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Don't you think that you are projecting your own biases?
The question to me has to do with why does the government care what your personal living arrangements are, or what your sexual persuasions are, and why should the government give out special benefits on the bases of those living arrangements/sexualities?
What possible concern does government have in this and why?
Perhaps it is only coming up now because it is so clear now how biased these government benefits are. The LGBT community is right-it is discriminatory to give these special benefits to some but simply giving them to a few percent more people doesn't make it less discriminatory. Many people today are single for life, by choice, by lack of opportunity, or by discriminatory laws that don't allow one to marry a sibling or other relative (platonically or not). Where do they go for relief from discrimination?
He's not calling for the end of marriage just of civil unions. This is a temper tantrum to stop gay marriage.
As a married person I'm sure he didn't just start realizing the host of benefits conferred to married couples over people that co-habitats. If someone has a view that the government should have nothing to do with marriage at all I don't agree but it's a valid point. Pulling the benefits away solely because you don't like a Supreme Court decision is petty.