wgm4u: > Too bad some folks have so little tolerance > for others opinions... > Marriage between a man and a woman has its origins in the objective reality of reasonable human nature. Our reason informs us that man and woman are meant for each other physically and socially.
Only the union of man and woman can produce offspring, a new life into the world. This cannot be altered anymore than gravity and the fact that everything falls down. Same-sex notions are just an emotional appeal and lacks almost any intellectual heft. Folks that want to be together deserve dignity and respect, but they do not have the right to redefine marriage for the rest of us. If marriage is not limited to one man and one woman, then how does the state, as a matter of human reason and equal rights, exclude polygamy, polyandry, and the marriage of children to adults? If you admit that marriage need not be limited to a man and a woman, then why shouldn't any combination a lawful marriage? If ten consenting women want to marry one man, then why not? If five consenting men want to marry three consenting women then why not? It just doesn't make any sense. Once marriage loses its special status, the burden is on the state to define and articulate why other forms of marriage ought to be invalid. And there is the notion that same-sex marriage violates faith to "be friutful and multiply" and "leave your parents and cling to your wife and become one". And, same-sex marriage is counter to faith simply because it does not conform to the species reproducing which is natural law. Passing laws to redefine marriage is a denial of essence, a denial of the objective truth of nature, and instead embraces a subjective reality that can become law based on the arbitrary satisfaction of the current cultural conscience - a simple byproduct of our. Just because our leader has "progressed" in his thinking doesn't show wisdom - it shows weakness, as if Obama just wants to remain relevant and get his name in the newspaper in order to win an election. His guru already said Obama is just a politician, not a real spiritual leader. But, in the final analysis, why is the government even in the business of human love certification? If it's not for the rights of survivors, for there are no survivors, then what is it for? There is only one type of love that produces offspring.
