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C J Campbell wrote:

If you get right down to it, the only arguments against murder or theft are
basically religious.

Well, if you kill a man, he won't be paying income taxes anymore. There may even be
some drain on the state funds to support his dependents in some fashion. And if
thieves take much of his property, he may be unable to pay his taxes. It also
encourages theft, and the government hates competition.

Either has adverse effects on the health of society, and, like any good parasite
(symbiotic or not), government has a vested interest in keeping its host healthy.

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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C J Campbell wrote:

If you get right down to it, the only arguments against murder or theft
are
basically religious.

Well, if you kill a man, he won't be paying income taxes anymore. There
may even be
some drain on the state funds to support his dependents in some fashion.
And if
thieves take much of his property, he may be unable to pay his taxes. It
also
encourages theft, and the government hates competition.

Either has adverse effects on the health of society, and, like any good
parasite
(symbiotic or not), government has a vested interest in keeping its host
healthy.

So? There is no cost, either societally or economically, if gay marriages
are legalized?

Besides, why should the government care whether it collects taxes?

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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So? There is no cost, either societally or economically, if gay marriages
are legalized?

Other than the usual cost of marriage, no. There's nothing special about
gay marriages that make them any worse than any other marriage.

Besides, why should the government care whether it collects taxes?

All depends on the taxpayer, I'd guess.