They've got websites, support groups, and now a legal case. And of course there's the movement for gay marriage. So does every government policy aimed at creating a stable environment for children. If it's gotten to the point where even tax breaks for child dependents are dismissed as discriminatory, we can kiss the family goodbye. Once marriage has been reduced to just another lifestyle choice, it won't really be marriage at all.
Marriage only works when it's something special.
For most people marriage is still something sacred, something not to be lightly interfered with. But no one seems to want to talk about marriage. So far, the gay-marriage debate has been about whether to create complete moral equality between homosexuality and heterosexuality. The truth is, gay marriage will be an enormous blow to an institution already on the rocks. We couldn't even be thinking about gay marriage if we hadn't already lost our feel for marriage as special social recognition and support for a particular way of life.