One Man, One Woman -- Only

I realize we're in violent agreement here, but consider that marriage is a voluntary commitment. Just because a gay man has the same right to marry a woman as a straight man doesn't mean that he'd choose to do so (though historically this was commonplace).

But the fact is this has nothing to do with marriage. The whole "gay rights" movement has long since become just another branch-office of the radical left. Try finding any disagreement between front organizations like the "Human Rights Campaign" and any other leftist lobby. It's the same "class struggle" message, repackaged to suit the brand preferences of whatever "aggrieved" subgroup comes calling.

Here's the real answer to this "problem". Many companies today provide benefits to same-sex couples. All it will take is for a few major corporations to change their HR policies to require that these same-sex couples get married in states which recognize same-sex marriage in order for these benefits to continue. This is a reasonable argument since no company provides benefits to live-in unmarried girlfriends. Such a move would stop things dead in their tracks since the truth is that very few gays really want to get married even though the (very vocal) minority gets all the press.

Whether they ‘like’ the connection or not is irrevelant.

Birth defects affect ~3-4% of the population. Strangely, this is about the same percentage of gay people. Being Gay is not a favorable result, as this percentage is less likely to replicate - which is the entire purpose of having reproductive organs.

For years, the Gays insisted that they were a much larger percentage of the population, but recent surveys place the number back into the 3-4% range.

I do not subscribe into the ‘brainwashing’ idea. No amount of social pressure will make me lust after another man. No amount of social pressure will make me sexually desire another man. This is a hard-wired, hormone driven yearning. I do think that the gay community could foster ‘experimentation’; but at the end of the day - I do not think a ‘normal’ man could become a ‘gay’ man. Possibly bi-sexual; but not gay. IMHO, a ‘bi-sexual’ person is a person who simply wants their jollies and doesn’t particually care how they get them.

All it will take is for a few major corporations to change their HR policies to require that these same-sex couples get married in states which recognize same-sex marriage in order for these benefits to continue. This is a reasonable argument since no company provides benefits to live-in unmarried girlfriends.

I like the way you think!! If they want 'equality' I say we give them exactly what they want. Add to this mix the whole 'Divorce', 'Custody', 'Division of income and property' that the rest of us get to enjoy - and let's watch that movement come to a crashing halt.

People choose to do things because they WANT to do them. If you physically cannot control yourself, then you need to be institutionalized.

If you CAN control yourself, then do so.

Homosexuality has been condemned by God since the beginning of time. It is a sign of moral decay and hedonistic decadence.

No matter what urges you have, it is still a choice. And it does NOT deserve special rights or recognition.

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