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Originally Posted by fxashun The word marriage should not be used referring to a homosexual union. It is not. If we can as a society place limits on age and family relation, then as a society we should be able to place limits on marriage as it relates to gender makeup. | Not if, as the O.P. states, the country is based on equality and not the caprices and/or tyrannies of the majority.
And there are already legal gay marriages in the U.S. - have been for years. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Conservatism: Self-centered mean-spiritedness fueled by ignorance and misguided self-importance. Bigotry is a social disease. Legalized same-sex marriage almost certainly benefits those same-sex couples who choose to marry, as well as the children being raised in those homes. - David Blankenhorn is president of the New York-based Institute for American Values and the author of "The Future of Marriage." |