> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Grant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:47 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: the list > > Keeping that in mind, let's look at the root of marriage. Marriages (in > the traditional sense) get certain tax breaks and legal advantages > because the assumption is that people get married, have children and > help grow the populace and therefore strengthen the country. Remember > that when marriage laws were originally created it was assumed that 1) > all married people strive to have children and 2) people don't have > children out of wedlock.
Secular marriage, legally, is about consolidation of resources sharing of responsibility and, essentially, reduction of paperwork. The cohabitating couple pays property taxes, sales taxes, state and city taxes: there are very few "breaks" for marriage. What you do you get is much easier times at the hospital, at the bank and at the funeral home. > So since there is zero chance of a gay marriage producing more > Americans, why extend tax breaks and advantages to such a union? Actually every gay couple that I know has children. My wife is the daughter of a "late-blooming" lesbian, the woman who helped raised her got pregnant via insemination and our closest gay friends have three adopted children. There are definitely tax breaks for parents - and these parents are no different in that than anybody else. Even without marriage in most cases both parents legally adopt the children and claim every tax break that you claim comes only with marriage. Your argument just doesn't have much weight. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280811 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
