What is the point of same-sex -marriage if only less 2% get married.?

Question

Lets look at Canada for example. The liberals changed the law to allow same-sex marriage in 2003. Canada is the only country that allows same-sex couples from foreign countries get married. In 2003, after the SSM bill was passed, there were 21,981 marriages in Canada. In the province of British Columbia, there were 776 SSM's, 422 female couples and 352 male couples.Out of those 776SSM couples, only 341 were Canadians. That is 1.5% . The actual number was341. The majority of SSM couples that got married that year were Americans and people from other countries.Let's look at the year 2006. There were 1107 SS mariages. 338 were Americans and 479 were from other countries. Only 107 were Canadians. In the City of Toronto, in 2007, for example,7,513 couples got married. The number of SS couples that tied the knot was320.Americans 118 and from other countries 201. Actually the number of same sex couples has drmatically decreased not increased since the same -sex marriage bill has passed?

My question is why arn't more gays and lesbians flocking to get married? It seems ro me that this is what they wanted, in the first place, and now they seem to br backing out, why?

In Canada SS couples wanted the right to get marrie,got the right to get married, but now that they got those rights are shying away to what they have been fighting for . What gives?

Answer 1

there is no point to it.. it should remain illegal everywhere if you ask me.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I live in Canada and from what I know there are a few more countries legalizing gay marriage as well. I thought the fight had more to do with spousal benefits and finantial reasons. Things like the family stepping in after one half of the couple died and the assets were stripped and given back to the person's family without legal regard to the same sex partner.

I would love to see if you had some stats on marriage in general. The Canadian Census released this year that just about half of the couples living together in Canada are not in fact married. So that's a whopping 50% for the hetro side. Your stats are a bit biased don't you think?

Answer 4

What is the point of opposing it if so few people will use it?

Really, it may be less than 2%, but for those people it means a lot.

And anyways, you are comparing the wrong numbers. You should be looking at the percentage of gay couples which are getting married.

Also, it's natural that the number of marriages has decreased - those who already got married don't need to get married again, and since it was a new ability there was a backlog. It's like when a new movie comes out. Lots of people see it the first week, not so many later on.

Answer 5

The point is not how many people will actually get married, the point is that the system of marriage is completely unfair to thos living in a same sex relationship. The system, in denying them marriage, also denies a bunch of rights that come along with marriage that make it easier to live in a family unit, including certain tax considerations, the right to put your spouse in a will, the right for your spouse to make medical decisions on your behalf, etc. The american insistence on marriage as between man and woman prevents this from being possible, and inherently singles out gays as inferior people, just like blacks were in the pre-civil rights era, and to an extent, even today. Even moreso, it is not fair to say that marriage is a sacred institution anymore what with the divorce rate being as high as it is. So in the end, it isn't about how many people will get married, it's about having the right to, and being equal as an American

Answer 6

The point of this is that the same rights should be given to everyone equally. My partner was deported and isn't allowed back into the United States for 10 years, even though he lived here for 16 years before he was sent back. If they allowed same sex marriage in this country, my partner and I wouldn't be trying to make it work in different countries. Believe me, i know it's not as important to some, but to others (like us), it really hurts.

Answer 7

I have been with my partner for 27 years and am part of the 98% who would not marry if given the opportunity. Why imitate a failed institution? As to wills, health decisions etc. any competent attorney can prepare the paperwork to make those problems disappear. Also, I look lousy in white!

Answer 8

not all gay people are coupled and ready to get married. It's not that people are backing out, it's that people need to be ready to enter into a marriage, and not too many people want to get married simply because it's there. There should still be same-sex marriage available, because the number of people who would benefit from such a thing shouldn't be taken into account when it comes to a basic human and civil right.

Answer 9

the point of it is not the few that wondered up to canada but rather the majority of American cpls who are staying in their relationship until the law changes,and to some degree I believe now that the social nazis are out of office it will.
The point is financial,and other benefits that other married cpls have.
I've often thought the term marriage would be death for such a law,instead it should have been called simply a union.

Answer 10

Why allow something that will benefit a portion of the people without hurting anyone? Isn't that a rather miserly stance to take? (This is like saying that handicap spaces should not be provided as only a few people use them)

From your numbers, I would hesitate to draw any conclusions as the number of people who would be willing to travel to another country to get married and not have the benefits at home are bound to be a small subset.

Answer 11

America and Canada aren't the only places that allow gay marriage.

Think outside the box (also known as America/ Canada)