Doug said:

> Do you oppose SSM and if so, why?

I don't oppose it, but there's at least one reasonable argument against
it: marriage is not just an agreement between two people but also an
agreement by which the government (at least the UK government!)
provides tax benefits for married couples in exchange for the couples
producing children to be future citizens who pay future taxes or to go
to fight Germans in future wars or whatever; gay couples cannot
reasonably enter into this deal; therefore gay couples should not get
those tax advantages; therefore they should not be allowed to marry. It
seems to me, though, that this is more an argument for phasing out
those remaining tax benefits than not allowing gay marriages.

Rich
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