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Originally posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Somebody has to stand up for morals in this country, more power to him.
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Indeed, too many people are wishy-washy when it comes to any topic that they may lose votes by declaring their views on. However, I think that with a 50% divorce rate in this country, marriage couldn't be farther from a "respectable institution" that would be soiled by the nasty nasty dirty fags simply because they want recognition for a form of committment to their partner. Pretending that marriage is some holy unity of two virgins 'til death do they part, is nothing but ignorance on your part (not you specifically).
The state -- the government -- should never need to rely on a definition of marriage as a union between a femael and a male. There should be no reason at all for their involvement in what is a union between two people -- between two families. As for insurance purposes, there are many companies which offer "partner-benefits" which essentially recognize a homosexual couple as married. If your insurance company does not offer this, switch. If you want the extra $76 back in taxes because you married a Wiccan of the same sex in a nude outdoor ceremony (for example
), lobby for a flat no-fringe income tax with no marital penalty/benefit.
Think of the government as basically being a rule-book. Instead of having 349,583,458 rules regarding marriage which deal with every possible combination of ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, number of limbs, apple/pc preference, etc. simply remove the "rules" which are that specifically targeted. In the end, you will have a much smaller, much more effective, rule-book.