Amos,I think you'll find that homosexuality may have formed long relationships, but that those relationships were never considered marriage in any of the Greek city states or any other culture I'm aware of. Mormans, of course, are no longer free to practice polygamy in the US by Federal law. Things conducted in private that don't require a marriage license really aren't relevant here. People have practiced a lot of things in private you probably wouldn't like me mentioning.

Oddly enough, Little Hawk, I haven't said I do except on traditional grounds. I object to wholesale restructuring of the social order outside the public debate. If you want to lobby the legislature to make changes, go right ahead. People aren't doing that because for the most part public opinion, majority rule, elections, all those things you find so sacred in another thread, are clearly against them. Some courts and Heaven knows some mayors have bypassed the normal process and exceeded their powers.