How has the legalization of gay marriage affected you?

probably will get buried as I am late but it's an honest and serious answer.

Parents got divorced when I was eight (am now 20) because my mom was a lesbian. Parents still to this day are very civil with each other and even though my dad had a very tough time overcoming the pain he eventually started dating again and is now happily remarried. I switched houses every week between my dad and mom every week from their divorce until I was 18. Right after their divorce she started dating women. She then seemed to stabilize with another woman and they dated for about 5 years then broke up. She then dated another woman for 7 years during which they had a child then broke up. She then recently started dating another woman who also has a kid and has actually been married to her for the past 11 months. She only told me about the marriage this past july. (We live in NC and they went to MA to get married). Keep in mind this is six months after she had just broken up with her last girlfriend. Don't get me wrong, I support marriage equality, but we are mistaken if we believe that people who are gay should have different expectations for committed relationships. Just because you are gay does not mean you have less responsibility to a child or should be reckless in your relationships. I know this is only a small case, but from the other members of the gay community I have met I believe that because of the hostility facing them from others there is an extreme defense system surrounding them where questioning anything about gay marriage makes you a bigot or something worse. I just don't want my little brother to grow up in broken house like me. If anything gay people should feel a responsibility to prove everyone wrong and raise awesome fucking kids and be the really sweet old couples we see in the media.

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