Re: CHAT: cultural interpretation [was Re: THEORY: language and the brain]

On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 07:30:01PM -0700, Stone Gordonssen wrote:
> Other than the police there not taking reports of violence after announcing
> "Well, you penple expect that, don't you?"
Ouch.

> Other than needing to have a dozen documents in place to ensure they have
> access to their partner when hospitalized, and inherit their partners'
> property if/when they die, etc? And not being recognized by the IRS as
> supporting each other? As an HIV+ man who lived in Atlanta for many years, I
> could go on & on with examples.
Well, okay.  Not that I meant to imply that things were anywhere close to
ideal, but you do make it sound worse than I thought.  I only have second- and
third-hand information, since I am not personally gay, pagan, or HIV+.
The question, though, is not really how bad it is here, but whether it's really
significantly better elsewhere?  I don't know the answer to that question.

> These men are in the minority. In the 30 years n which I've been employed by
> 4 large corporations, not one of them has even recognised my partner, let
> alone offered benefits; and vise-versa.
Well, that's terrible.  Turner and Coca-Cola, at least, both offer
benefits for domestic partners, whether same-sex or not.

-Mark