tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946633910983913667.post3677034057464660352..comments2023-05-04T05:39:18.978-04:00Comments on A Little Help, Please?: On irrational abstractitude....Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10181224564145367109noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946633910983913667.post-10803909121076606712009-07-17T16:10:15.598-04:002009-07-17T16:10:15.598-04:00I agree with "Anonymous." Your last lin...I agree with "Anonymous." Your last line is great.<br /><br />Through all of my "activism," I've heard this argument a lot - people support gays being together, but not necessarily their marriage. They cite various reasons, but the two most common are that marriage is a religious institution that is reserved for a man and a woman (per the Bible, I think). In this respect, civil unions are OK, but marriage is not. The second is that gays will use their marital status to scam insurance companies - get insurance for their spouses and take money out of the pockets of taxpayers.<br /><br />While I do understand the rationale behind the first reason (although I don't agree with it - and it's one of the reasons I will not get married in a church), the second baffles me. I will eventually be on my husband's insurance or he will be on mine because it will be cheaper, and our kids will be on the insurance with us; why should that be any different for same-sex couples? Do people really think they will just "get married" in order to get insurance? Like they wouldn't respect the institution of marriage just as much as (if not more than) heterosexual couples?<br /><br />I'm not sure what Wondering's problem was, but I'm not shocked, unfortunately. More and more people are accepting that gays will be together, but they will not accept their marriage. <br /><br />-AshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946633910983913667.post-62286126830304823382009-07-15T15:57:17.647-04:002009-07-15T15:57:17.647-04:00I love your last line in this. It's perfect.I love your last line in this. It's perfect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com