Anytime this is brought up, conservatives MUST re-frame the issue to what’s really on the table here. Gays want to equate anal sex by two men, or lesbian grinding/whatever to have the same equal protection and blessings the state recognizes in the marriage union of a husband and wife.
Let’s have a stark, brutally graphic discussion about what they DO, and have THEM explain why those acts are just as equal as the natural, potentially life-creating act of sexual union of a husband and wife. Forget about “two people that love each other” argument - just becuase 2 people love each other has never been the only reason to allow them to marry - we don’t let underage girls and boys marry adults, we don’t let already married people who love another person, marry each other, we don’t let close relatives marry even though they love each other. And if two can love each other and want to get married, why not 3, or 4 - who are the gays to limit it to just two people?
That’s the argument I always use and I always win. The opposite side ends up defending their opposition to polygamy with “it’s just.... wrong.” Which also applies to gay marriage. Don’t let liberals pick and choose their own moral standards and carve out little niches for special interest groups. If marriage is not sacred, it should be offered to those who wish to marry inanimate objects and dogs.
The civil institution of marriage has nothing to do with protecting heterosexual sex.
There are plenty of people I love but wouldn’t marry. Besides, if you can have all the “red herring” rights that homosexuals love to talk about (hospital visits, designating anyone for your insurance, plug-pulling, and inheritance decisions) what’s the need for being called married?