Reply #24: Back to the original question...

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How gay marriage would effect us heteros negatively?

• Gays will just do it better - fabulous ceremonies and a better success rate. Of course, that doesn’t count if they marry Liza Minnelli. Then all advantages are off.

• There will be less people to feel superior over in a legal way. Everybody can still hate people for their race, religion, politics and sexual persuasion, but hate will have to be “equal” under the law. That only leaves the French to deride. Bummer.

• The children will be confused when there’s no longer a mixed message about equal rights.

• Parents of same sex couples will gain a child of the same sex instead of the opposite sex “they wished they’d always wanted.”

• The Bible will be exposed for not really codifying marriage as being between a man and a woman or a dog and a cat. At it’s best the Bible (if you strive to live by either the Old or New Testament) will be found to have further contradictions in a world thousands of years later. At it’s worst, family pets will sue.

• This is a mixed one. Desirable neighborhoods will become more desirable. Property values will probably go up. Not good for taxes, but great if you’re selling.

• Polygamous families in Utah will have to have multiple husbands.

* It will revoke the sanctity of a marriage. Well maybe so IF your God (whatever) was paying attention to these events. Marriage is as sacred as you believe it to be and yet it still requires a license from the state. Hmmm. Might be a nice way to weasel out of something not so sacred anymore.

Sarcasm off.

I applaud ColordoDem2004 for the presentation of this post. In no way do I mean to deride this poster with the sarcasm of my response. In fact, I can’t think of any real reason why gay marriage should be a threat to any heterosexual marriage.

It’s just stupid and hypocritical to think otherwise.

Equal is equal or it’s not.