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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
I found this to be rather thought provoking. Particularly the unnecessary part. Is marriage really necessary these days? What for? Does it serve some vital purpose, or is it becoming an archaic 'tradition' that could be lost to time. This should keep me busy at work tomorrow.
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A same-sex couple being able to marry involves a lot more than the religious aspects of "traditional marriage." There are tax benefits, as well as insurance benefits involved, as well as issues that come up when one part of that couple falls ill--if not legally married, no matter how long a couple has been together, the healthy partner would be unable to access health information for their mate. If that mate were to pass away, the living partner would be unable to reap the same benefits that a straight widow/widower would receive. If that couple had children, often only one parent would have legal rights to said children, and the remaining parent would have no legal connection to keep those children, placing them in an already over-wrought foster care system.
Those of you who are so adamantly supporting "traditional marriage" how would you feel if your children were taken from you if your mate died? If you were unable to get your mate's legal/financial benefits if they were to pass away?
These simple, basic things are what you're saying homosexual couples don't deserve. The love, camaraderie, security and companionship of a healthy, long-lasting relationship?
This does not affect heterosexual marriages. It does not cheapen your marriage anymore than 24 hour chapels in Vegas cheapen the institution. Why are these same "traditional marriage" proponents not arguing against divorces, or against people remarrying if their marriage did not end due to adultery? The only way someone can remarry, per the Bible, is if one partner commits adultery, or if one partner dies. So why aren't these same people clamoring against quickie divorces?
It isn't about the "sanctity of marriage" any more than most "pro-life" groups are about supporting healthy quality of life for children. It's about controlling a group of people that someone sees as inferior.