[Night Stalker]

Originally posted by Thoran: Makes sense... and personally I agree with it, but again that raises the question, if same sex unions are the same as hetero unions, why not polygamy? Why not two couples who like each other SOO MUCH that they want to (all 4) get married? If M/F has nothing magical about it, and M/M or F/F is fine, then why not M/F/F, F/M/M, or even M/M/F/F. Hell if a really good friends wife works for the gubberment, you and your wife could marry him and his wife to get the sweet med. benefits! All these permutations seem just as valid to me once you say that M/F holds no special place in society.

Ummmm .... yeah .... so what? What's your point? Why does the Gubmint need to curtail the liberties of consenting adults? To assuage the egos of closed minded people? If you are worried about the errosion of the 'sanctity of marriage', don't go looking at gay people. If anything they tend to show higher committment rates. Blame the "Me-ism" permeating society. Blame short attention spans. Blame "keeping up with the Jones'" that require two people in a relationship to work insane hours to maintain a standard of living that one person working for $30,000 /yr used to acheive 25 yrs ago.

Don't let homophobia blame "those people" though. Don't keep asking the Gubmint to legislate the private activities of consenting adults. Don't let insurance companies confuse the mix.

And why, WHY must people against 'Gay Marriage' always make the claim "If you let this happen, next you'll have people wanting to marry animals"?!?! What kind of mind makes this leap? How do you add 2+2 and get poppycock? Freud would have a field day with this line of thinking.

[ 12-03-2003, 12:58 PM: Message edited by: Night Stalker ]