Just my 2 cents on some of the points in the thread so far...
- From a historical perspective, marriage started off as a religious union. The government shouldn't even be involved.
Would you join a political group that was fighting against all government benefits for straight married couples?
- Political Correctness has paved the way for the acceptance of homosexuality. Unfortunately, acceptance isn't enough. We're also supposed to celebrate it, endorse it and reward it.
I really don't see too much celebration of homosexuality. That's another part of the problem. These activists are putting on a face because it's not about gays. It's about an agenda. Actually, agenda isn't really the right word. It's a food fight between two groups of people falsely labelled liberals and conservatives.
ABC tries to be the network that is cutting edge when it comes to homosexuality. It's normal! Just an everyday part of life as seen in shows like Modern Family, Brothers and Sisters, and Happy Endings. Except you never actually see them being gay. You see plenty of guy-girl make out scenes even some risque sex scenes for cable television. The homosexual characters? Maybe a peck on the lips to show the "celebration of gay people!"
Or how about the characters themselves? The characters are slightly flamboyant save for Modern Family's Cam who is a satirical caricature. The Happy Endings character is even described as "a non-stereotypical homosexual character on prime time television." The two characters from Brothers and Sisters were more like two buddies who had intimate conversations in the evenings.
My point is that true homosexuality is not celebrated. It's not really endorsed. It's just part of an agenda. Part of a hot topic that active people want to be involved in.
It's no different from the Civil Rights Movement in the 60s. White supporters of the black movement never had any intention of actually promoting all black people as equal in their lives. Don't believe me? Drive to any street named Martin Luther King Jr.
Further, the CRM wasn't about true equality. Where was the Asian support? The voice for Middle Eastern citizens? The voice for whites living in Appalachia? The voice for hispanics?
- As for benefits, that's just something else that the government should get away from... If a company wants to provide insurance benefits for gay SOs-of-the-moment, it's their choice. The gubme't shouldn't have any authority over this.
I do question one thing about this. Can a company provide benefits to a straight married couple but not a homosexual married couple? Lawyers may have to weigh in on this, but to me, that sounds like discrimination, which as we all know, would never fly in court.