[Juana la Loca]

My husband feels the same way you do. But, my argument is that the push for legalizing gay marriage has nothing to do with rights or marriage. It is an attempt to legitimize homosexuality. If gay unions are sanctioned by the government, there is the basis to prevent discrimination against homosexuality when it comes to things such as....your public school receives federal funds...so homosexuality must have equal representation in sex ed and health programs. It’s an attempt to lessen people’s aversion to it thru mainstreaming, pure and simple. That is why I vehemently oppose it.

[presidio9]

I agree with both of you. My conclusion is also based on Catholicism, which did not recognize any marriage that did not take place in a Catholic Church. I go a bit farther than that. I believe that a man and a woman are married when they make a promise to each other and to God in front of their own religious community (as a side note, this is why I also don't believe in divorce in most circumstances: You break a promise to God at the peril of your own eternal soul. Your wife cheated on you? What did God have to have to do with it?).

That being said, I agree with the idea that the real issue here is gays seeking further acceptance in the community. After 50+ years of looking science has yet to identify the so-called "gay gene." I am willing to hypothesize that none exists. Therefore, a good percentage of homosexuals were not, in fact, "born that way." Since homosexuals can not reproduce, they are forced to recruit. History has shown that the more permissive societies had a larger percentage of homosexuals. They also tended to be on the verge of self-destruction, but I won't make that argument here.