Marriage or Life Partner?

I'm gay, and when I was talking to one of my older friends about the whole prop 8 thing, I told her that the whole thing was stupid, since the law shouldn't get involved with love. I have really looked into marriage, and found that what shows proof is a piece of paper (after the ceremony). When I was reading national geographic magazine about love, it said that when a heterosexual couple got married, the only thing that the man was thinking of was passing on his genes through his kids. That got me to thinking that gay people are the only ones who are really ever truly in love, but that's not true since everybody can love. Marriage can get screwed up and then a divorce follows. I wouldn't want that in the LGBT community. I do want to get married, but I wouldn't want to have proof of marriage through a piece of paper, I would much rather have a life partner. What do you think about this? And which would you prefer?Marriage or Life Partner?
I've always preferred to have a life partner, and I've told my bf this several times. I don't believe in marriage, because many people get married for all the wrong reasons. Don't get me wrong, I support gay marriage simply because it's wrong to deny anyone the same opportunities that others have based on something as silly as the gender of the one they love, but I prefer life partner. I feel like if I love someone enough to spend the rest of my life with them, I don't need the gov to validate my love.
either of those is fine with me.



marriage would be amazing to have with a life partner but id be happy either way. i mean yeah it sucks that i prob wont be able to marry a women(if it ended up being a women. im bi so it could be male or female lol) but id still feel the same way about that person whether im married to them or not.Marriage or Life Partner?
Thanks for the thoughtful question.



I admit I'm hung up on the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education which ended segregation by declaring that separate is never equal.



Therefor, calling gay relationships something separate, like "life partners" will mean it's never equal.

Marriage or Life Partner?
As long as I can get all the rights and benefits that straight couples can get, I don't care.