Comments on: Slip Sliding. http://www.queerty.com/slip-sliding-20080624/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:24:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fredo777 http://www.queerty.com/slip-sliding-20080624/#comment-63600 fredo777 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:54:18 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/slip-sliding-20080624/#comment-63600 <i>Almost</i> everything that comes with marriage? Hmm. Admittedly, I didn't really research all of the benefits of same-sex marriage in the UK. I had no idea that it was "equal but different". Almost everything that comes with marriage?

Hmm. Admittedly, I didn’t really research all of the benefits of same-sex marriage in the UK. I had no idea that it was “equal but different”.

]]> By: Jonathon http://www.queerty.com/slip-sliding-20080624/#comment-63566 Jonathon Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:00:15 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/slip-sliding-20080624/#comment-63566 Actually Civil Partnerhips in the UK are marriage but by a different name. Almost everything that comes with marriage comes with Civil Partnerships. Equal but different. Actually Civil Partnerhips in the UK are marriage but by a different name. Almost everything that comes with marriage comes with Civil Partnerships. Equal but different.

]]> By: cambel http://www.queerty.com/slip-sliding-20080624/#comment-63510 cambel Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:00:35 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/slip-sliding-20080624/#comment-63510 There were people waiting for YEARS to get married, they have now done so and the numbers will fall then level off. Its the same reason movies make so much money on their first weekend. There were people waiting for YEARS to get married, they have now done so and the numbers will fall then level off. Its the same reason movies make so much money on their first weekend.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.queerty.com/slip-sliding-20080624/#comment-63497 Kevin Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:25:20 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/slip-sliding-20080624/#comment-63497 Well, also, in 2006 there were a lot of people ready for a civil union that had been ready for many, many years, who would have done it in 2005 or 2000 or 1995 if it had been possible. Once the backlog was done, the new ones are the ones who happen to be ready that particular year. Well, also, in 2006 there were a lot of people ready for a civil union that had been ready for many, many years, who would have done it in 2005 or 2000 or 1995 if it had been possible. Once the backlog was done, the new ones are the ones who happen to be ready that particular year.

]]> By: fredo777 http://www.queerty.com/slip-sliding-20080624/#comment-63490 fredo777 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:01:54 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/slip-sliding-20080624/#comment-63490 My guess is that once the novelty of the situation wore off, people were satisfied in just knowing that they had an option to marry + there was no real rush to do the deed. <i>That</i> and the fact that we're all still looking for that Mr. (or Mrs., for my lady-loving friends) Right. Of course, if these are just civil unions (+ not full-on marriages) people might just be getting fed-up with these lesser alternatives to marriage. My guess is that once the novelty of the situation wore off, people were satisfied in just knowing that they had an option to marry + there was no real rush to do the deed.

That and the fact that we’re all still looking for that Mr. (or Mrs., for my lady-loving friends) Right. Of course, if these are just civil unions (+ not full-on marriages) people might just be getting fed-up with these lesser alternatives to marriage.

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