“Can someone please explain to me why it's the 'conservative' position to support the government's definition and endorsement of the sacred bond between me and my wife?”
Sure, I’ll give it a try.
When we’re dead and gone, the country, our children and the government will still be here.
Therefore, responsible people have an interest in ensuring that the government establishes and promotes good public policy to ensure the long-term health of the nation.
Marriage between one man and one woman has proven to be the most effective way to ensure the health, safety and upbringing of the children a marriage creates.
When marriage is damaged, children are damaged, and sodomiage, a.k.a. “same sex” marriage or “gay” marriage, certainly damages marriage.
Need proof? Ever since the Dutch passed registered partnerships in 1997, followed by formal sodomiage in 2000, they have had a continuous nine-year spike in out-of-wedlock birthrates.
“If a couple of queers get married,” your marriage, today, will not be damaged. But the institution of marriage, in the long-term, will be damaged, and children will be hurt.
It may be difficult to grasp at first, but sodomiage significantly changes the way people look at marriage, and people tend to marry less – significantly less – because of it.
The result is that fewer and fewer children grow up in stable home environment, and the children suffer.
If you doubt that, ask any elementary school teacher the following question: “Which school child is more prepared to learn: one from a stable, two-parent home, or one from some other family situation?”
We risk so very, very much, just to give a few the “right” to sodomiage. It’s an extremely bad trade.
What’s more, only a small percentage of the already small percentage of homosexuals actually do get sodomiaged (as evidenced in Massachusetts).
Why? Because same-sex perversion, for the most part, is not about fidelity and children, it is about multiple partners – and I mean hundreds – and hedonism.
If a few devoted lesbians are an exception to the rule and want to live their lives together, go for it – hire a lawyer, draw up a legal contract and live happily ever after. But legalizing sodomiage for those few simply risks too much.
Note that the same logic and “reasons” that argue for sodomiage also argue well for polygamy and consenting incestual relationships. Notice these relationships don’t affect your marriage either.
In summary, given all the hard data and risks, I think all conservatives have a duty to support the Federal Marriage Amendment, and Senators who do not support the amendment, e.g. Johnny McCain, should be voted out of office.
I would love to have McCain voted out of office. He does not represent my views.