Because women view marriage as a safety net and the be all and end all of the purpose of their life.
Good job starting your comment by putting your most terrible, mysogenistic thought first. And then top notch following it up with the idea that most guys think "marriage is a prison."
You're a real catch. If this is what you think marriage is, then damn right it's time for someone to redefine it!
You literally have no idea how the government and tax structure works, do you? Real government benefits don't kick in until you start getting kids involved. An unemployed non-mother gets very little in terms of governmental benefits as compared to an unemployed mother, gay or otherwise.
This is me. Just throwing up my hands in futility: \o/
This is me walking away from you, dismayed: -_-
This is me, praying that you are indeed a dying breed, and that one day all people will have equal rights despite your bigoted nonsense: O>
Two of the benefits that I've mentioned are Health Care insurance and Green Card fraud.
With health care, why can only married people share health insurance. Why can't a single adult man share health insurance with a family member like a sister, brother, mother, or father. At least you are sharing health insurance with someone who is blood-related and not someone out to fraudulently get health benefits. Why can't a single mother marry her brother to get free health insurance? Shouldn't single mother deserve free health insurance too? At least with family members, the govt knows that you are likely to stick around and live with that person.
As for green card fraud, someone posted a story about a Lesbian who married a mexican male to commit green card fraud against the Government. This is the definition of a fraudulent marriage for government benefits. Perhaps you don't agree with the Federal Immigration policies and think every non-citizen should automatically qualify for permanent residency.
But there are many cases of marriage fraud for green cards amongst straight couples. Do you think that gay marriage will increase, or decrease, the number of fraudulent gay couples for green card benefits. You may condone immigration fraud. I'm sure many women or lesbians will help out another woman and create a fraudulent green card marriage to help a female friend establish citizenship. I'm also sure many men will fraudulently marry another man or perhaps pretend to be a gay boy toy to obtain a green card.
Needless to say, if you think America has an immigration problem, the passing of federal gay marriage, will also increase immigration via green card marriage. There is too much immigration demand to think that people will use any means necessary to acquire a green card.