Replies to '12/20 Marry Me or Else!'

But the governments position isn't even keeping GAYS from having ceremonies.

I even saw two women getting married in an issue of Modern Bride about a year ago.

To be honest, there was a time when I would have gladly voted to expand the marriage definition. But one day I saw a gay rights advocate say that he WOULDN'T support other types of marriage laws beyond straight or gay marriage.

I am NOT a fan of plural marriage or other fringe marriage practices.  BUT THIS GUYS POSITION TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR GAY MARRIAGE AND THEN FIRMLY SHUT IT TO ALL OTHER RELATIONSHIPS NOT PROTECTED UNDER CURRENT LAWS WAS NO BETTER.  HE JUST DISPLAYED THE SAME LACK OF CARE FOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHER GROUPS.

What if I want my best friend to make my decisions when I am in the hospital, or my roommate to get my benefits? Gay marriage laws won't help that.

But anyways, your excuse is only centering your life around what the government does or doesn't do anyways. So ya,  YOU let them in your business.

I reread you post , and I am just going to make an observation.

You post reminds me a lot of a post by a young  woman I read about a year ago. This was at a different web site though.

I was a little shocked that she blamed SOCIETIES importance on marriage for her fixation on marriage and her fights with her boyfriend about it...

NOT THE BOYFRIEND, who buttered her up with promises of commitment earlier in their relationship to get her hooked on him,  but now for some strange reason didn't have the time to talk about marriage.

But I guess for her, putting the blame on society and not the boyfriend was a way of putting herself back into a stupor where she could play "happy house "with this guy and wouldn't have to be strong enough to leave. 

It's been my experience that people who can't deal with the real source of their problems, blame it on entities or abstract concepts.