# What bad things might happen if same-sex couples get married?

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**Created:** [May 25, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624 "2009-05-25T23:45:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/68 "2009-05-26T13:42:42Z")

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> [@magellan01](#):
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> Just wanted to congratulate the OP of this thread on his noteworthy GD thread. It may be the only time in history that an OP made assertions in his OP and staunchly refused to offer support for those assertions for almost three pages, when the thread was ultimately closed by a mod.

Hey **magellan01** , there’s a [whole new thread on this topic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=518865) over in GD. Maybe you can see your way to answering the question this time? Here’s the OP in its entirety:

> [@A question for opponents of gay marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-opponents-of-gay-marriage/497645/1):
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> What, specifically, would be the negative consequences of allowing gays to marry?

No distractions, just that question.

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