re: #220 londonistan calling

There is nothing other than malevolence towards gays that would motivate a rejection of the redefinition of one of the oldest social contracts? Are you sure? Could it possibly be that there are people who would like for gay couples to have all the legal rights of married couples, but still hold marriage out as the ideal? Equating same sex marriage to inter-racial marriage is a calumny.. there is not one iota of difference between a black human being and a white human being, but a world of difference between a man and a woman. My daughters spend 2 weeks every summer at a cottage of a lesbian couple that I love greatly, but I can have love for individuals without thinking that society has to be reordered to sanctify their union.

Why does marriage have to be anything other than a religious construct? I’m personally in favor of civil unions for everyone and relegating marriage to the spiritual and personal realm where it belongs.