Originally posted by bedo420
and just becuase it is a law doesn't make it right.
Also, the freedom of this nation is already in seriuos jeopardy and telling one group of people that they can't do something that another group is allowed to do is a perfect example.
Freedom in this country isn't in serious jeopardy. No one is suggesting that homosexuals lose their rights to life and liberty. But freedom does not mean, and never has, the right to do anything you want. It's relegated to certain rights...life, liberty, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, etc.
The funny thing here is that morality is a legitimate concern of laws and society. Every law is based on what's right for society. If you abandon that concept, all laws go out the window.
Imagine a country with no welfare, no protection for illegal immigrants, no seatbelt laws, no suicde laws, no euthanasia laws, no drug laws, no gun restrictions, no truancy laws, no...ah, the peace of it!
If you ask me, I'd be willing to exchange the vast majority of laws which are based on morality and cause me harm for one little law on gay marriage. Because in the end, even those endorsing gay marriage will wish it were the way it is now and all those other laws to be reinstated.