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Originally Posted by Immortal Goat
Marriage is nothing more than an institution created by religion to force even more control over their followers. I DO believe that marriage is a good way to live, but it is not THE way to live. And even though marriage was created by religion, that does NOT mean that the term marriage can not be used in a gay union. They stay together, they love each other, how is that NOT a marriage???
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so the true agenda is revealed. This has nothing to do with bringing equal rights (by which I mean special priveledges) to the gay community so that they share the same privledges as married couples. This is about demanding total acceptance of behavior.
And I DO believe that marriage is a wonderful way to live, and a benefit to society. Just because some people behave badly is no reason to condemn the foundation of our societal structure.
As I said, I believe that there is a very strong case to open up the BENEFITS of marriage to gay couples. Only its not marriage, which is the union of a man and woman. This is where most of the country will get hung up and vote NO in the booths.
If you really want gay couples to get the benefits of marriage, than you must leave go of the word marriage. If you have a personal agenda where you want others to support the community/lifestyle, than you MUST try to keep that word 'Marriage' in there as it will symbolically legitamize being gay.