WinterBorn
Diamond Member
The best way to reduce divorce rates and to discourage gay marriage is to bring back "no fault divorce" laws. Cheating on your wife or husband is a "breach of contract" and the guilty party should be held liable and forced to pay damages.
The promise of sexual exclusivity (fidelity) is a very important part of marriage. This needs to be clearly written into all civil marriage contracts and enforced by the divorce courts. Marriage is about rights and responsibilities to each other. Modern society has taken all of the responsibility out of marriage. If people were held accountable for their actions, we would see much fewer divorces and much fewer gay men would be interested in marriage.
And why is that? (By the way, don't forget women can be gay, too).
Most gay men do not practice sexual fidelity with their significant other. This is not consistent with the traditional definition of marriage. Lesbians usually do honor sexual exclusivity. Therefore traditional marriage is different from gay unions which are different from lesbian unions.
Don't you agree?
No, I do not agree. I think there may be studies that show more promiscuity for gays. But that does not say anything about those in a committed relationship or their fidelity.
I also think your desire to prevent divorce, while noble sounding, becomes an invasion of privacy and an assault on individual liberty. Who are you to tell these couples they cannot divorce? They obviously no longer want to be married. Why punish them? Unless it is strictly to change the statistics to make straight marriages look better.