Not like this hasn’t been happening in the military for years.

Yep! My dad was in the Coast Guard during the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell era and one thing he mentioned was gay and lesbian service members marrying each other both for mutual bearding, and because married people got better housing.

Additionally my grandmother married one of her guy friends because her job offered dental insurance to employees and spouses and he needed some dental work done. They got married, processed the paperwork, got his dental problems fixed, made sure all the insurance payments went through, and divorced.

Two people getting married for the benefits has been going on as long as we’ve had benefits to marriage, and if two women doing it is homophobic then I guess someone’s going to have to tell my grandmother she was heterophobic.

also let people get married platonically??? like apparently the people referenced in this video weren’t just doing it for tax benefits, they’re marrying because of their close connection and desire for commitment. like they plan on co-parenting and shit. platonic intimacy exists! romantic connection isn’t inherently more important!

Marriage literally exists for convenience, fuck yeah get hitched