But the most important point for me is that we have too many much more critical issues facing us: progression towards socialism (government takeovers of way too many things in our daily lives that should be left to the states and/or the individuals), national defense, economy, border security, religions that do not tolerate other religions and try to foist their beliefs onto me, etc. The old axiom "keep your powder dry" comes to mind. Focusing all this energy on gay marriage makes it seem as if we're against everything. Seems to me we should devote our efforts to the most serious issues.
When a plane is on fire and the pilot is fighting to get it safely on the ground, beverage service is not a real important priority for me.
Either we're going to have individual freedoms or we're not. It doesn't make sense to argue for individual freedoms for some issues and against them on others. I just want the government to leave me alone.
No one was stopping ‘gays’ from making contracts or commitments between themselves and other individuals. That is not the issue. The issue for the ‘gay rights’ movement is that they want to force everyone in society to accept their perverted morality. Big difference. Why should anyone be forced to associate with people openly engaging in homosexual behavior by force of the government punishing them with a lawsuit? The ‘gay rights’ movement do not even want to allow people to have equal representation under the law on this issue. They just want it dictated.
“should have a right to enter into legal contracts that don’t affect other people.”
They do affect children. Children have a right to their mother and their father and regardless of what homosexuals may or may not believe, they are depriving their children of their birthright.
Gay marriage does affect other people in a negative fashion.
I agree, but a civil union IS a "gay marriage." They are not precluded from entering into such a contractual relationship - and they shouldn't be. An actual marriage is between a man and a woman.