[TrappedInLiberalHell]

do you really think giving legal sanction to the additional term "spouse" will lead to fidelity?

I don't know what to think. I don't understand the typical gay person's motivation. Being a magnanimous sort, I'd venture to say that they'd treat marriage with no more (and no less) seriousness than most heterosexuals. Given the infidelity and divorce rates among heterosexual married couples, that's not saying much. Marriage is dying in this country. At the very least, it doesn't mean what it used to mean (an understatement).

[RobbyS]

I think that fidelity means even less in the "gay community." In my opinion as soon as the gay lobby gets the right to a marriage license, they will soon tire of the charade. But it was no fault divorce that killed marriage. A question to consider is whether middle-class values can survive without the nuclear family. The experience of the black community make this doubtful.

[Stop Legal Plunder]

Marriage is dying in this country. At the very least, it doesn't mean what it used to mean (an understatement).

So you want to put the last nail in the coffin by redefining it out of existence?