I don't care if gay people get married, like anyone else. I just say, "Be careful what you ask for!" I think they're focused on the perceived joys of marriage, and some will inevitably discover the pain of divorce, as well. But they asked for all the same joy and pain and rights to experience alimony, visitation fights over the kids, divorce court, reduced standard of living after selling the family home, attorney fees, etc. It will be interesting, ten years from now, to see if the bloom is off the rose!
For those who press on into happily ever after, I wish them all the best. Just be careful it's everything you thought it would be!
When my partner and I split in the 90's, she just bought out my share of the house, signed over one of the cars to me, and life went on for her and her new girlfriend. Painful, but no lawyers or divorce court. I compare the relative ease with which we parted ways with how complicated a split could be if my husband and I got a divorce...lawyers, court, a judge dividing assets, someone getting stuck with the bills, months of waiting, changing my name back on documents and checks if I so chose, the house and cars, the retirement investments, etc.... no simple "I met someone else, and I'm moving out this weekend."
T'will be interesting...