why do gays insist on being married when what they ask for already they can get without being married?

@sebastian....straight women get married for the surname and to be respected by society as being a married woman and for employment promotions, and some do it because they like the attention of society, some just like wearing a gold wedding band or an engagement ring, and some want somebody to pay for their child, they want at least one. It has nothing to do with love. Straight men marry for the convenience of sex, and then cheat on their wife. Do any of those sound like a reason to marry?

@Envy...it has absolutely nothing to do with equality.

@MzCalyps....the real response is that gas has to do with GENDER, not menopause or religion.

And I don't know that anyone is imposing any religion on someone else, there is no "force".

And to answer your rude question, I get off in my own bedroom with someone of the opposite sex.

Yes, CIVIL marriage is what I was asking about, not religion marriage.

So, answer the question now since you've danced around it, why do you want civil marriage.

Your "first place" and "second place" are the same thing. Where are those 1000 rights that are automatically granted via marriage and the proposition-H8 style amendments. That's what I want to see.

@:D....sure but since 50% end in divorce and most of the rest are cheating on their spouses, so are you saying gays are just as disillusioned as straight people?

@jon...you tell me since I'm not one and I don't know any.

Thanks Charles...much appreciated.

@Jamie...I've been married 3 times and not once did I ever think there would be any benefits to being married. Of course being straight it was both a religious and civil thing when I married each time but the "only" thing I considered was having a partner who could give me a child and gays can't do that. Any other things even as a single person I could have had or gotten around, so why can't gays get around those things without having laws for them? I just don't understand, so that's why I asked the question. If I can do it, you can do it. and it has nothing to do with equality.

@kenito...I was asking then what "everything" it is gays think straights get? If two people want to own a house they get a mortgage together, or the house is passed down to two of them as siblings. I think you're wrong.

I think what y'll are saying is a bunch of baloney. My question was about why gays insist on getting married, and not about equality or different standards, or civil marriage. Geez, can't you people answer a simple question????? or maybe it's why don't you want to answer a simple question, or why don't you want to fit in, why do y'll have to make such a damn big deal out of everything. You take up so much of our government's time for such a silly thing, costing our government millions or billions to feed your selfishness and unwillingness to conform or find a way around something without making laws "just for you". for crying out loud people wake up.....I still want to see those 100thousand reasons why you folks

I still want to see those 100thousand reasons why you folks do what you do. Like I said, I know of only ONE.