How is letting gays get married more damaging to the institution than cheating on your spouse?
From the New York Post:
When are anti-gay-marriage voters going to get tired of being whipped into a frenzy about people they'll probably never meet wanting to marry someone of the same sex?
Gays and lesbians make up an estimated 5 percent to 10 percent of the US population. How much damage can they do by committing themselves to one another? They certainly can't do worse with marriage than heterosexuals have.
The New Testament says that marriage is between a man and a woman, you say? Yes, it does. But it also prohibits divorce, adultery and all sex outside of marriage. When are Republicans going to introduce a constitutional amendment banning divorce?
The "sophisticated" argument is that gay marriage poses a unique threat to the stability of the family. That one requires a thought process that my brain can't accommodate. Surely nothing is more threatening to marriage than divorce, followed by adultery. How is letting gays get married more damaging to the institution than cheating on your spouse?
Premarital sex accounts for many unexpected pregnancies, leading to single parents, again a threat to the traditional family. Yet the GOP hasn't taken up the cause of outlawing premarital sex.
Some argue that government sanction of gay marriage gives "moral approval" for such unions. If so, then a government divorce certificate provides "moral approval" for divorce - which, again, is banned in the Bible and threatens family stability.
There's a simple solution: Get the government out of the marriage business and provide civil unions to heterosexual and homosexual couples. Leave churches to perform the kinds of marriages that they want.
Posted on 7/8/2008 8:21:42 PM by TMassApproved 7/15/2008 1:29 PM