What is really being asked is that we pretend that two men or two women together is the same as a marriage, and it is not. Marriage laws based only on commitment could theoretically even include non-involved college roommates who would like to qualify for married student housing. Supporters of the existing marriage law have a valid basis for worrying that same-sex marriage will open a Pandora s Box of claims for recognition of other relationships which would not be possible to close. That is not what we re asking. We just want to let two people who love each other have the same rights as others.
Homosexuals have precisely the same right to marry as anyone else.
Marriage is the bringing together of the two sexes. That is the whole point. To enter marriage, you must meet its qualifications. Eliminating one entire sex from the picture and then calling it marriage is not just an expansion of an institution, but rather the destruction of a principle. They can t leave property to their lover.