Quote Originally Posted by HBARleatherneck View Post
there should NOT be government recognized marriage. just civil unions or contracts, as i see it.

if a religious institution wants to marry you, well thats yours and their business. be it man man, woman woman, man woman woman woman, etc. if your choice of religion will marry you go for it. the government should only recognize contracts between individuals.
Couldn't agree more.

Quote Originally Posted by Jumpstart View Post
Part 1. Tell me why it is necessary for two men to get an arbitrary piece of paper that says they are together?

Part 2. Devaluation of real marriages = Divorces >children hurt > crime rates higher single family homes> teen pregnancy > higher drug use > moral decay > breakdown of societies.

Hence marriage needs valuation in our times, not devaluation.
Are you sure that the devaluation of marriage is affected by gays and not by the change in morals by straight couples?

Quote Originally Posted by BPTactical View Post
3-Adoption-Bullshit. It takes a man and a woman to make a child and it takes a man and a woman to raise a child.
I can tell you as a fact that mammal offspring can be created by from only females.
Furthermore plenty of single parents have raised children successfully. Maybe you think I should head down to the battered women's shelter and tell those women that if they have children and they don't get back with a man ASAP then they risk forever corrupting their children!