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it won't be long and they will say live-togethers are married, and dorm roommates. when it gets to this stage it will cease to exist because of the huge problems in divvying up the common property. marriage will be an amusing curiosity from the past that kids, if any, will ask their custodial providers about. but this will be an improvement because people need options, they have to be free to move on if things don't work out, or if someone wants to be more fulfilled and to breathe free. of course moving all the time can get awkward, and the parting might have to be timed with the lease renewal or the state of the housing market, but still, freedom beckons! then you get old.
NOTE: This is the sixth and final column in a series of columns related to National Marriage Week, Feb. 7-14, 2013. The fifth column is available here.
Much of the debate surrounding same-sex marriage asks about societal harms. Many advocates of the change quickly dismiss the question and insist that a redefinition of marriage won’t hurt anyone. But that conclusion proceeds from a misperception about what marriage is—a failure to grasp marriage’s role as a public institution that shapes our thoughts and actions.
Marriage is not merely a legal arrangement that bestows various benefits and obligations on its participants. It...
And any divorces or break ups of gay couples you can point to, are just as reasonably expected as those of hetero couples.
You're wrong. Why are these articles still being cranked out as if this is redefinition that's BAD?