Nonsense. They can make up the lost revenue doing gay divorces.

Lol. As a white girl, I don’t even want to touch that, but at the same time, I can’t help but notice that Steele was chosen by the RNC and is shut down every time he says anything remotely intelligent about changing the direction of the Party. I didn’t think I’d ever utter these words, but I think they chose him because he’s black. Ouch.

Really? Obama’s stated that gay marriage is bad for small business?

Hey now, you’re being really unfair to Clarence Thomas.

Parthenon: “Michael Steele: Against all marriage!”

Nah, not Steele; that would be a logically consistent position!

Keith makes the additional point that the net cost to business of insuring Adam and Steve on a family policy will be less than their 2 single policies.

However, if 2 heteros marry, they will be more likely to increase business’ risk by breeding dependents.

To me, this argument is similar to the argument that gay marriage is wrong because it doesn’t have the option of children issuing from it. I take this one (which Steele is not making, but no doubt he would) personally. My wife and I, both 50-somethings, also married without the possibility of procreation. So, tell me to my face that our marriage is invalid, too.

And, I’m so glad I got married before the gay marriage zeitgheist hit. Our little breeder marriage could in no way compete with the opulence of the marriage of 2 gay men. (I’d hate to think about that bachelor party too)

The “wedding industry” is one that is really hurting right now. I USED to do a lot of weddings (in the early part of the decade I worked literally every Saturday night during the summer playing weddings). As a trombone player – I’m the first to get cut out of the horn section when the economy gets band.

The wedding band that kept me so busy 7-8 years ago completely eliminated the trombone. Last summer I played MAYBE a half-dozen (probably less) weddings…

And another thing to consider. There are numerous studies show that married people are healthier and live longer. Steele’s thesis is based entirely on the increase of employer health insurance premiums. I wouldn’t be surprised if you look at overall LONG-TERM net costs of funding health insurance – I wouldn’t be surprised if the numbers showed increasing the married population actually decreaed employers’ (large and small businesses alike) health care expenses.

Just like Obama! He and Steele have the exact same position

Not seeing any problem there.

If for example, Adam marries Steve, this would increase the costs on small business. Of course if Adam straightened out and married Eve, that would also increase the cost to small business. The best hope for small business is that Adam remains unmarried, and the best hope for that is for Adam to be gay and not be allowed to marry Steve.

So when do we see the Chamber of Commerce begin its gay recruitment drive.

Hey, here’s another argument in the same vein: slavery should never have been abolished. Look how much it now costs to employ black people and actually pay them. If saving money is a good enough reason to deny gays their rights, why not blacks too?

Any comment, Michael?