# Straight people, would you marry someone gay on purpose? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 24, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-people-would-you-marry-someone-gay-on-purpose/682139 "2014-02-24T19:42:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-people-would-you-marry-someone-gay-on-purpose/682139/21 "2014-02-25T18:52:56Z")
I wouldn’t. Wouldn’t most pairings, though, be a gay woman marrying a gay man? Why involve a heterosexual? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-people-would-you-marry-someone-gay-on-purpose/682139/22 "2014-02-25T19:09:35Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Count me on the ‘business partnership’ side: yes, I would. Though she would have to be at least modestly bisexual, and the marriage would have to be monogamous. I think you and I have a very different idea of business partnerships! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hector\_St\_Clare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@Hector\_St\_Clare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hector_St_Clare)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-people-would-you-marry-someone-gay-on-purpose/682139/23 "2014-02-25T20:36:24Z")
> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#): > > Marriage as a business partnership has been the norm over most of human civilization. There are many people, myself included, that would argue that is terms of stability and mutual self-interest, a better arrangement than choosing a life partner based on sexual attraction. What’s the old saying- God made wives for duty and mistresses for love? Or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![nesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@nesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nesta)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-people-would-you-marry-someone-gay-on-purpose/682139/24 "2014-02-26T00:09:01Z")
I can think of situations where I would be willing to marry a lesbian, but it would have to be an open marriage with a strong prenup and no children involved. That opinion piece is rather rage inducing, though. The LDS church is so deeply against same-sex marriage that members have to resort to drastic levels of cognitive dissonance to justify their belief that the only valid family unit is a “mother and father.” The gist of the article is that same-sex marriage isn’t necessary because marriage is already equal since gay people can marry the opposite sex just like everyone else. > [@](#): > > Children need mothers and fathers, and that’s why society needs marriage. With more understanding about the diverse lives of same-sex attracted men and women, our society can learn how to recognize the equal dignity of gays and lesbians without redefining marriage to eliminate mothers and fathers. :rolleyes: I’m sure all the pray-the-gay-away LDS couples have long, happy marriages ahead of them. I feel very sorry for the children of such marriages. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-people-would-you-marry-someone-gay-on-purpose/682139/25 "2014-03-03T20:38:02Z")
I could see being someone’s beard for a while, but not the level of marriage. And I would expect there to be some sort of tradeoff, where I get something out of it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-people-would-you-marry-someone-gay-on-purpose/682139/26 "2014-03-03T22:13:11Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I think you and I have a very different idea of business partnerships! 😃 Not really. It would be a business partnership for the production of heirs, which would necessarily involve sex. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-people-would-you-marry-someone-gay-on-purpose/682139.md?page=1)