[af_vet_rr]

He promised the strict evangelical group, which has 16m members, that he would work hard to ban gay marriage and abortion, and that their “family values” were his values, too.

If he really wants to work on marriage and family values, maybe we can all pull our heads out of the sand and drop the charade that gay marriage is destroying the institution of marriage and family values. Instead, let's focus on the real problem - divorce.

Even if all the gays that wanted to get married could get married, they would still be a fraction of the population compared to the number of heterosexuals who get divorced. Our instant-gratification culture (or whatever you want to call it) has led people to divorce in record numbers. It's almost as if people who stay married their whole lives are going to become some kind of anomaly.

If I've offended any of you that are divorced, I would apologize, but I just think that with so many people getting divorced (and not just once either), and with so many families being broken up over it, it's something that needs to be addressed, but that nobody wants to talk about.

[AzaleaCity5691]

Interesting that the first state to institute Covenant Marriage (basically marriage that excludes the possibility of no-fault) was in fact Louisiana, and that in fact, this was primarily a project pushed by the state's Catholic clerics.

[My2Cents]

Outstanding comment. I still oppose gay marriage, but your points are well-taken.