Alpha,
Did you even <I>read</I> my posts on the subject at hand, or just the thread title? I am not interested in discussing "the rules of the Church." I am interested in discussing the <I>laws of our society,</I> in which matrimony is a <I>legal</I> relationship, not a "holy" one.
In light of that, will you answer the question?
Aineo,
The only people in an "open" marriage that I personally know are heterosexual. It seems to work for them. Personally, I'm inclined to say that "openness" does not necessarily invalidate a marriage. That said, the "married-in-all-but-name" gay men I know seem to be monogamous.
Source on "lesbian relationships last 1/2 as long as gay male relationships," please.
Wealth may have been a bad example. But my point is that our legal system does <I>not</I> have a one-to-one correspondence with Christian morality.
Egalitarianism leads to the fall of society. Fascinating. But I think you're committing a logical fallacy here -- inferring cause-and-effect from sequential events. There is no evident causal link between "legitimizing homosexuality" and "the fall of society," but because you can point to a few instances where the latter followed the former, you assume it caused it.
I'd see it more like this: as cultures evolve, they often evolve towards egalitarianism, including the acceptance of homosexuality. Cultures also have a natural life cycle -- they rise, they fall. Is it really so strange, then, that many cultures "fall" at some point after they come to accept homosexuality? Can you really make a solid argument for cause-and-effect from that? And do you see <I>natural</I> reasons why legitimizing homosexuality leads to a cultural fall, or are you actually implying divine intervention -- God-smites-Sodom on a more subtle level?