Eric7216
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Well, simply stating that marriage is not based on biblical beliefs does not make it so. Clearly, IMHO, that is what a lot of this dissent has been about. A lot of people, most of them Christian, believe that the Bible dictates that marriage should be between a man and a woman. The majority of Americans are Christians. One of the 10 Commandments is Thou shalt not commit adultery which sorta implies, IMHO, that marriage is sex-based and sex should be within the marriage. So what is 3% of people are not virgins. I didn't say that people live by their own values all the time. I am sure that you understand that.Your premise fails because it assumes something that isn't true. Marriage is not based on the biblical belief that sex should only be done between two people in a longterm relationship. Even our own marriage statistics show this to be untrue, given that 3% of people are not virgins when they get married.
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Marriage is about forming families, legally recognizing, establishing people as family, specifically spouses and inlaws.
Do you really not see a lot of stuff on both sides of this issue talking about the importance of loving relationships? There seems to be an implied belief in the importance of committed loving relationships.
But, yeah, again I agree with you that there would be a societal benefit IF marriage had anything to do with families. But that is a disconnect. The LGBT community made that clear that many hetero marriages were childless so the idea that same sex couples can't reproduce is not a valid reason for denying them special marriage rights. IF there were a way to limit marriage type rights only to families with children I would support that. But as it is, marriage is simply a mechanism for many to maximize wealth and increase the inequality of income. About 30% of the income inequality is based on people marrying within their economic class.
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