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You could make the same arguement for smokers or people who drink.
I have no problem with legal equality; however forcing a heterosexuals to recognize "Gay Marriage" on the same plane as "Marriage" was a bit much. The gay community does have a few very legitimate points. For example, a gay couple is driving and has an accident. One of them is severely hurt and requires immediate surgury. The unhurt person could NOT sign for the surgury, this requires a member of the family or a married partner. The unhurt person can NOT visit the hurt person in the hospital, for visitors in intensive care are limited to Family ONLY.
Now, the person dies; and the survivor finds that although they had built a business and home together over a period of years, the surviving partner now has to do legal battle just to keep what they have earned. People who did not participate in their business are now fighting for half interest in the business; the house is now half his; same for any financial remains. People who may have no contact with them are now nothing more than parasites; claiming half of what was left behind.
Now we move on to life insurance benefits, medical benefits and legal protection that is automatically extended to 'Married' people and survivors.
So, IMHO this is only fair. It is NOT marriage, it is a legal means that heterosexuals have enjoyed for centuries. This does not diminish the relationship between a man and a woman; nor does it inject itself into a religon that generally holds homosexuality as a sin, in and of itself.