I don't care how people decide to group into a family unit and treat each other and live like a family. I think any civil rights offered to one preference of family unit should extend to all on governmental/legal level. I think various societal cultures and religions are and should remain 100% free to define what they consider to be a family unit per their traditions and values and they should have 0% rights to impose those views on anybody else in disagreement.
A family unit is not necessary to survive through life but it is certainly beneficial in almost everyway for both the individuals involved and the society within which people live like family. I find it odd that people waste time trying to limit definition of family.
The only requirement of family should be that it is a healthy happy union of individuals. I mean it should not be some kind of abusive setup infringing on the human rights of individuals within the family. Aside from that rest of society doesn't need to be involved in how a family is structured or operates as long as it is healthy for all individuals involved.
The main reason anybody opposes broadening definition of family is because it does extends into community which extends into society and into culture and then it becomes a non-issue to vast majority of people. It's a great thing and should not be denied to anybody. Overtime society and cultures always change while Religions can either adjust, become better at tolerance, become radical and oppressive, split off into more compatible congregations, or go extinct.
