In a message dated 9/25/2009 4:46:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
You are forgetting all the financial benefits that accrue when you call it a marriage rather than a partnership. Heavy financial burdens on employers as well. I know several gays who claim to be married and they are no where near the commitment level of a real married couple. It's just trendy to say they are married. They'll be split up in a year or 2 at the most and they'll have the advantage of not needing a divorce or having to go to court. That's an unreasonable argument. How would it be any heavier a burden to employers than male/female relationships are now? How many men and women live together prior to marriage? The majority do these days. How many male/female marriages end in divorce? It varies by the month, but the typical figure ranges from 1 in 3, to 3 out of 5. The only difference in separation rates between gay couples and straight couples is that there are far fewer gay couples, as gays represent something like 6 to 8 percent of the population. They don't reproduce, their number doesn't grow, except as they are born of straight couples. The only reason we straights discriminate is so that we can have someone to belittle, to deny acceptance to, and to hate. It doesn't make sense.
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