The problems this person had at customs aren't really about marriage, but her particular comment that I quoted and am responding to was. Her decision not to get married shouldn't have had anything to do with this, but it did.
Traditionally, couples eligible for marriage who decline to do so have said, "It's just a piece of paper." Well, guess what: pieces of paper are important.
The same-sex couples who want to get married aren't under the delusion that pieces of paper are unimportant. I was moved by the testimony in the Prop 8 case that being able to call themselves legally married, and to be considered such in the eyes of neighbors and the law, was important to them.
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Traditionally, couples eligible for marriage who decline to do so have said, "It's just a piece of paper." Well, guess what: pieces of paper are important.
The same-sex couples who want to get married aren't under the delusion that pieces of paper are unimportant. I was moved by the testimony in the Prop 8 case that being able to call themselves legally married, and to be considered such in the eyes of neighbors and the law, was important to them.