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CNN is running the following poll:
Which is the bigger threat to the institution of marriage?
Same-sex weddings
Divorce
What assholes.
First of all, how does letting people get married threaten marriage?
Second, how does divorce threaten marriage? Sure, a particular marriage will end, but until divorce is outlawed, the institution will still exist just fine.
I think what mean when they say that gay marriage threatens the institution of marriage, is that marriage will become less meaningful and more frivolous. That's the only thing I can come up with, and it doesn't make any sense to me. I guess they think that when men can marry men, they'll start doing it just for the tax break or something.
Which is the bigger threat to the institution of marriage?
Same-sex weddings
Divorce
What assholes.
First of all, how does letting people get married threaten marriage?
Second, how does divorce threaten marriage? Sure, a particular marriage will end, but until divorce is outlawed, the institution will still exist just fine.
I think what mean when they say that gay marriage threatens the institution of marriage, is that marriage will become less meaningful and more frivolous. That's the only thing I can come up with, and it doesn't make any sense to me. I guess they think that when men can marry men, they'll start doing it just for the tax break or something.
