Gays and Marriage

I have no problem with 'gays' getting married. A gay man is just as free to marry a woman as I am. Similarly, a gay woman is free to marry a man. No problem. No one is preventing gays from getting married.

Gays need to get a grip on the fact that they are not the mainstream of general society and learn to live with that fact, rather than trying to turn society upside down to suit their purpose, using judges that should be disbarred and politicians that should be arrested for blatantly violating the law.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/3/1/214831.shtml

I don't believe 'marriage' has anything to do with rights. If it's rights they're after, then legislate some rights, call it a civil union, or even 'gay married,' but not simply 'married.' The latter being reserved for respect and preservation of traditional family values. Marriage is something that happens between members of the opposite sex. A judge can't change the definition of marriage. Society via legislatures can, and I hope I'm not around if/when that ever happens.

Getting 'rights' for the gay lifestyle isn't, on its face, a bad idea. Trying to equate it to normal heterosexual marriage is, however.

If gays were as proud of their situation as they seem to be, then one would think they would also be proud of that which defines them. Why not invent another hyphenated class to further delineate us?  Along with ?-Americans (insert your word of choice), we'll now have Gay-Americans. And Gay-Americans can be "gay married." That seems to me to be a fair solution for gays that are tolerant of societal norms.

That would work, if only "tolerance" wasn't missing from the lexicon of the gay "movement."

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