I suspect that if the government begins to license and tax same seex marriage, the Church will look on them the same as non-sacramental
hetero marriages.
I know many
hetero marriages, where the wifey wears the pants in the family, and the hubby is submissive.
And
hetero marriages are better because they are best at raising kids who take after hetero parents.
For example there is no reasonable argument to be made from a secular viewpoint to oppose gay marriage that can not be said to oppose
hetero marriage as well.
I want it to have the same rights as modern, egalitarian, civil
hetero marriage, which is by no means as «traditional» as you think it is.
I don't care whether the partners in
a hetero marriage live according to stereotyped gender roles, either.
Gays are not trying to ban
hetero marriage.
Not exact matches
I don't know what God thinks, but to me if gay
marriage is about family life and the possibility of raising children (in other words a desire on the part of gays to be accepted into married life as it exists) then I think it is a good thing for the same reasons that I think
hetero families are good and necessary.
but to clarify: i don't believe «
heteros» define
marriage.
Every County social services worker knows from direct and shocking experience with their hapless clients that it's actually the
HETEROS who are destroying
marriage with their high rate of 1) divorce 2) spousal abuse 3) sha cking up 4) child abuse 5) abandonment 6) drugs and alcohol, etc. etc..
If
marriage is only for procreation then there are a whole slew of other considerations to make like what about
hetero - couples choosing not to have kids or physically unable.
However, if the argument is that gays shouldn't have to live up to a
hetero definition of
marriage which implies
marriage as a foundation for family, and that gays
marriage is a redefinition of
marriage to be any thing we want it to mean, then the question becomes; why does the government involve itself in the ritual of
marriage?
The appeal now being made for h0m0
marriage rights is not an appeal for lawmakers to reconsider past decisions about similarities and differences between
hetero and h0m0 relationships.
Most cohabiting
hetero couples break up after around five years if they haven't transitioned into
marriage.
And if women want more out of
marriage, if we want the similar benefits men get from it, will this mean that there will be fewer
hetero people marrying in the future?
Still, this may change: same - sex couples will likely be marrying at younger ages from here on as their
hetero counterparts, the study suggests, and that may «make
marriage a more significant relationship transition demanding greater time, energy and commitment.»
Whereas
marriage has been called a greedy institution because married
hetero couples tend to focus more on each other and their kids, and less on friends and family, that did not happen for same - sex couples who tied the knot.
But I do believe
marriage needs to be tweaked to allow all of us — gays and
heteros — the freedom to live according to our desires.
Denied
marriage for so long, same - sex couples tend to view cohabitation through a different lens than
heteros.
The truth, however, is that many
heteros do marry for legal and financial reasons — we just don't like talking about it as it seems to detract from the «sanctity» of
marriage.
Clearly, same - sex couples understand the importance of
marriage's legal benefits and financial protections much more than
heteros do.
In fact, many believe what
hetero men and women experience is a «his» and a «her»
marriage.
Clearly, same - sex couples understand the importance of
marriage's legal benefits and financial protections much more than
heteros do.
Can my
marriage survive if my (previously
hetero) wife is a lesbian, now?
Still, this may change: same - sex couples will likely be marrying at younger ages from here on as their
hetero counterparts, the study suggests, and that may «make
marriage a more significant relationship transition demanding greater time, energy and commitment.»
Whereas
marriage has been called a greedy institution because married
hetero couples tend to focus more on each other and their kids, and less on friends and family, that did not happen for same - sex couples who tied the knot.