Jorjie Poo:
While you may not like polls, the fact is that
the overall sentiment in the country is not
in favor of gay marriage. Right, wrong, indifferent,
whatever. That's the political reality. Amd what we're
really talking about is politics.
Interestingly, procreation is a constitutionally
protected right. Laws regulating marriage are
aimed at protection of the family unit.
Such considerations are generally absent
in homosexual unions. This gets into the
rational relationship area of analysis.
Unlike race, sex, national origin, etc.,
sexual orientation is not so identifiable.
There are different schools of thought on
the issue--some say people are born gay,
others that it's a lifestyle choice, etc.
I don't know the answer, but the point is
that sexual orientation is not the same thing
as race or sex.
There is an historical and cultural basis for
the limitation of marriage to a man and a woman.
While I am sympathetic and certainly supportive
of protecting the legal rights of homosexuals,
I think that can be accomplished through domestic
partnership laws without changing marriage laws.
People aren't ready for the latter, and they probably
don't need to be.
I don't think you can compare slavery, treatment
of blacks in education, denial of voting rights to
women etc. to whether or not a gay couple can
marry. |
