re: Honest question. Why do Homosexuals need to be married?

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For what purpose does marriage serve them?

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For the same reasons marriages serve infertile heterosexual couples.

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Couldn't most of the issues that are brought up be resolved with a simple legal contract? Such as hospital visitors rights, health insurance, etc?

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What do you think marriage* is if not a simple legal contract.

* Marriage as the state sees it, not how a religious organization sees it.

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If a particular community does not see gay marriage as a net benefit to the community, why should that community be violently forced to recognize gay marriage?

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That, along with the state discriminating against its own taxpayers, is wrong.

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How can you support gay marriage and not also support everything with the trans movement, like gender affirmation? What is the difference?

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Because gay marriage only requires the state to recognize it. Gender affirmation requires people to recognize it.

A better comparison is gay marriage and trans surgeries. Both can be done, but neither should require your agreement that it's a good or positive thing.