02-27-2004, 06:32 AM
First of all, Nystul, if they are both fine situations to be married, then why did you place the caveat in your first post?
Because the institution of marriage is critical to the social structure of family. It is through the concept of family that marriages can have a greater impact on society outside of the private relationship between the two people, which is important to the two people themselves but otherwise far from critical.
You still have not explained why it is a bad thing for society for homosexuals to make a commitment in the form of marriage to one another.
Obviously, because homosexual acts are immoral. I suppose you were hoping for something deeper and more rational than that, though. Don't get your hopes up!
I would consider a child with either no mother or no father to be in a broken family. It may be the best situation available for some kids, and they may "make it through" just fine, but in my opinion there are significant points in life where you feel like you need a mother or father, and I'm convinced that the gender aspect is quite relevant (perhaps I've heard too many Mother's Day and Father's Day poems). Recognizing 2 men or 2 women as a legitimate family core through the institution of marriage would be one more strike against the already struggling concept of the nuclear family. In that regard, such marriages strike me as being as harmful to the institution and it's role in society as the oft-referenced Britney marriage.
Because the institution of marriage is critical to the social structure of family. It is through the concept of family that marriages can have a greater impact on society outside of the private relationship between the two people, which is important to the two people themselves but otherwise far from critical.
You still have not explained why it is a bad thing for society for homosexuals to make a commitment in the form of marriage to one another.
Obviously, because homosexual acts are immoral. I suppose you were hoping for something deeper and more rational than that, though. Don't get your hopes up!
I would consider a child with either no mother or no father to be in a broken family. It may be the best situation available for some kids, and they may "make it through" just fine, but in my opinion there are significant points in life where you feel like you need a mother or father, and I'm convinced that the gender aspect is quite relevant (perhaps I've heard too many Mother's Day and Father's Day poems). Recognizing 2 men or 2 women as a legitimate family core through the institution of marriage would be one more strike against the already struggling concept of the nuclear family. In that regard, such marriages strike me as being as harmful to the institution and it's role in society as the oft-referenced Britney marriage.