the problem with all of your posts is - you talk about everything in reference to adults, and assume that homosexuality is genetic.
of course, the availability of gay marriage isn't going to mean anything to a bona-fide heterosexual male aged 25. its children and youg teens entering puberty who will be at risk from this. because during the years they are forming their sexual identities, acceptance and advocacy of gay marriage will now be a legitimate part of the american culture. this is exactly what the gay community wants, it can only help to swell their ranks, and their political power.
it only sounds like hyperbole to people who have a short term view of the situation.
I never asserted that homosexuality was genetic. I suspect that there are possible reasons it could be, but even if it were revealed to be a fully free choice of individuals, there is enough support for it to allow that choice in our society. Normally heterosexual people can make a free choice to commit to celebacy for a religious vocation, and they are allowed to do so, even though a few folks make jokes about it, and otherwise disrespect it.
its children and youg teens entering puberty who will be at risk from this. because during the years they are forming their sexual identities, acceptance and advocacy of gay marriage will now be a legitimate part of the american culture.
How do you explain all the homosexuals who emerged during the periods of time that homosexuality was strongly discouraged? Unlike you, I don't believe that "permission" is a cause of homosexuality. Just because a permissive society leads to early experimentation with heterosexual behavior, which a teen might well be predisposed to (remember being sixteen?), I feel that no amount of "permission" will make a young person attracted to a member of the same sex.
this is exactly what the gay community wants, it can only help to swell their ranks
Ah, the "recruitment" theory of homosexuality. I'd venture to guess that more women are "recruited" into being lesbians by sexual abuse from older males in their lives, than are swayed by lesbians.
it only sounds like hyperbole to people who have a short term view of the situation.
Well, deal with the fact that, to the mushy middle, it sounds exactly like hyperbole, since they don't come at the issue from the same place you do.