[sandy23185]

I am happy to offer my position on this. I think the government’s role in recognizing and providing legal benefits for married couples has to do with protection: if two people in marriage share everything (bank accounts, belongings, houses, children), governmental protections of marriage ensure a safety net in case something were to happen (such as a nasty divorce or one partner’s death, etc). Currently, gay couples are denied these same protections under law (and no, civil unions to not grant the same rights as marriages!)

[little jeremiah]

And homosexuals should be denied these privileges.

[Shethink13]

I didn't ask you what you think the government's "role" is, I asked you what you believe is the "reason" the government got involved in marriage in the first place. And remember, the history of government recognition of marriage didn't start in the 1960's. It goes a lot farther back than that, before "social safety nets" and welfare.

Try again.