Thoughts?

i am all for it. i feel two people who love each other should be able to celebrate that love like heterosexuals. i also think they should have rights as far as medical decisions financial decisions etc etc , the same also

And it should be called marriage, just like eevryone else.

And it should be called marriage, just like eevryone else.

Yeah but that rials the fundamentalist. It is a legal union really, where they can collect on things like a spouses retirement, or have the benefits of health insurance, or the tax deductions for having a family.

It really comes down to legal reasons for me.

I think two or more individuals of any sex should be able to enter into a domestic contract. Who cares what it is called. Why is this the government's business? Why is polygamy illegal? As long as all participants are consenting adults why is it anyone's business but theirs?

Well, I speak from experience and it is more than a legal term to me. To call it anything else is to dimish the relationship and call it something less. Equal is equal in all aspects...including name. A dog is a dog, until it is referred to as a mutt...then it is somehow less than a dog with pedigree, even though it is still a dog and a living creature deserving of all the pedigree has.

In some countries the government licenses marriage and then if you want a religious ceremony you do that too. Call them all the same thing. God knows the heteros aren't exactly bringing glory to the covenant of marriage.

I think two or more individuals of any sex should be able to enter into a domestic contract. Who cares what it is called. Why is this the government's business? Why is polygamy illegal? As long as all participants are consenting adults why is it anyone's business but theirs?

Touchy subject, but as you said, consenting adults should be able to do what they want as long as it harms no one else.

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i also agree with the polygamy issue as long as all are consenting adult. warren jeffs does not fall into that category at all.

The word marriage just should carry the weight of union.

Marriage gets associated with the love, but the love happens anyway and it's much more of a business lifestyle contract.