This amuses me.

[gridlore]

One of the anti-gay marriage people I deal with has devolved (as usual) into screaming, quite imaginative descriptions of what I do with other men (Ha.) and then, oddly enough, it a long screed about Linux users. Took me a minute to figure that one out.

My email is, of course, penguin_boy.

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[gridlore.livejournal.com]

We've had the discussions, and when asked how gay marriage would affect them, these folks go ballistic. They answer with vaguities like "it would cheapen marriage." OK, how. If two gays get married, *what does it do to your marriage*?

They can't answer. So they scream insults.

[aurictech.livejournal.com]

Ah, but their (apparently) visceral reaction doesn't pertain to my skepticism.

My worry is this:

Given that no-fault divorce has already worked to decouple somewhat the institution of marriage from the responsibility of childrearing, how will gay marriage, with its root premise that marriage is primarily an institution for the convenience of adults, affect society a generation or two down the line?

Honestly, I have no idea how gay marriage would affect society twenty years from now. However, I would prefer that we work out the possible ramifications ahead of time, rather than deal with any problems after they arise.

Obviously, I can point you to online columms (by Stanley Kurtz and Maggie Gallagher, among others) that discuss the potential long-term problems that may arise from acceptance of gay marriage. I would be grateful if you could provide me with similar links to articles that argue in favor of gay marriage.

[pauldrye.livejournal.com]

Given that no-fault divorce has already worked to decouple somewhat the institution of marriage from the responsibility of childrearing, how will gay marriage, with its root premise that marriage is primarily an institution for the convenience of adults, affect society a generation or two down the line?

We already go by that premise, and have for many years. Old people can get married despite there being no possibility of children from the union. Men who've had a vasectomy or, say, an injury that's made them infertile can get married. Adults get married with no intention whatsoever of having children, ever, and there are no sanctions against that.

This cat is way out of the bag already.

[kengr]

Consider that gay marriage would make the situation a *lot* less messy with regards to gays who adopt.

Also consider that a lot of "marriage" has little or nothing to do with child-rearing bnor with the sort of institution that many people *think* it is.