Gay Marriage

Greetings again. I will proceed to dispute your "cons" of Gay Marriage in the same order you have presented. 1. With personal experience, I can say this is false. I was raised by my mother and stepmother; and though they were not romantically or sexually engaged both still did a very well job in making me feel comfortable, safe, and loved... Especially while I was suffering from an very, very abusive father! And to be frank, for someone my age I am very successful. I again point to the statistic, where the SPCC reports an increase in child abuse cases, which was from 679,000 in 2013 to 702,000 in 2014. With this in mind, within the United States do homosexuals only make up 3.5% of the total population; therefore, it can be concluded that in terms of child abuse cases it is, in fact, heterosexual couples that make up the majority of them. 2. Those burdens are not for you, or anyone whom supports liberty, to decide whether one is to suffer from or not. If a homosexual couple decides to marry, they will know that if things turn south they will have to endure the same burdens heterosexual couples do. And, again, homosexuals in the United States only make up 3.5% of the population, and are only 11% likely to divorce. "Overburden" to the system is a huge overstatement. 3. Again, if you are somebody whom supports liberty than it doesn't matter what other people do so long as it affects you. Taxes are payed by everyone, regardless if you are homosexual or not. I would not see any fallacy in your argument if the homosexuals were exempt from such taxes - which I assure you they are not. Marriage is regulated by the government because it is a legal title that two people have amongst each other. Both people become the other's medical proxy, get added to the other's insurance... There are so many government functions involved in marriage; hence there isn't any reason why people, especially those EXTERIOR to the relationship, should have any legal say in OTHER PEOPLE's relationship. If you are arguing that Gays cannot marry because they cannot procreate, how about the heterosexual couples that are sterile? Certainly, they cannot produce offspring - so then they shouldn't marry, right? And, additionally, just because you are married does not entirely mean you have to have a kid. There are many, many couples out there (both gay and straight) whom do not want children, so should they just divorce then? Gay marriage becomes an civil rights issue when it comes down to people forcing their religious or "moral" beliefs on others. It is no different than the topic of abortion; people are against OTHERS having it, despite it not affecting them, because it hurts their feelings. If I were married to another man, my relationship is not any contextual difference than a heterosexual marriage; I still have to pay for my wedding, taxes, housing, utilities, etc. Again, it doesn't affect you. You may argue that you have to pay taxes on it, but again so does everyone else; and homosexuals, again, represent only 3.5% of the population. With that, I have very high doubts you will suffer economically because of gay marriage. Also, so you know; DOMA was overturned in a 5-4 decision in 2013.