dorkmcgork opened this issue on Jun 17, 2008 · 117 posts
Richabri posted Thu, 19 June 2008 at 2:49 PM
*quote: 'BTW: first time marriages -- 62% fail rate. Second ones -- 30%.'
I wonder how much these stats contribute to the general (secular) antipathy to same sex marriages, i.e., feelings that the institution of marriage is already under assault?
People with certain spiritual beliefs may oppose S/S marriage on moral grounds but I'm sensing a secular backlash arising from the sense that maybe a wheel is falling off the social wagon in regards to matters like these.
'Don't ask don't tell' is one thing but S/S marriage grants a social legitamacy to the gay/lesbian lifestyle that I don't think many hetero's are comfortable with.
*quote:'When Steve was taken to the hospital in the final days of his bout with AIDS in 1984, I was forbidden to be in the hospital room because I wasnt "immediate family".'
That's one of the most compelling reasons for supporting S/S marriage that I've ever heard :(