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1. It's an issue because those in power seek to distract people from the REAL issues. I.e. mounting debt, imbalanced trade deficits, social security, 9-11, the war, loss of our rights, wire-tapping, etc. Marriage and homosexuality hits so many nerves, tons of interested groups will peak their head out of the sand just to begin fighting, when in reality the only time a concern is raised is because GAYS who marry want to be able to share health insurance, life insurance, disabilities benefits, social security benefits, inheritance laws, and tax laws. Right now, a gay partner is NON-spousal, as such, in most states they don't favorable fall under the letters of the law. So what? Give it to them or don't it to them. On one side, if it makes sense for companies to underwrite gay people because it doesn't cost any more money, go for it. As far as disability benefits and social security, they're already abused enough, so even if they get some "rights", they'll be minimal as social security dwindles.
2. As far as raising children, we already have enough absent, immature, or delenquent fathers, what's it matter now if 2 loving parents want to be involved? Most gay relationships, insofaras I can tell, have one MASCULINE and one FEMININE partner, even if they're same sex. Perhaps studies could be done, or at least theories posited that that alone would aid in the development of a balanced child. Certainly it would be beneficial to a girl to have 2 men, and one be feminine and one masculine (Like the Bird Cage), but the government doesn't truly want loving, united families. They don't. Special interest groups don't. Because, as you can see by NEEDING a marriage license (they never needed one before, so how did they marry during a time that had MORE marriages than now?), you claim incompetency before the state AND choose to abide by THEIR laws upon dissolution of the marriage. A woman marrying a man gains the POWER of the government and federal and state divorce laws, a man gains little if anything, except tax benefits and spousal benefits, unless she's the bread winner.
This is why the gov can pry into HOW you parent, and also why spanking is nearly outlawed. It's one thing to abuse a kid, it's another to get spanked or hit. Boys don't respond badly to it, yet anything that's abusive obviously can potentially have negative consequences. There's a difference.
Fact is, getting all pissy doesn't matter. And you can cite religion, law, ethics, morality, or philosophy, and it doesn't matter. It's all smokescreen. For most guys here, gay marriage won't impact you. According to ANTI-gay marriage proponents, it will DEGRADE marriage. However, I think the proliferation in divorce rates AND the nasty divorce laws have done a fine job of ruining marriage. Couple that with easy access to sex and birth control, and the idea of marriage is becoming almost outdatd. Oh, sure, everyone might give it a "try", but inevitably, a large % will fall out as we go forward. That's why I don't get the RELIGIOUS debate. Our country and the world is a large brew of different races, sexes, preferences, and languages; we've proven diversity is better than uniformity, so why fight to have all the same until we absolutely KNOW without ANY doubt that gay marriage is bad, or anything else surrounding this funny debate.
Bark on,
A-Unit
