Let’s not be fooled, the reason the homosexuals want in on the “marriage” game is for the money. The tax benefits specifically as well as control over their “partner”’s estate in the event of their death. And this is a shame.
It’s a shame because the precise reason that such benefits were given to married couples over single people is because it benefited (and still does benefit, they are just too blind to see it now) the State to have people married. Because married people have children which keeps the population growing or at least stabilizes the population.
Thus, to have this “benefit buddy” system would open up the door to not only all kinds of debauchery and Tom-foolery but worse, would dilute the benefit to truly married couples financially. And this would disincentivise people from marrying. Not all, but some. But enough to affect population growth.
Anyway, it’s not saying much I admit but it’s a point to consider. And really all have lost the debate of “gay marriage” if we start off thinking of pressuring the State to do anything. The State are the people. So it is people who must change for this and all societal evils to be abated. That’s not going to start until at least the majority of people start asking the fundamental question in every person’s heart (but so many surpress or allow to be surpassed by secularism).
“Who am I and what is my purpose for existing?” Very few ever examine that question for themselves, not settling for a guru’s answer or secularism’s salve. But only stopping when the truth is truly known.
This is the method by which we will be saved. It’s the method of Christianity really. “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul?”
Are we made for things or made for the infinite?
Ironically this is our salvation through Christ: not truncating our infinite desire for everything but embracing it and ordering it correctly towards Him. This is true morality.
Otherwise we will never “define marriage correctly”, or achieve any moral victory really, if we aren’t truly moral, which is what I describe in the sentence above.
Sorry, I went off on a rant there. But it does bug me sometimes to realize our problems are only solved through Christ, but so few realizing this self-evident fact in our world.
You make a bunch of good points.
Just to be clear, I only suggested the “buddy” system only AFTER we give up on defeating gay “marriage”. Which I haven’t.