I’m not 100% sure what Rand Paul’s position is on this. I say that, not b/c I’m on the Paul Bandwagon although I do agree with pretty much everything the guy has stated publicly. On a personal level, I don’t agree with it. But...
Why does the government get to decide who gets married and who doesn’t? Why do I, or anyone else, need the governments permission to join in a union with someone else. I thought that the whole ‘marriage’ thing was something that is decided upon by whatever religion a person practices. If 2 gay men/women want to get married, then let them go to whatever church they practice at, if they do, and let the church deal with it.
If it’s matter of benefits provided by Company A or Company B, most companies already give benefits to significant others anyway. Let it be there decision. I used to date a Delta flight attendant. The gay employees were given more benefits than the straight ones. That was Delta’s decision.
society rewards the institution not the individual
homosexual conduct is ONLY about recreational sex.
recreational sex contributes nothing to society
homoseuxal conduct contributes nothing to society.
we used to have a non-public system of marriage recording. This lead to inheritance fraud, bigamy, and abandonment of children.
marriage is about intestate property rights. not just land, but all the other associated property rights. homosexuals have always been free to sign a form cohabitation agreenmtent. 19.95 online or at your local office supply store.
this is not about marriage, this is about declarining the way two homosexual men pop an orgasm as the legal equivalent of a mother giving birth.