Straight men marry in Canada

I'm surprised it took this long:

Bill Dalrymple, 56, and best friend Bryan Pinn, 65, have decided to take the plunge and try out the new same-sex marriage legislation with a twist -- they're straight men.

"I think it's a hoot," Pinn said.

The proposal came last Monday at a Toronto bar amid shock and laughter from their friends. But the two -- both of whom were previously married and both of whom are looking for a good woman to love -- insist that after the humour subsided, a real issue lies at the heart of it all.

"There are significant tax implications that we don't think the government has thought through," Pinn said.

They claim that they are trying to publicize the financial loop hole in same sex marriage, and I'm sure they are sincere in that. But I suspect that they also did this so they could take advantage of those financial loopholes. And this is one of the problems with same sex marriage. It will/would be easily manipulated by people who have absolutely no bond beyond possibly a friendship. If you think divorce rates are high now, just wait until the day when they are meaningless numbers because friends or roommates marry in order to save money on benefits or taxes, and then divorce when they find someone of the opposite sex that they want to settle down with. We've been sliding down this slope for 30 years now, so it should be pretty easy to see what it is just ahead.