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Originally Posted by Gozer
I understand it as a counter-argument, but I don't understand it as an argument on its own. Why do gays want to embrace traditional marriage if there's so much wrong with it?
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Unless I'm way off, the larger issue isn't the being "married" part exactly. My step sister is gay, and basically explained it like this; the big issue is the rights that come along with being legally married. Inheritance laws, laws regarding choices when someone is hospitalised and unable to speak, tax incentives etc. My work for example. Someone straight who is married pays far less for health insurance for their spouse than someone who has a domestic partner, or whatever the specific word is.
The whole "Marriage is sacred blah blah" can go fly a kite. They just want to be afforded the same economic and civil rights that every other married couple is. They just happen to have matching naughty bits.