Gay Marriage is ultimately a Church/State issue. Since “traditional marriage” is a RELIGIOUS concept and denying homosexuals the right to marry when there are plenty of religions/churches/priests/preachers who are willing to marry them, this “ban” or failure to acknowledge this religious choice is in effect discriminating against homosexuals within a clearly defined civil right.
The solution is LESS GOVERNMENT, people! Leave marriage up the the CHURCH. If a particular church chooses to marry two men (or two women, or two transgenders), then it is THAT CHURCH’S BUSINESS! If you don’t like it, join a church that DOESN’T marry homosexuals. I know, novel concept, right? I mean, there are over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, ect… in the world - MOST of them represented some how or some way in the United States. No one is forcing you or ANYONE else to attend a church or to believe/behave in a certain way dictated by their religion, are they? I mean the CONSTITUTION specifically PROHIBITS that, right? So why in the name of Jesus titty-fucking Christ, do fucking CHRISTIANS feel ENTITLED to “inflict” their religion and religious precepts on the ENTIRE POPULATION of the United States? Get OVER yourselves! There are literally BILLIONS of people on the planet who don’t agree with you.
Here’s the list of all the religions: http://www.adherents.com/
As far as all the legal bullshit goes, treat EVERY marriage as a civil union. It would have to be between TWO CONSENTING HUMANS who have reached the age of MAJORITY and have the LEGAL and MENTAL capacity to enter into a LEGAL CONTRACT. That should take care of all the talk of marrying doorknobs or dogs or children or poly amorous relationships.
As for the argument that by changing (some call destroying) the concept of “traditional marriage” we will be undermining the entire fabric of society which will ultimately result in a complete breakdown of the family unit, I call BULLSHIT. Religious people will ALWAYS get married. You guys make up a statistically significant portion of the population. Your precious institution is safe, don’t worry. There are also plenty of NON religious (not gay) folks who will still get married. Take my dear old mum, for instance. She recently married husband number FIVE! At the ripe old age of 65! She wont be making any more babies (thank GOD), nor will she be forming an “ideal family unit” or any of that other bullshit - she just happened to have a VAGINA and found another rich swinging dick who was stupid enough not to make her sign a pre-nup, but I digress…
There will ALWAYS be 3-4% of the population that is gay, bi or “other than straight”. The current laws are disenfranchising those citizens. Letting 3% of the population be true to themselves, their lives and their hearts isn’t going to undermine or threaten ANYTHING. It might piss a few religious wingnuts off, but in my book, that’s a good thing - those judgmental fucks need to lighten up and realize there are OTHER view points out there, and that while they are entitled to have THEIR worldview, others are entitled to have a completely different world view. Both are valid and protected under the Constitution.
