Originally posted by Dan Nixon:
My arguement stems solely from redefining marriage, a crucial but crippled institution, from it's original intent...No other religious, moral, or other implications implied..




There again, it depends on the "intent" of marriage. Why is it SO wrong for people to get married because they love each other and TRULY want to be together for the rest of their lives? I want to marry my girlfriend, but, not for the explicit intent of having children. I want to marry her because I LOVE her, with ever fiber of my being. People who get married just to have kids... will often split up, causing their children harm for the rest of their lives.

You know, letting gays marry (ESPECIALLY those who have been dating for longer than some of us have been alive!) would only STRENGTHEN the idea of marriage. A lot of gay couples have been in longer, more committed relationships than most straight people I've known.

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