religion has NOTHING to do with this.
society rewards the institution not the individual.
homosexual conduct is only about recreational sex and how an INDIVIDUAL achieves gratification. Marriage is about an institution which benefits the future of society.
the author must be a flamer because they simple do not get it. homosexual conduct produces zero benefits for society, it only produces costs.
it is not about consent to recreate with adults, it is how to adults will best model the production of offspring for society. homosexuals engaging in the chosen recreational conduct do not produce offspring. They can only buy or recruit offspring.
this amendment is a benefit to society.
the author is just pushing the fiction of “born that way” (ala lady gaga’s song where he sings born that way)
Pedophiles, kleptomaniacs, canibalists, and homicidal maniacs could be considered “born that way” as well,
but no one would think to make special provisions in the law to accomodate their proclivities.
(I don’t buy “born that way”, either, not given the statistics we see among victims of sex abuse and adoptees of homo couples.)