I really don't care what homos want to do with their life, as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others. What I do care about is creating a 'right' where one does not exist. No one has a 'right' to marriage. Marriage is something that heterosexual couples have been doing for thousands of years. It is considered a normal cultural custom that we did in our churches and the State recognized as a legal binding contract between the man and woman.
Seeing as how we come from European cultures and traditions, we follow the customs of marriage that Europeans created. Many of these customs come from ancient times and have changed as time goes on but modern day marriages stem from the Catholic Church and their legally binding contracts between royal families in an attempt to stop European countries from murdering their neighbors over lands. Naturally, the peasants followed suit and these laws were granted to us too.
Because we come from a European culture, marriage is a religious ceremony but it is also a word used for a civil union/contract between 2 adults. If homos want to get married, they can go and get a civil union and if they want to say they are married, no one is stopping them. If they can find a church that will marry them, more power to them but if the State says, "Homosexuals have a right to marriage", the very next day, 2 Jewish lezbo's are going to march down to the local Christian church (never an Islamic temple church thing), demand they marry them and then feign shock and horror over being denied. They will put on a show for the media and sue the church into oblivion, infringing on the rights of the people in the church to worship in their church of choice.
No one has a right to marriage and yes, the State should be involved in marriage/civil unions as it is nothing more than a contract. Legally binding contracts are one of the main functions of the State, otherwise, contracts wouldn't mean shit.
Seeing as how we come from European cultures and traditions, we follow the customs of marriage that Europeans created. Many of these customs come from ancient times and have changed as time goes on but modern day marriages stem from the Catholic Church and their legally binding contracts between royal families in an attempt to stop European countries from murdering their neighbors over lands. Naturally, the peasants followed suit and these laws were granted to us too.
Because we come from a European culture, marriage is a religious ceremony but it is also a word used for a civil union/contract between 2 adults. If homos want to get married, they can go and get a civil union and if they want to say they are married, no one is stopping them. If they can find a church that will marry them, more power to them but if the State says, "Homosexuals have a right to marriage", the very next day, 2 Jewish lezbo's are going to march down to the local Christian church (never an Islamic temple church thing), demand they marry them and then feign shock and horror over being denied. They will put on a show for the media and sue the church into oblivion, infringing on the rights of the people in the church to worship in their church of choice.
No one has a right to marriage and yes, the State should be involved in marriage/civil unions as it is nothing more than a contract. Legally binding contracts are one of the main functions of the State, otherwise, contracts wouldn't mean shit.