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Originally Posted by Danzig188
the thing i ca't figure out is...what would it hurt any person to know that gays can marry? what affect would it have to anyone other than the gay people who could legally commit to another person? would i still have the life i have? sure would. would my kids? well, yes.
as for 'respect for the sanctity of marriage' as an argument, that is fairly easy to dispute, knowing how many marriages end in failure. if hetero couples are so easily swayed from a supposed commitment, just how holy is matrimony anyway??
in your religion, if your church feels a certain way regarding marriage, that's one thing...
but as far as this country, and as far as church and state being separate, and as marriage is considered a 'legal agreement', than i would think the govt has no right to declare rights for some, but not all.
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which is exactly why you call it a "civil union" and then watch the mayhem that ensues. Anyone still against it would out themselves as an extremist. This way, homosexuals get the rights -- which they claim is the only thing they're after, and the Christian right gets to hold on to the semantics. Then, your left-wingers who still insisted it be called marriage would prove that they were lying the whole time, and that their agenda is about beating the Christian right, and not getting equal rights. Those on the Christian right who still wouldn't back it, would expose themselves as judgmental and proponents of inequality -- and therefore expose themselves as terrible Christians to begin with.
End of story -- everyone wins!