How does same-sex marriage benefit everyone?

Answer 1

Gay marriages tend to have fewer children. Therefore, overpopulation is slightly slowed by having more gay marriages, benefiting everyone.

Gay people in gay marriages statistically tend to be healthier and happier than single gay people. Married gay people provide less strain on health care systems and are more productive than single gay persons statistically.

This last piece is true because gay marriage is crucial for a fully efficient economy. If a whole section of society, gays and lesbians in this case, are left without marriage, then the economy isn't functioning at its peak.

If children are being raised by gay parents, the parents are less likely to separate if they are legally married. Children raised by multiple parents do better in multiple areas than those raised by a single parent.

Allowing gay marriage also provides the image of equality to all people, as well as furthering the idea of equality among all people.

Societal sanctioning of same-sex bonds decreases the likelihood that homosexual men and women are pressured to marry opposite-sex partners - a situation that has been the historical cause of huge levels of distress and misery. People marry because they want to, not because they feel they must.

Gay children of heterosexual parents need not feel alienated or isolated because there is an alternative relationship model available to them.

Cohabitation is more cost-effective, reduces pressure on housing and leads to economic stability.

The main-streaming and normalisation of same-sex relationships could reduce the ghetto-isation of homosexuality that has been a factor in some of the excesses of the gay 'life-stle' and resulting homophobic violence.

An inclusive society benefits all its members. "Civilisation is the encouragement of differences." Gandhi