Reply #5: The other side thinks of it as "reproduction free" marriage [View All]

[Heath.Hunnicutt]

From their side, the entire reason that marriages get a tax benefit is that there is an assumption that the family will be raising kids. This doesn't apply to couples that won't be reproducing.
The two kinds of marriage are inherently not equivalents.

Having a civil union that allows power of attorney, survivorship, and similar 'marital community' rights makes sense.

Equating the tax entitlements of a straight marriage with a gay marriage makes an assumption about the purpose of that tax break, and the assumption is wrong.

Marriage in terms of churches and so forth should be out of the mind of government. Clearly,