Really? I've never seen one proponent of gay marriages argue that heterosexual marriage should be amended for heterosexuals or done away with.
But (seriously) how do we know that's bad? I would say that it is very bad indeed, and here's why: It completely changes the financial and child-rearing basis for society. It's a giant leap.
As others have pointed out, you can have a tax return with 50 spouse deductions. You can avoid inheritance taxes by marrying your grand-daughter. Is the government going to like having these financial rules changed?
These extreme examples seem a wildly hyperbolic to me. Gay marriage is not polygamy, nor is it incestual, as far as I can tell.
How about children? Homosexual activists like to pretend otherwise but the statistics are clear: homosexual relationships do not last very long (VT is already dealing with gay divorces), and partner-abuse is higher in gay relationships than in hetero relationships, and child molestation is higher among gays than straights. Children lose big-time if their parents are gay.
I would think that marriages for gays would contribute to their being 'corraled', so to speak, and work counter to the promiscuity so often decried in the heterosexual community. As many married couples seem to know, marriage can definitely lead to sexlessness.
So, we overturn one of core religious tenets holding our society together, and in return we get financial chaos and more disrupted childhoods. Great deal.
Why would you assume that about 'religous' tenets? A civil ceremony is not in the least religous.
A key point that I and others have been making is that there is no line. Either marriage is an institution between a man and a woman which has children as it's likely (though not assured) biological outcome, or else marriage is anything people want it to be. As far as I'm concerned, being in favor of gay marriage is exactly the same as being in favor of polygamy or incestuous marriage. On what basis would YOU say gay marriage is OK but polygamy is not?
I would think that marriages for gays would contribute to their being 'corraled', so to speak, and work counter to the promiscuity so often decried in the heterosexual community. As many married couples seem to know, marriage can definitely lead to sexlessness.
It doesn't work that way and people with open minds know that. I've known 3 gay couples that went through "commitment" ceremonies. All three broke up within a year. VT allowed gay marriages about a year ago. They are already dealing with gay divorces. It is true that heterosexual marriages often result in divorce - but gay relationships break up far more commonly. In my book, it's just rank dishonesty to pretend otherwise.