| Torillian said: I've always hated the argument about homosexual marriages ruining "the sanctity of marriage" as though straight marriages are so sanctimonious. When a straight couple can get married in Las Vegas after just meeting each other, get divorced after they find out how dumb their decision was, and yet at no point is their marriage question on a legal basis, and they get all the tax breaks coming to them, then there is no sanctity of marriage. Why hold gay people up to a higher standard for marrying one another then we hold ourselves? |
You are absolutely right. Marriage isn't sacred in this society. With shows like "Who Wants to Marry a Millionare" or "The Bachelor" where people are pawned off on others for television ratings is simply pathetic. Anyone who thinks the U.S. still treats marriage like it is sacred needs to wake up and look around them. It is just a weak argument people use to try and fight against gay marriage/civil unions.
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