Actually, again most people have been attracted to the same sex at one point or another......not completely irrelevant to the discussion.
#2) Again, I brought this up ONLY because someone challenged the normalcy of being gay and used this as an argument against gay marriage.
#3)Homosexuals would be discriminated against, because you are denying them the same life, liberty and pursuit of happiness that straight people enjoy. If this were a group of people that somehow endangered others, or if homosexuality were a disease, than I can see why we would want to prevent it, but why prevent healthy, normal adults who want to be in a monogomous relationship from getting married. If you can prevent such a group from doing this, whose to say other groups couldn't be affected in the future. I'm talking about setting a precendent
Everybody. I have to stop posting for awhile.......I'm sure some of you will have a hard time containing your glee. I truly do appreciate most of the posts though. Its invigorating for me, and I think good on the whole, to have a healthy discussion about any and all political topics. I've actually learned quite a bit today, that there are those who have given this issue (gay marriage)much thought and have come up with conclusions that I can respect, if not agree with. There are also those who seem content to read only those things that support their views and who tote the conservative line......not very different from some liberals in this regard. I do want to apologize for posting so much, it just seemed like there were so many people saying so many things that I felt I had to respond to as many as I could.
I do hope that, at the very least, even if we can't agree with each other, we CAN learn to tolerate (not accept) and live with each other. Thanks! If anyone would like to continue this discussion, feel free to email me at: Covenantt@aol.com
Again, I brought this up ONLY because someone challenged the normalcy of being gay and used this as an argument against gay marriage.
What does the "normalcy" of being gay have to do with law? See above.
Homosexuals would be discriminated against, because you are denying them the same life, liberty and pursuit of happiness that straight people enjoy.
Homosexuals have every right to marry someone of the opposite sex. The same as I do. There is no discrimination.
but why prevent healthy, normal adults who want to be in a monogomous relationship from getting married.
So, if one partner were unhealthy, (AIDS), or wanted a polygamous relationship, you don't think they should be able to get married?
I'm talking about setting a precendent
Me, too. See LizardQueen's comments above.
Live. Be free. Pursue happiness.
But you should not do is try and link individual desires to the yoke of the taxpayer, or play with the building blocks of human society.
Society does not need gay marriage in order to survive, but it does need to protect heterosexual marriage. Civilization is built off of millions of families producing children the same way your body produces cells. Without a stable process for doing so, your body would not be viable.
Conversely, there is no (to borrow a phrase) Queer Nation. They have no need to procreate, nor do they need the institutions that protect procreation. People that are gay will appear as always, and seek each other out. Convenient, yes, but it leaves the heavy lifting to others.
Not so. That's a big stinking lie. Nothing in the law prevents you from getting married just because you are gay.