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Quote by: PatrickHenry  It seems that America, by and large, doesn't favor the concept. I think there is a very wide acceptance of homos generally in the US. They get a few swats, but overall I don't think most Americans want them treated as pariahs. Euros are likely even more tolerant.
But allowing a homosexual union to labeled "marriage" apparently goes against the grain. All eleven states where the question was presented on 11/2/2004 voted to disallow homosexual marriage.
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Children are bound legally to their parents and/or guardians without the formal title of marriage and recieve tax breaks, social services, and other benefits. Elderly and the handicapped receive similar benefits and binding between willing persons. Corporations are even given financial benefits for merging, and strictly speaking they aren't even human.
We empathize with all people and even animals of all species and feel awe when we see loving relationships. The wolf playing with its mate. Whales sliding upon one another. Eagles diving towards their death in an embrace with their mate, only to separate at the last moment.
Any combination of persons including multiple men and/or women should be allowed to experience life together and be afforded the same financial benefits to support such union. As for church marriages, that is up to the church; afterall, a church represents a union of people with a similar system of beliefs and the Government excludes them from having to pay ANY taxes.
How can churches be allowed a marrage between all deciples and afforded tax benefits, while a same sex couple (which may have been selected at birth by the physician) is penalized unfairly?