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All I need to is enter into a civil union with the person I want to sell to and there is no income tax on the gain.

so what? you could so this right now with an opposite sex partner. tax fraud is tax fraud and can be prosecuted as such - no new loophole here.

Health benefits for spouses will be at risk.

they are already are, despite the fact that less and less people are getting married. a company that wants to cut costs can always offer some lame excuse.

Divorce courts will become even more overtaxed...

and we should also discourage young striaght people from marrying for the same reason, right?

I agree with your comments but the point is that recognzing gay marriages will increase those economic factors over the current situation. They were not given as reasons against marriage. They were given as reasons to folks who say gay marriage will have no effect on them.

Whether one is for or against gay marriage it will have a profound economic effect and a social effect.

If it didn't then gays wouldn;t be fighting for it.

My personal opinion is that social conservatives should act toward providing a "safe harbor marriage for gays" instead of waiting for the courts or some state to impose it on them. Its going to happen anyways, it might as well be done in some controlled fashion.

Placing ones hopes on an amendment to the constitution is as practical as sticking your head in the sand.