Married. Buried.

Point: Marriage is a tired and useless institution, and is ready to be called obsolete. Marriage, once necessary for ending wars between clans, tribes, et cetera, and for giving away useless chattel in the form of money, gifts, daughters and herd animals, has become a civil state. It is used only to determine next of kin for debts left from life, burial expenses and who gets to take your Stuff when you Die. The institution serves no real purpose. If we believe those who are polled and those who take the polls, fully eight in ten of us will cheat on our spouses and 100% of marriages end in divorce, separation, annulment or death. Numbers don't lie, folks. Marriage is obsolete. I say we should not only not recognize marriage between gay men and women, but also not between any men or women. The simple fact of the existence of marriage is a blight on a society far evolved since the days when marriage was useful or had anything like meaning. Now, we struggle to cope with an outmoded idea long since outlived its need. Marriage is a primitive concept. We will never really leave behind our simian ancestors until we leave behind their concept of ownership by males of the females of the species. It's not anti-religious to be against marriage: it's egalitarian.
Counterpoint:That's a load of crap. First, society is based almost completely on the constant need of man to stop other humans from stealing his possessions and having sex with his wife. People cannot be trusted. That's why an "attractive nuisance" is illegal. People can't control themselves. Abolishing or even weakening marriage laws would lead to mass chaos. It's not a move forward. It's a move toward herd mentality, like simple animals. As for your "numbers," by the same logic you use all disease is fatal and all births are still births. After all, anyone who has a cold will die within zero to 100 years, and 100% of babies born will die. I don't know where you got the eight in ten number, but clearly you cannot be trusted with numerals. The fact that you manipulate data in such a nefarious way makes all of your other points suspect. This isn't about religion. God's plan is scientific and necessary. Humans wouldn't reproduce if there were not marriage. Sodom and Gomorrah are proof of that. Humans' natural state is sin. This isn't religious, this is based on the Bible, a strict historical document. The truth of these histories has been proved over and over again. You don't have to be Judeo-Christian to respect the Truth.
Pointed Head: That's all crap. People get married because they love each other and want to demonstrate to all of humanity that they intend to have a monogamous sexual relationship for the rest of their lives. Sure, it doesn't always work out, but what does? People buy a house with the intent of living there for the long term, otherwise they wouldn't shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars. You can buy a temporary dwelling for less than $100. It's called a tent. And yet, people move all the time. Life isn't just breathing, eating and dying. It's about the things that happen to you while you do. Unexpected things come up, that's why marriages end. Marriage between two people who love each other and want to have a monogamous sexual relationship and want to demonstrate that to all of society should be legal. And if Rush Limbaugh and the Republicans want to marry their dogs and demonstrate to society that they will have a monogamous sexual relationship with their ferns, that's fine with me. The fact that they even suggest that they'd like to come out and marry their dogs (to have and to hold, forsaking all others I'm just sayin' is all) is a little sick in my opinion. And the manipulation of data isn't anything new. I mean, hell, studies show that one in one of us lie at least some of the time.