Thread: If It's All The Same To You, Why Deny Others?

Originally Posted by erictski

I voted to say that it shouldnt be legal...

Am I opposed to homosexuality...my social mind says well i dont care i guess...my religious mind says its not right...

but the main reason I dont feel it should be legal is because this may cause a trend of people that arent really homosexual to marry just for benefits like health insurance, tax breaks, stuff like that. And now that DOES affect me because my tax dollars are paying for it.

Finally, someone mentioning a rational argument for being against.
I am not agreeing with you, but at least you have an argument that makes sense.

I don't think it would be a big problem, because I don't see it happening in big numbers, any more than gay couples are intermarrying other gay couples for the perks.

Suppose I were single, would I marry by best friend for the benefits? No. I would not marry him, because I don't think it would improve my chances of picking up a single woman .

Even if I wanted to arrange for a bogus marriage, I would seek a female friend for doing so. Because all things being equal, I'd rather be fake-married to a woman than fake-married to a man (on account of me being straight).

In short, I think that the people who would abuse the system are already doing so now, and the persons who would marry would predominantly be the ones actually wanting to marry their significant other.