Too often people marry for the wrong reasons and without a solid base of friendship. A couple should be each other's best friend, and they shouldn't marry for tax breaks, to fulfill their family's expectations, because all their friends are married or any other shallow reason. Marriages fall apart for a lot of reasons, and divorces are generally the fault of both parties. I agree the courts shouldn't have a bias when it determines the distribution of property and the children after a divorce. But the best way to avoid that whole hassle is to not get into a situation that you aren't willing to do anything to make work. I wouldn't go so far as to advise against marriage all together. But I do think people ought to wait until they're older to make such an important decision. Young people are too impetuous, to unsure of their own motivations and desires. They lack the life experiences that would make them able to enter into such situations with self-awareness and knowledge about their needs and wants. Do very many people really know at 20 what they want to do with the rest of their lives? I haven't seen much evidence they do.
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It is also likely that same-sex marriage is being demanded only because of how heterosexuals have already debased marriage through divorce law.
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I'd disagree. In fact, most of the gays I know who want to get married have the same unrealistic, 1950s concept of marriage that too many straights do. They've bought into the myth and closed their eyes to the reality of marriage. No relationship, gay or straight, married or just committed, will survive if it isn't grounded on solid principles.