RE: "Jesus would rather kill, not marry, gay people" - Franklin Graham
July 26, 2018 at 9:15 pm
(July 26, 2018 at 7:46 pm)SteveII Wrote: There are a few legal reasons to get married. The rest of this is just your under-appreciation of marriage--which I imagine is exaggerated to preserve your point. But, maybe you did just get married for the insurance.
Quote:I'm curious what you think the 'thousands' of intrinsic reasons are to get married that limit it to being only between people of opposite genders. Seriously, why that restriction? Because of tradition? Sorry, but that is just about the worst reason to keep a discriminatory practice going.
I said nothing of the kind nor can that conclusion be remotely arrived at by anything I said. Your premise is that getting married is for legal purposes. You continue to be wrong on several levels. You do realize that it seems you alone hold that opinion here, right?
Getting married is a *legal* act. That's the whole point.
Yes, my wife and I got married (told the government of our relationship) because my insurance was poor and hers was good. If it wasn't for that, we wouldn't have done so (well, maybe eventually for survivor benefits). We were committed to each other. We had a house together, etc. But getting *married* was telling the government and getting the *legal* benefits it conveys.
Now, having a loving relationship *is* something quite apart from the legal aspects. But that isn't something that depends on gender either.
You mentioned *thousands* of benefits of being married that are separated from the legal. Since those seemed to be why you think gays can't be married, they must have *something* to do with gender.
So, what specifically is it about marriage that prevents a gay couple from being married? Something that *requires* having an opposite gendered couple to make it valid?
