re: If two men can get married, why stop there?

We should ban the marriage of infertile males and females as well. They can't create anything.

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By their nature, men and women form families. Anything else (man and man, or whatever) does not. It is simply a fake simulation of the real thing.

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Monogamous man-woman families is not the natural order. The Muslims and Mormons (previously) are a lot closer to the natural order. Forced monogamy is a Judeo-Christian construct that elevated a common, but by no means dominant, construct into the only acceptable one.

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The point of this entire thread is how the society as a whole should be placing the real family ahead of disordered individuals

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And that's a very valid point.

When government got involved in the marriage game that is what screwed it all up. Government wanted to collect their fee, encourage stabilizing families through tax breaks etc as well as regulating some abhorrent behavior regarding the age some girls were forced into marriage. Gross oversimplification but nobody wants to read a novel for a post.

As soon as government subsidized marriage it was only a matter of time. Couple that with insurance etc., and there certainly is a legal issue with excluding homosexuality. Government has no business in traditional marriage.

Given the governments desire to regulate everything there should simply be a binding contract available to all consenting adults and just like certain exemptions etc, the government recognizes only one (addresses polygamy taking advantage of tax breaks, insurance etc). Traditional religious marriages could be part but there should be a contract signed as it pertains to government tax breaks, insurance etc.

There will still be the burn it down types who say the religious folks are excluding them but they need to be told to eff off. If they can get all the same benefits and same risks then they are whole.

Well, you answered this question yourself.

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Societies and religions instituted this institution called "marriage" for thousands of years

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The "marriage" you refer to in question tax benefits is not a social construct or a religious construct.....he "marriage" that is tied to taxes is a governmental construct.

People are free to socially or by way of their religion to consider themselves married to whatever the heck they want to be married to. As long as it doesn't hurt a kid, an animal, or mess with me - - I don't care.

So you’re rustled by the MSM is what you’re saying