A Fine Argument for Gay Marriage, but a Flawed Legal Opinion
This no doubt will drama some criticism, but whatever. Here is my two cents…
I think the major issue with recognition of same sex marriage has to do with protections married folk get just by getting married. There are all kinds of horror stories involving partners being denied access to a dying loved, inheritence disputes…. And the list goes on. A same sex couple has to jump through all kinds of legal hoops and carry all kinds of documentation to ensure that they have the same protections a married couple enjoys just by obtaining a marriage license.
I get that marriage and kids are closely linked. I know same sex couples who are raising kids. While there family units are not orthodox, they still have families. I now same sex couples who own property. I now couples who have been together for over 20 years. While I do not profess to understand it, it seems that something needs to be in place to protect what they have built. In my observations, gay people just want equal protection, not special protections.
