I agree with you on one point...I think some people are born gay. It is not a choice for them.
Having said that, some people are born with schizophrenia. Mental health doctors recognize this condition as damaging to a normal, healthy life; and, they attempt to treat it. Until the 1980’s, they took the same approach with homosexuality (no kidding - it was classified as a mental disorder).
So, while I agree with the notion that some people born gay, I do not agree that it is a condition that is laudable...and quite frankly it is usually very damaging to an individual.
On to gay marriage. Matrimony is one of the Sacraments of the Catholic church. Frankly, I get a little offended when somebody who acts in a manner so contrary to the church makes a DEMAND that his lifestyle be ‘approved’ by others.
I have had this discussion several times with gay marriage supporters: Go ahead, call it a ‘Civil Union’. And, with the legal status of ‘civil union’, you will get all the rights you pretend to want - ability to make end of life decisions in the hospital, shared health insurance if offered by the employer...whatever. You can have EVERYTHING you want, with one exception - don’t call it marriage.
Its a no go. They won’t agree to it. The demand is that it must be ‘marriage’. They desperately want to force the majority to offer an approval of their lifestyle, and will accept nothing less than the moniker of ‘marriage’.
Suddenly, it has nothing to do with end of life decisions, etc...and everything to do with forcing the majority change the definition of a very well defined and understood word.
That’s the non-starter for me. They don’t want to be ‘married’ to have ‘rights’....they want it, to force others to accept them.
BS...
You can choose what hole you want to stick your peg into, one is evil, one is natural.
What ever you choose to do is up to you.
Wonderful post.
As I explained to my daughter, “Would you allow a schizophrenic to marry his broom?”
Bingo!
Lacrew, you’ve got every single point of the gay issue 100% correct.
By the way...I still believe that it’s a mental disorder, and that they’re born that way.
Great post.