Why do you think that? What do you think about Queer By Choice?
I also happen to think that the line in the Bible that says "a man shall not lie with another man" is addressed to heterosexuals
Why do you think that? What is your biblical justification?
I respect your views about this. I know that mine are a bit unorthodox, and I don't claim to be a Biblical scholar. But the Bible is open to interpretation, that's why there's many demoninations of Christianity as well as Judaism, and why people devote their lives to studying the likes of the Torah, the New Testament, the Talmud, etc.
The fact is, there are lots of people who are in favor of gay marriage. It's already been legalized in several European countries. You can't expect everyone who opposes gay marriage to do so for the same reasons as you do.
If the institutiton of marriage is to remain a union between a man and a woman, we need to offer people several different arguments why.
Keep in mind that the institution of marriage predates both Judaism and Christianity. People didn't get married in ancient societies because they didn't want to "live in sin", as the concept of living in sin didn't exist back then.
I happen to believe (here I go again) that the institution of marriage was originally created for one basic purpose.....so the guy who gets your daughter pregnant won't disappear and leave you having to take responsibility for providing for your grandchildren. Living in sin, true love, tax breaks, etc, etc, didn't figure into the picture in 4,000 B.C. Marriage addressed the basic fact that men and women have sex, women get pregnant, and the guy can never be heard from again, while the girl's got a baby in her belly that ain't going anywhere.
So if we want to keep gay marriage illegal, we've got to cover all the bases and not simply quote from the Bible, as there are other arguments against it that are worth being heard.