[dpwiener]

You are lobbying for special privileges for a specific sub group of Americans based on what they do with their genitalia. To be consistent you should, at least, expand your argument to include argue polyamory, polygamy, asexual marriage of convenience. Or do you support discrimination against those choices?

I am indeed consistent; I would not discriminate (or more precisely I would not have the government discriminate) against any of those choices. As I stated in a previous post, I think marriage should be considered a private religious matter, and the government should butt out altogether.

The aspects of marriage which require government involvement are primarily contractual matters (e.g., property ownership while married or following a divorce). Those could all be handled by standardized or customized contracts between (or among) individuals (irrespective of gender). The government should not be granting special privileges or immunities or tax breaks or tax burdens based upon marital status.

[jwalsh07]

When the debate devolves to "eliminate marriage", "dissolve the public schools" and "privatise the public highways" the debate has reached a point of no return.