Why bother? Only about 1% of the population is homosexual, less than 10% will get married. Very few homosexual marriages will stay together. So it is likely we will never see a homosexual married couple, except on TV.
"Why bother? Only about 1% of the population is homosexual, less than 10% will get married. Very few homosexual marriages will stay together. So it is likely we will never see a homosexual married couple, except on TV."
Television has a disproportionate influence on teaching people and what it teaches should be every bit as important as what a school teaches. It's not how many 'gay marriages' there would be. Even if there were none, the issue would be unchanged. It's government sanction (and the implied societal sanction) of yet another policy (a new right in this case) with the result of further weakening the link between marriage the birthing/raising of children.
Didja ever see the results of a domestic despute between to gay guys? It aint pretty.
Second, those who do choose to get "married" will have a major impact on our laws -- and those laws affect ALL of us. For example, schools will have to teach that there is no difference between the types of marriage. Both "fathers" or both "mothers" may show up at school to address the class on "career day" or somesuch.
Exposure to the homosexual lifestyle will be forced on all of us through litigation. And since the majority of committed gays do not believe in monogamy, it will dilute the essence of the institution of marriage, and make a mockery of it.
I'm sure there were plenty of people saying that in Scandinavia and Holland ten years ago.