COLUMN: Gay marriage: What's the big deal?
Some day in the distant future, I will probably get married.
And if the wedding in the chapel right before mine is one between two men, it's not going to diminish the value of my marriage at all.
I'm baffled as to why gay marriage isn't legal yet. A lot of times when I hear two sides of an argument, I can at least understand where each is coming from, even if I may not agree. However, none of the arguments I've heard against gay marriage make any sense.
It seems to have a lot to do with the children. The children are, of course, the most important thing, and if gay people could get married, then we'd have to let them raise children. How could a child possibly grow up to be normal when raised by two dads or two moms? Forget about what mom and dad's divorce is going to do to their own kids, because it's okay if little Timmy suppresses his feelings, just as long as he's not gay.
Although it's probable every child raised by gay parents will turn out gay. Look at the statistics. Everyone knows every child raised by straight parents turns out straight.
Because really, it's not about the kids. It's all about God and using God as an excuse to be a bigot. We can't let gay people marry because God doesn't want them to. God doesn't want two men raising a child, because, God forbid, that child grow up with an open mind. If God were real, he'd be ashamed.
Here's the kicker: Those who fear gay people will beat their children over the heads with anti-gay propaganda are the same people who are beating their children over the heads with bibles.
And here we come to the heart of the problem. More than the deprivation of rights from people who are just as good as anyone else, more than the wild assumptions naysayers make about homosexual couples who raise children, the hypocrisy of everything might be what bothers me most.
It's alright to brainwash your own children with what you believe. However, when someone else might be teaching their own kids something you don't like, watch out. It's a travesty.
But God says gay people can't marry. That should be good enough for anyone. One must not lie with a man as he does with a woman — it's written out in Leviticus.
Also in Leviticus: Anyone who blasphemies the name of the LORD should be put to death.
I expect we should begin the killing soon.
