/#comment-20430 The Swedish Census Bureau says that 72% of Swedish kiddos age 1-17 live with BOTH their biological parents. Seems pretty "conservative" and "family-oriented" to me. We just don't need the "blessing" of any gods to create a family. Link in Swedish: http://www.scb.se/templates/tableOrChart____27445.asp The Swedish Census Bureau says that 72% of Swedish kiddos age 1-17 live with BOTH their biological parents. Seems pretty “conservative” and “family-oriented” to me. We just don’t need the “blessing” of any gods to create a family. Link in Swedish: http://www.scb.se/templates/tableOrChart____27445.asp

]]> By: Echidne http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/12/02/another-post-on-same-sex-spousehood-in-scandinavia/#comment-20431 Echidne Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/12/02/another-post-on-same-sex-spousehood-in-scandinavia/#comment-20431 Yes. As Ampersand points out, the cultures are very different. This makes it tricky to apply information from Scandinavia to the U.S. circumstances and it also makes it difficult to understand the Scandinavian information correctly here. Living together is something very different there than here, even from a moral point of view. Yes. As Ampersand points out, the cultures are very different. This makes it tricky to apply information from Scandinavia to the U.S. circumstances and it also makes it difficult to understand the Scandinavian information correctly here. Living together is something very different there than here, even from a moral point of view.

]]> By: Mike http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/12/02/another-post-on-same-sex-spousehood-in-scandinavia/#comment-20432 Mike Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2004/12/02/another-post-on-same-sex-spousehood-in-scandinavia/#comment-20432 The author of the original Scandinavian study - Spedale - and others have recently written what appears to be the most comprehensive analysis of the Scandinavian same-sex marriage laws to date. It looks at the effect (or lack thereof) of SSM on societies that have gay marriage, and finds that there are no negative effects from SSM on marriage, and might even be positive ones. Interesting study if you want a more in-depth look at this argument. It can be found on www.bepress.com/ils/iss5/art4 and also on the Freedom to Marry site. The author of the original Scandinavian study - Spedale - and others have recently written what appears to be the most comprehensive analysis of the Scandinavian same-sex marriage laws to date. It looks at the effect (or lack thereof) of SSM on societies that have gay marriage, and finds that there are no negative effects from SSM on marriage, and might even be positive ones. Interesting study if you want a more in-depth look at this argument. It can be found on http://www.bepress.com/ils/iss5/art4 and also on the Freedom to Marry site.

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