Joey said:How they feel doesn't matter... Unfair is unfair, and it's not their rights we're voting on...
This is equivalent to letting white people vote on abolishing slavery. Actually, with slavery white people actually got something (free labor)... In this case, it's completely spiteful. "You're gay, and I don't think you should be allowed to marry"... I don't care if that's how the majority of society feels, the majority of society can be wrong.
Once again, you have yet to acknowledge what it is heterosexual's are losing by allowing gay marriage. What these motherfuckers do in their churches is their business, but when it comes to the federal government EVERYBODY should have the same rights, period, end of fucking story. I don't care what they want, it's not fair, and it shouldn't be their choice.
I don't tell churches how to run their shit, and they shouldn't be telling us who the fuck we can and cannot marry.
Well, I've made my point. If "Marriage" is going to define your relationship, then so be it.
You ought to consider a few facts about "Marriage".
It's has taken on Hoodoo proportions with about a 40% failure rate.
The legal cost of these separations is staggering.
I hope you're ready for the aftermath when your relationship goes sour, (& nobody dreams it will go sour when they commit) & you are tossed into this legal thrashing machine, because someone will come out richer (Maybe, after legal costs) & someone will come out poorer, but both will come out resentful.
Then the divisiveness will emerge, along with the paranoia of fidelity.
"Marriage" means a legal obligation, which gives the system rights. Rights to invade. That is, a right to adjudicate on the integrity of the union, & it's perception of a just dissolution.
When this becomes a player, it hovers like a disenfranchised mother-in-law, & is a major player in why marriages fail.
It is the single most common reason that Defacto relationships (The ones you are trying to get out of) have been on the increase for the last 25 years.
People are a lot more skeptical about engaging partners for long periods, to protect their estates.
The heterosexual society has become a lot more promiscuous because of it.
I have a friend that has bought his own home back 3 times, all from lovely people that simply wanted something different. He died a saddened & much poorer man.
Be careful what you wish for.
Your call. Good luck.