Bush Agrees with Kerry and disses his own party.

[Shelly]

I thought you were going to say you'd bring the Claritin.

In my case, you better bring the Claritin.

[Useruser666]

Is that a code word for something else? I hope?

[SpursWoman]

[Useruser666]

Oh, uh, yeah that was a joke! Ha ha!

I'll bring my stamen, if you bring your pistil! And no that's not a PISTOL!

[Hook Dem]

I will try...

A Civil Union recognized at the Federal level would allow certain rights to not be abridged by the States...a partial list might be:

Ability to purchase property jointly as a single transaction instead of having to create a legal "partnership" to purchase property.

Ability to define a person as "family" from the standpoint of hospital policies on visitations rights even over the objection of "blood" family.

Simplify the ability to leave assets in wills to civil union partners limiting the ability of "blood" relatives to contest the wills...

It would not necessarily give "full" rights to same sex couples such as the ability to declare non-working partners as "dependents" for tax purposes or require employers to furnish equal spousal or dependent benefits to partners in "civil unions"...the exact details would obviously depend on the language and scope of the legislations...

Thats about right Cowboy but the others were funny.

[CosmicCowboy]

hehehe

yeah I was writing that before they started the other stuff...then actually posted it in the middle...

I don't normally come off as the stiff humorless one but in this case I got blown out...and was more than willing to shut up and let it play out...it WAS funny as ...

[SpursWoman]

I'll bring my stamen, if you bring your pistil! And no that's not a PISTOL!

Sho' thang...

[Useruser666]

Sho' thang...

You're bringing grease too? You must have heard the rumors about me!

[SpursWoman]