chris in Toronto:
Your arguments trump everything written so far. It is the voice of reason in a sea of nonsense.
Paul of Alexandria:
“Yes it does, and it’s not mystical – it’s biology. Men and woman are fundamentaly different (as any parent with both a son and daughter can testify). They have different qualities and properties and serve different functions. Together they complement each other and form a symbiotic relationship. A man might “feel” that he’s really a woman, or vice-versa, but that means very little. The biology just isn’t there.”
Yes men and women are biologically different, but it has no bearing on whether the individual can be an effective parent or not. Bad parenting happens when a person believes his or her biology has granted them with the skills to be a good parent. The greater trajedy of the modern family is not because gay people want to share their lives with the person they choose, but a breakdown in the heterosexual families that are failing thier children.
To the rest of you, marriage is a relationship between two adults, children or not. Its when two people want to share their lives in an intimate and loving relationship that has a spiritual significance beyond casual love or a business contract. Marriage is the only institution that expresses this commitment in a meaningful way. To deny these citizens, these brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, mothers and fathers, cousins and neighbors this ability is just down right selfish. Shame on your judgemental, small-minded selves.
