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Well Stated, techno Texan
TechnoTexan, I agree with most of your counter-argument. I would only add that NONheterosexual marriage would also probably lead to less HIV and STDS - which will lead to less burden on our health care system. We all need better education about safe sex, because the number one cause of divorce among heterosexuals is "irreconcilable difference" (in other words, it's often - cheating). People who "play the field" are the most at risk - whether they are "gay", "straight", "bisexual", "married" or "unmarried". Currently HIV infection rates are about 50/50 heterosexual/NonHeterosexual. UCLA studies indicate that even the best condoms break up to 2% of the time. Would you want a gun to your head knowing it had a 2% chance of having a bullet in it? I know of too many husbands who cheat on their wives without protection, and too many wives who have cheated on their husbands. Where we're heterosexual or NONheterosexual, it takes much more than "marriage" - it takes love, loyalty, patience and living up to our word, but marriage, fortunately, is a good start for about 50% of us.
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