Uncle Meat wrote on Apr 5
th, 2012 at 4:09pm:
... wrote on Apr 5
th, 2012 at 3:35pm:
The instituion IS available to everyone.
It's available to every individual, however, it's not available to same sex couples (to marry each other).
Therefore, simply extend marriage to same sex couples.
That way they can create a kinship and receive all the legal benefits that married heterosexual couples receive.
How would that create a problem?
Nicely edited. Handy.

Why should only jewish boys get to have a bar mitzvah?
Why should only people who've completed school get to graduate?
Why can't I play in the AFL?
The answer to all is that they don't meet the "selection criteria."
If everybody had a bar mitzvah, it'd lose it's significance for jewish boys.
If everybody could graduate regardless of whether they qualify, it loses it's significance for those who do.
If everybody who wanted to, was given a spot on an AFL team, it wouldn't be to an elite standard anymore.
Theres' nothign wrong with certain groups having their own customs, traditions and practices. Quite why everyone needs to be "included" in other peoples business is the big question.
Want a bar mitzvah but aren't jewish? start a similar practice but call it soemthing else.
feel left out when your school friends are garduating but you dropped out 1 year ago? Have your own party.
Want to play AFL but aren't good enough? Play in the local amateur league.
When everyone is "special", nobody is.