[Waychel]

Starboy, you forget that just as homosexual marriages are denied federal recognition due to having spouses of the same sex, there are HETEROSEXUAL marriages which are denied federal recognition due to being polygamist and involving more than one spouse. Such polygamist households also held the claim of descrimination of religious freedom in the past; an argument far more legitimate in my opinion than what homosexuals are claiming now.

If we were to modify the definition of marriage so that ALL types of marriage were represented and acknowledged federally -- not only between man and man, but man and five wives, woman between child or even man and animal -- then the nature of marriage law and all current heterosexual marriages would invariably change as a result. The issue of joint tax returns or even the claim to a spouse's social security would no longer exist as they would need to be revoked from priveledge; not only as a precaution for forseeable abuse, but for inequality within the institution considering how varied marriage types had become. What is the benefit for all involved in the end? Nothing but a total mockery of the institution of marriage as it is recognized by law, if you ask me.

Either way, the demands of homosexuals would not be met... with the exception that they would get a nice piece of paper. :p