Post #199 Why I'm Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage

Well, it's the same reason I oppose all marriages: The government has no interest in promoting unions of any kind -- thro tax breaks or any incentives.

It can be argued that, during the 19th century, the government had an interest in promoting unions and therefore children. The country needed to be populated, and government codifying the value of religious marriage was the way to go. But that changed sometime during the 20th century.

However, the government does have an interest in promoting the establishments of homes to raise children as this would be cheaper than government-financed orphanages.

Please note that my argument as of today has nothing to do with religion -- neither for nor against a religious definition of marriage. Separation of church and state, ya know....