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>Wasn't this always so in our system? Just as there are frivolous lawsuits, there are frivolous (or bogus) marriages. All you said is true. There are also marriages arranged for immigration reasons. There are also laws against fraud, and in some of these cases, this is what these are. The issue here is bigotry and discrimination. If the marriage is a scam designed to milk insurance companies, then it's a fraud and should be prosecuted. That has nothing to do with the legal rights of all citizens to marry if they choose to do so. All loving couples should be able to marry, as long as they are consenting adults, regardless of race, creed, color, sexual orientation, etc.


If people object to gay marriage because they think marriage is a religious issue then what they are actually objecting against is people who don't follow their religion. That makes them bigots. And intolerant, a trait which almost all religions claim they have in abundance.

If people object to gay marriage because they think marriage is a cultural or traditional thing then what they are actually objecting against is either people who don't follow their traditions or the fact that things change. In the first they are again bigoted and intolerant. In the second they are just ignorant of the fact that change is always with us including in their own traditions and culture.

If people object to gay marriage because they think it is against nature then they are misinformed and/or are framing their definition of nature to suit their argument.