There are gay people in the world. I know that is absolutely shocking and unacceptable to many people, but it's true. Also, no matter how often you ban gay marriage, shun the homosexual community, or beat your children for being so much as curious about the same sex, gay people will continue to exist.
There's really only two ways to go about this, people. One option is we round up everyone who has ever even so much has THOUGHT about touching another person of the same sex in a sexual manner and throw them all into a large pit of fire. The other option is to make it legal, and if you don't agree with it, don't engage in it.
I honestly don't understand why certain people in America are so set on making gay marriage illegal. The only thing anyone has been able to present as a reason for why it should be illegal is that it will damage the sanctity of marriage. However, sanctity is completely derived from religion, and marriage by the state (government) has no bearing on whether or not you were married through a religious ceremony, so I fail to see that point.
Another point that people love to use is that "First we let gay people marry, then people are going to start wanted to marry horses next!" That is what we call as straw man argument. Feel free to look it up, but it has no bearing or relevance to this issue, it only seeks to draw attention away from the original point and instead get people to focus on something else, usually a point that is easier to defend against. You know how to make someone who uses that argument sound REALLY dumb? Ask them at which point you think it makes sense to give animals the legal authority to sign a marriage document, as well as grant them a social security number, power of attorney, and next-of-kin rights. Really, I think anyone who uses that argument sounds like a colossal dickbag, mainly because they're putting gay people right next to bestiality. NOT. THE. SAME. THING.
I am 100% in support of gay marriage. However, the issue that we also have right now is that gay marriage and women's rights are two of the biggest points that are being used in our next presidential election. I have an issue with this because it will completely detract from any of the actual plans that each candidate has. Look, if Mitt Romney comes out and says that one of the first things he will do is ban gay marriage forever, but he also lays out a plan to fix the economy that everyone universally agrees will work... that puts me in an awkward position. Honestly, I don't believe in sacrificing your morals, principals, and dignity for the sake of fixing a problem. You can't tell me that we have to lose our humanity and civility in exchange for a future, because that future will end up looking more blonde haired and blue eyed once we start down that path.
Again, gay people aren't going anywhere. Isn't it time that we stop the pointless bickering, allow two human beings to marry each other, and start focusing on REAL issues?
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