If that’s the case, then that’s the case. I don’t wish to carry on an error. That’s the danger of relying on an old meme. (That might be the number that actually stayed “married” for the 8 years.)
It certainly reflects a different attitude than the “gays” of old, whom you couldn’t pay to “marry.” It was considered a thrill kill. Affairs in the wild were considered the ideal. And these arrangements when attempted often proved very unstable and would provoke more promiscuity, not less. I wonder if while the craze is growing, the rate of “divorces” is keeping pace. Also is Canada remembering to strike from the books those who “divorced”?
At any rate, if the end game of this perversion is to flame like Sodom, even the attempt to “civilize” it through “marriage” will fail and “gay marriage” will be left behind. What relevance would “marriage” have to the mad, evil wish to rape in a gang bang, to meld love and violence in an unholy union? Maybe that’s why polygamy/polyamory is next up?
Anyhow, I will be careful about this in the future.
I suspect that you are 100% correct insofar as once it is legal, it will no longer be compelling to many.
Along with the privileges, whatever those may seem to be, there are many, many responsibilities of marriage. They aren’t fun, but they are necessary.
A friend of mine said that gay people shouldn’t be “allowed” to marry, instead they should be “forced” to marry. She means it as a joke, but I know what she’s saying - marriage comes with the expectation of a lot of hard work.
Everything from the expectation of fidelity to sharing finances (good and bad), paying the “marriage penalty”, sharing family responsibilities, etc. Even those without children will suddenly have the expectation of taking care of their ageing in-laws. Single people don’t have those concerns. Planning for retirement, taking care of one’s spouse when sick, and so on. It never ends and it is really hard.
Churches have premarital counselling for that very reason - people who aren’t married usually seriously underestimate how much work being married is.