The fact that same sex marriages might have opened this up just shows that our way of looking at things might be inherently unfair. If a situation is deemed acceptable between two (or more int his case) consenting adults, with no power disparity or abuse of said power...what the heck is wrong with it? Frankly I have no problems with other groups saying "hey, look at me - I am not hurting anyone and this is something that is important to me." Isn't that the type of thing that we should cater to in a tolerant society - not infringing on peoples rights unless there is significant grounds to do so?
As for the power issues...I said before and will say again, there are huge power issues in some traditional marriages. We deal with these as best we can (not perfectly) so why are we hesitating in this case? We would have to deal with it as a society as best we can. A few black apples should not ruin it for everyone.
Economically, it shouldn't be either advantageous nor disadvantageous. In some ways, this is an argument for the government to again get out of marriage altogether.
I am not sure who said it, but I read of someone thinking that being tolerant about something is a me first attitude. I'm not entirely certain about this line of thought...is it the "if it doesn't impact me, I don't care" line of thought? Because I'd say it is the opposite that is really true. If it doesn't impact you, but you take the time out of your day to fight it...you are really the one being selfish.
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