[Destro]

So it seems heterosexuals have given up on traditional marriage and homosexuals have embraced the concept? The gay fools!

Howard Stern of all people explains it best. Marriage in the Western world has become a legalistic and expensive institution. Men will not increasingly accept the inequities of the marriage contract and the potential crippiling divorce built into the system. Would you sign a business contract with clauses that resembled a wedding contract's clauses? No man would.

[longtermmemmory]

actually marriage is an institution. If it were a contract the terms of the agreement would not change. As an institution, legilatures can change the terms of divorce process at will. Child support guidelines and rules for enforcemnt change almost annually.

Child visitation is virtually irrelevant in the court system. I have yet to see a judge who will enforce visitation with the same zeal as a mere accusation for an increase in child support.

[nickcarraway]

You didn't read the whole article. Homosexuals have not embraced the concept in the gay marriage countries. In fact, they basically pretended to want gay marriage, only for the socioligal impact it would have.