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To: VRWC_minion
I take a totally different perspective on this. I think it makes a lot of sense to legalize the "union" of two gays. If you make gay marriage a legal union then they HAVE to divorce to split up. Now, think about it...what two gay men really want to do that legally??? Not the one with the money! They know that 99% of gay marriages don't last and making the dissolution financially painful will do FAR MORE to discourage gay marriage than making them happen more often. On this issue, gays have to be careful what they wish for...they might just get it.
51 posted on 07/02/2003 12:39:54 PM PDT by Paco
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To: Paco
If you make gay marriage a legal union then they HAVE to divorce to split up.

They will marry and with probably less thought and restraint than hetersoexuals at least intially. Whereas heterosexual unions have developed various norms and practices over the centuires that attempt to get the partners to look realistically at their prospects, gays don't have the same culture to fall back on.

They will undoubtedly commit more readily than hetero's both because the culture isn't their to provide guidance and because their will be tremendous presue to be the first to join the bandwagon.

The fallout will be overburdened courts to handle the the volume of broken relationships. They will not only tax the court systems they may influence the outcomes of heterosexual property splits and custody battles. It will be interesting.

So, all in all I disagree. The aspect of divorce will not be a cause for gays to avoid marriage. In fact in a queer way, it might encourage it so that some gays can say they were divorced like their hetero friends,

55 posted on 07/02/2003 1:05:56 PM PDT by VRWC_minion (Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
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