QUOTE(gcskate27 @ Feb 22 2005, 05:53 AM)
ive yet to hear a good reason against gay marriage other than people dont like it... :rolleyes:
To me, there is one main reason that a lot of people don't support gay marrige. When you think about it, there aren't too many "advantages" financially, almost none. I'm not sure about a spouse's insurance coverage, maybe that would be covered by civil unions. A federally recognized same-sex marrige would give it legal legitimacy in the court's eyes.
The main reason I am against gay marrige, is because they would be able to adopt children easier. No gay marrige can produce children between the two partners, making adoption their next alternative (lesbians would nave an easier time trying to make a baby, with a little help). Giving the multi-year waits that straight couples have to go through to adopt a child, legal gay marriges would put them on the same priority of the straight couple.
You can say all you want that "these gay couples will love these children just as much as the straight couples would" all you want, but life is tough enough without having to deal with fact that you have 2 mommies or daddies.
Bush (as all Christians should) does not dislike gay people, he just doesn't agree with the way that they live their lives. His opposition to gay marrige reflected his beliefs, and the beliefs of the majority of his supporters. Give the gays all of the rights that are afforded to straight people, biding by the laws of nature. A constitutional "man-woman marrige only" ammendment would keep marrige sacred (some people consider it a sacrament).