[BillJasper]

Originally Posted by revrew

But by creating the "married" status, the government has sanctioned and approved the man-woman-child unit as a positive institution the government is willing to commend and financially support (yes, I know not all marrieds have children - don't go there). Whether the government should do that or not, I don't support the same sanctioning of homosexual relationships.

But why should the government be sanctioning only a man-woman union, when no data exists that says a man-man/woman-woman union somehow erodes its status as a positive institution?