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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: HPilot who wrote (552881)	3/3/2010 10:03:26 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573092

So then you really have a larger point to make. You believe that there is no reason for marriage, hetero or gay, if there is no intention to have kids. I would have to agree from a governmental perspective. However, the way marriage is structured legally in this country, it gives the participants significant advantages, even though it has tax drawbacks. So technically you are not correct as it stands today. But I understand your sentiment if you are talking purely from a tax standpoint. I didn't get married for the legal benefits, though, nor did I care about the tax disadvantages. I married my wife for one reason only. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her and wanted to make a binding public commitment to that effect. I would have done it even if both of us were incapable of having children. I suspect most people get married for the same reason. So your views are in the minority.