something for you to think about re your erroneous statement of >If you believe that your God sanction's only male/female marriages, that's fine, but don't presume to make that a rule for me, or suggest that I am co-opting an institution that is free to all who choose it, regardless of the feelings of others.<:
The State, from a popular religous tradition which transcends the ages and supports a biological imperative, sanctions marriages, which is defined as a covenant between a male and female. It is not, as you suggest, "freely available to all who choose it."
The government issues lots of things which are definitely not "freely available to all who choose it": I can't get cash AFDC payments from the government, because I don't qualify: I don't have a Dependent Child. My car doesn't qualify, and neither does my house, even though both of those things take money to support. The bottom line is, at least some gays want to co-opt and change the definition of marriage, in order to exact some kind of social statement that is contrary to the teachings of this country's dominant religion, Christianity. It's as simple as that. |
