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pylon · 06-30-2015, 01:55 PM

I am all for gay marriage myself, but this opens a very interesting debate in my eyes.

What if someone wants to Marry their best friend, same sex, but neither are gay? There are massive benefits to being married, especially with the amount of borrowing power you have. So two dudes are total best-bro's for life, and they don't want the inconvenience of a traditional marriage but still want the benefits. Why can they not have a classification of a civil union if they choose to go joint on everything? I have male friends I love and care about likely more than any woman that could come along in my life at this point, since they have been friends for 30+ years. The physical act of sex is not required under a marriage license, so can we get married as two straight men?

(This is hypothetical of course.... yes, hypothetical, that's it.)

06-30-2015, 01:55 PM	#67
pylon Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Jul 2007 Exp:	I am all for gay marriage myself, but this opens a very interesting debate in my eyes. What if someone wants to Marry their best friend, same sex, but neither are gay? There are massive benefits to being married, especially with the amount of borrowing power you have. So two dudes are total best-bro's for life, and they don't want the inconvenience of a traditional marriage but still want the benefits. Why can they not have a classification of a civil union if they choose to go joint on everything? I have male friends I love and care about likely more than any woman that could come along in my life at this point, since they have been friends for 30+ years. The physical act of sex is not required under a marriage license, so can we get married as two straight men? (This is hypothetical of course.... yes, hypothetical, that's it.)