Your basic contention is flawed. Marriage has often been based solely on economic realities, e.g. inheritance, acquisition or exchange of property, social mobility, etc. That has certainly been the case until relatively recently in western societies and in many places it is still the case. My original point however, is that there may be no reason to assume that homosexual couples would be more likely than heterosexual couples to wed only in order to obtain benefits.
NO. You attempt to conflate two things; WHY people choose to marry with WHY marriage became the institution it is (was) recognized and granted privilege to by society.
You perhaps unwittingly are carrying water for the left who proclaim the love is love BS.
WHY the homosexual sex practitioners seek marriage matters not to myself nor does the WHY grant the State the power to impose upon society a new morality that is devoid of reality.
Your basic contention is flawed. Marriage has often been based solely on economic realities, e.g. inheritance, acquisition or exchange of property, social mobility, etc. That has certainly been the case until relatively recently in western societies and in many places it is still the case. My original point however, is that there may be no reason to assume that homosexual couples would be more likely than heterosexual couples to wed only in order to obtain benefits.
The reason marriage has existed as a legal state for untold countless years is not just money. It’s about paternity, protection of women, and protection of the husband and wife relationship. It’s about recognizing natural law.
Are you a libertarian? They always try to boil everything down to money, and the freedom to engage in vice without any restraint.