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The social institution further unravels since it has no real standard and it will be replaced by something new.

The new institution may indeed be better, but statistics tell us that the biggest factor leading to poverty and crime in the U.S. over the last 50 years has been the breakdown of the institution of marriage and the family.

So why do we take this risk? So a relative handful of people can experiment and see if they will feel more fulfilled and whether the traditional family will die or survive.

p>Pretty high stakes with little upside and huge downside. br> -- Chris Harley br> Oakland, California /p> p> In his piece supporting gay marriages David Brooks ought to have pointed out that a big winner would be the lawyers that would handle the divorces that are sure to come. br> -- Dick Melville br> Ozone Park, New York /p> p> For the purposes of political calculation, David Brooks is ahead of the curve. In the next 20 years, or, perhaps as early as the next decade, this issue is going to rapidly favor the Dems. The GOP needs to show a little leg here and there while still keeping the dying religious right happy -- not an easy task, but not impossible. As for morality, he is right on the money. Conservatives need to let this one go. br> --

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