I've known a few people who despise marriage for that very reason. The government provides insensitives to get married and have children -- social construction and programming.pope_of_larry said:if marriage was just something that said these two people love each other and that all it meant and there was no benefits for doing it outlawing gay marriage would make more sense. but under u.s law marriage comes with benefits some of witch are listed here. http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/marriage-rights-benefits-30190.html
I would like to take you up on your first point though. Banning homosexuals from marrying if it came with no privileges and simply meant "these two people are in love" would make more sense to you? Why would it make sense to prevent two people in love from making that love known?