military recognize my contract and provide me with family housing? Will my contract mean my "wife" doesn't have to testify against me in court, or would that have to be in writing? I can go on and on. It's always funny to me how simple people think life is. No, you can't just say "contract" and expect everything to magically work itself out. Oh, joy. A self-described "neo-libertarian" who has the state's interest over the individual's is here. Even a cursory glance at the actual history of marriage would disabuse you of your ill-informed notions . Prove it. Why don't you enlighten us, Mr. Wade. Or, oh how did you put it... "make a point or bother somebody else." Marriage is about family, and more specifically children. Umm, Same sex couples can have children and therefore a family, dontcha know. You've heard of adoption, surrogates, in vitro? By the same token, pretending that every union is the same is deleterious to the very building block of any functional society. Oh, that's right. You believe that your marriage means more than other marriages. You believe that your marriage to your wife is not deleterious to the very building blocks of any functional society. Others, not so much. Right? How, btw, do unions that don't produce children become deleterious to society? And be specific, please. Because my wife and I, who don't have any children, would love to know how we're destroying the "very building blocks" of society. If you're going to