<story><title>Bezos pledges $2.6M to support same sex marriage</title><url>https://mashable.com/2012/07/27/bezos-same-sex-marriage/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>learc83</author><text>Personally, I don&apos;t support same sex marriage, bug legally I see no real reason to ban it. However, I&apos;d prefer the government who represents me, not endorse a practice I don&apos;t support.&lt;p&gt;My solution for years has been for the government to get out of the marriage business entirely. Marriage should be a purely religious ceremony, and we can establish something like a civil union contract law to handle issues like joint ownership of property, child custody, and inheritance.&lt;p&gt;That way anyone, gay, straight, or polygamist can get the legal benefits of marriage, and they can find a religious institution willing to conduct the religious ceremony.</text></comment>
<story><title>Bezos pledges $2.6M to support same sex marriage</title><url>https://mashable.com/2012/07/27/bezos-same-sex-marriage/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Zirro</author><text>As someone who isn&apos;t entirely familiar with this concept of pledging money for or against laws (I&apos;m not from the US), I wonder: Where does this money go? Essentially, it sounds like you are buying the opinion of the people. Is it through advertising, or &quot;bribes&quot; to important individuals with power?</text></comment>