You know, sometimes I'm not sure if gay people should be advocating their right to get married or abolishing the entire idea of marriage.



Yeah, it's funny. Yeah, there's a thousand and five marriage jokes. Yeah, plenty of them have the husband as the root of the jokes.

It still seems like a sexist, pointless institution.

From a personal point of view I want gay marriage for one simple reason--financial benefits. Tax breaks, I'd be able to get a Roth IRA, etc etc. But other than these selfish reasons I don't actually see what good marriage does.

And don't say, "It's for the children." An institution far, far better than marriage could be created that people entered into upon birth. Such a thing would be far better for kids than marriages, divorces and remarriages.

Historically it seems to me that marriage was primarily concerned with property. Not just the view of women as property, but of actual property.

Of course, the institution will never be overturned. So I guess the best choice is to push for equal rights. I just want my friggin' tax break.