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I believe that some corporate regulations are a must.
I'm more of a cross between a democrat and a libertarian (If that's possible...). I support certain social programs, although I do think many of them are abused and/or mismanaged, most of them have good intentions. I also am for smaller government and greater individual rights.
Dear one, you can't support social programs AND smaller government...that's almost an oxymoron.
+1. I've said this before - while Greg and I are married in the eyes of everyone, we had a JP on the bridge over Chicora Lake in NH. No religion involved. It's a civil agreement between two people who are in love. That's what marriage boils down to - if you want your union blessed by a religious group then do so.You presume here that marriage is completely a religious institution as opposed to at least partly a civil one.
Personally I think civil unions for everybody is a great idea. Get the government out of the marriage business altogether. At that point if Church A wants to perform gay marriages and Church B does not, then they can both go their own way.
No church should be forced to perform any ceremony that goes against its religious dogma. Religious liberty must be preserved while civil rights are extended to homosexual couples.
There is a lot of waste and corruption in our government. If these social programs were run by competent people I'm sure you could help more people for half the money (and half the government).
The government just needs to go on a STRICT diet. Sure social programs cost money and that requires taxes, but if you trim the fat and the waste you could do more and cut taxes. Sure some benefits would be cut, but cut by cutting out the people who don't need to be living off the system and are just taking advantage.
Yep, we did, on April 19, 2003. Greg used to climb Chocoura (oops, misspelled it before) every Thanksgiving, he loves it up there.You got married here in NH? OMG, congratulations! That's wonderful.
I've told you before, we're going to Maine Western Maine is nice, and as long as you stay away from the coast it's relatively inexpensive (compared to here, that is).So when are you moving up here? Come on, you're practically natives! Get up here!
And you can always come over to visit us in Maine! Of course we'll shop in NH, but I married a Mainer (well, technically speaking, he was born in Maine and lived in Maine when I lured him down here.....he did grow up in E. Rochester, NH)!Maine? Boo! Hiss! Come to NH! You can always drive over to Maine if you need to.