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I've read the comments on some other threads and the only questions I have is for those that strongly oppose SSM, what is your biggest reason as to why? I'm trying to figure out from the comments, but aside from religion, none of the other arguments make any sense. And the religious argument doesn't make sense either, not everyone is religious and it's not fair to impose one's beliefs on everyone else.
Here is my stance. I am not religious, I am gay, I would like to marry my GF but mostly for the tax and other benefits (not that we would break up otherwise, but I just don't need a piece of paper to prove anything, but I would like for her to have legal standing in the case that something happens to me). I would be OK with just a civil union recognized by the federal government. We wouldn't get married in a church anyway. I do understand that some gays are religious and would like to be "married." Also, if we allow straights to marry but gays to only have a civil union it is blatant descrimination and opens up the door to more descrimination. So, as much as people say "why don't gays just be OK with a civil union" they just don't understand that we would still be separate from everyone else and this would cause some people to feel like second class citizens. And the argument that gays already do have all the rights to marriage is asinine - we don't have the right to marry the person that we love. Would those of you that feel this way tell your gay friend/family member to go marry someone they don't love because they can? Or do all of you live in Mississippi.
So as much as I would like to urge the gay community to just forgo the "marriage" and settle for a civil union so we can get this matter cleared up faster, I can't.
But, I am interested to hear from those completely oppposed, why they are so opposed. Don't say things like gays already can get married, but tell me why you think your argument has any merit - as I mentioned above, we have the right to marry someone we don't love and if you use this argument, you are saying that is OK. Is it OK? Why?
Because SSM is fundamentally different from traditional marriage.
How so?
The only difference I see is the genitalia of the people involved.
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