My friend Dean (who lives with his partner Dan) and I had a chat last night. I asked him what the deal was with gay marriage. We talked about marriage being re-defined as this: "The legal union between two human beings." I like it.
He offered (and I believe this is his humble opinion) that he "felt most gay couples should wait 5 years into their relationship before getting married, because his experience was that there was too much flitting around." That's his words. He told me his main reason for wanting to get married was that he could get health benefits under his partners plan at work.
Do you think there are will be gay marriages that end in divorce? Ahhhh, the lawyers get richer!
I've spent more time on this than need be, but it was interesting to get one comment from a man I know.
2 comments:
You could argue that all couples (gay or straight) should wait 5 years before getting married. I think at least half of my friends that got married in their early twenties are now divorced or on their 2nd marriage. I'm sure that there have already been gay divorces. I imagine that lots of gay couples in Massachusetts got married just because they could. It's interesting, though, that Mass has the lowest overall divorce rate of any state in the country, which sort of goes against the argument that same sex marriage destroys the institution of marriage. Just my 2cents.
Yes, I agree, all couples should wait, I should have myself. Gosh, when I think about getting married at 20, and having a child at 24 and 26...yikes, I didn't even know myself, let alone my husband, or what I wanted to do with my life.
I'm liking all the changes, and I think they are for the better. I, too know gay people who are raising children, and they are outstanding parents. Hopefully, in our lifetime we will se the fruits of this labor called change.
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