Recall that the standard liberal/gay agenda line on the Lawrence v. Texas Supreme Court decision was that it is wrong to have Big Brother entering into the privacy of people’s bedrooms and telling them what they can and cannot do. (Nevermind that this wasn’t what the Texas law or the case was about.) In fact, we could all go back to the Griswold v. Connecticut decision from 1965 that struck down laws against contraception and created a constitutional right to privacy that became the basis for Roe v. Wade in 1973.
So how do liberals justify this order from the University of Florida that employees requesting same-sex domestic partner benefits must pledge that they are having sex? Seems that privacy only goes one way, so to speak.
It also reveals the reality that liberals are obsessed with sex. It doesn’t seem to enter anyone’s mind that a true monogamous and committed relationship is about more than sex or even mere romantic love. It’s about a self-sacrificing love that always seeks the good of the other, cf. Pope Benedict’s “Deus caritas est” tomorrow.
Finally, what is the compelling government interest in these sex relationships? What benefit is provided to society by encouraging same-sex or unmarried opposite-sex sexual relationships? All it does is devalue real marriage and family and reduce the civilizing incentive to marry.
Update: A university official said that “the clause is one of several methods used to legally ensure that an employer is only obligated to cover employees in a committed relationship, not longtime roommates.” Since when does the fact that you merely have regular sex with someone mean you’re committed to them?
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Did they say how often? I mean, really. What if you are living with someone and you got really drunk one night and “did something stupid”…do you qualify then?
Or how ‘bout this: How will they know if those signing it are telling the truth? Do they have to have (ew) proof? Or a note from someone?
How ‘bout-oh right: Giving rights to those who are legally married and have a certificate to show.
What will really be fun to watch is the gay rights crew fight the liberal wonks. I think there might be a tear in the universe happening…
This is exactly why I always do my taxes in the bedroom.
My company offers domestic partner benefits, and they must pledge on paper that they have an “intimate” relationship. We can’t have friends or roommates getting benefits that only belong to the one you’re exchanging bodily fluids with.
I’m Human Resources at my company. I’m in favor of eliminating dependent insurance benefits for spouses who work. The reason for spousal benefits was to take care of the breadwinner’s dependents. If a spouse can work, that spouse can get benefits on their own. No children, no benefits. That’s not the best solution, but allowing benefits for the people you sodomize just because you’re sodomizing on a regular basis isn’t reasonable either.
Amazing…for once they don’t want anyone to know who they’re sleeping with!
On the reverse side, if places of employment can ask for a “sexual activity” pledge, then legally, can’t other organizations (i.e., Boy Scouts, military, etc, brought up in the article as places these avowed homosexuals might not be able to participate if they signed this affidavit) require them to sign a reverse one? One that says “I promise I am not having homosexual relations” ?