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i think this is rediculous the problem is government shouldn't even know if you are or aren't married that should be between you god (or your god) and your spouse i am very opposed to homosexuality as an act not to the people as we are supposed to love the sinner and hate the sin but i am not going to vote for gay marriage to be outlawed because i don't want the gov. in anyones business
Yet, when a marriage is dissolved, and one party or both parties are aggrieved, over property or custody of children, the government is brought in to settle and then enforce the decision when they can't themselves. It then behooves the government to have laws and a framework in place to facilitate that. Why should a judge have to unknot the mess two people have made of their partnership and the custody and support of their progeny without having some sort of structure available to establish who and when the union "incorporated"? (I use "available" because lots of people don't partake of marriage these days.) Marriage protects the rights of the couple as well as those of the children.
This structure should be extended to SS couples as well for the same purpose. No couple, no matter their orientation, is immune from legal issues after the dissolution.