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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
See now that's the rub. You think "the family is in trouble" (what does that mean exactly?) and to fix it, you don't want gay people, who won't be starting a "traditional family" anyway, to get married.
It's like you believe that legalized same-sex marriage will lead to fewer "traditional families" or something.
It's odd. The same people who yell about the sanctity of marriage and bla bla bla are also believe it is such a weak institution that giving the rights to gay people will bring down the whole thing.
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What it means is that more children are ending up growing up in a single parent home because men and women are finding it hard to live together and breaking up. It also means that people are choosing not to marry and have children because of the risks and sacrifices associated with marriage. By extending the financial benefits to other groups such as same sex couples today and multiple partners or monogamist roommates tomorrow those benefits(small as they are) will become even less of a incentive.