marriage has had a certain meaning in human cultures for centuries, homosexuality, while it has always been around, has always been considered a perversion.
I have no problem with gays wanting a legal document committing to each other and giving them survivor benefits etc, but that union is not a marriage.
as I ssid to someone else, you guys don't want equality and equal rights, you want to change the definition of marriage that has been used for thousands of years---and you want the government to force the rest of us to accept that change. You may win this, but not without a fight, and if you win, society will lose. But who cares, we have already lost most of our cultural heritage in the name of political correctness, might as well follow the romans and egyptians into the abyss of immorality.
>>> marriage has had a certain meaning in human cultures for centuries, homosexuality, while it has always been around, has always been considered a perversion.
Yes, gays have been persecuted throught history. Additionally, people have had to suffer under slavery, and racism. Based on using history as a measure, should we allow slavery and racism? If not, why not? Why is one form of persecution ok by you and another form not? Your religious convictions? Can you find for me the basis for your religious conviction that gays are perverts please. I've looked and only found one obscure jewish law. Jesus, by contrast, did not persecute gays. Wonder why?
The fight to define marriage by "law" as only between a man and woman, has clearly not had the result that the authoritarian religious groups intended, huh?
FYI: You can use any definition of the term Marriage that you wish to use. What you can't do, based on the Constitution, is establish your religious rules and convictions as the law of the land.