Gay Marriage

[Ashkael]

Seems a lot of people here believe that what defines marriage is the ability of a couple to procreate. Since homosexuals cannot procreate through comfortable and intimate means, marriage has a much different meaning for us.

On a purely sentimental level, I see marriage as a way of taking my relationship with my mate to the next level. To me, marriage is a bond between two people that love each other and would like to be at each other’s side for the rest of their lives. What problem do people have with letting two men (or women) that love each other live happier than before? To tell you the truth, I could live without marriage (and probably will, since at the pace we are going, it won’t be legal during the next 100 years), but to me it would mean a lot, and I mean A LOT, to be allowed to marry the man I love. And yes, there are all the other benefits that are granted to a married couple by law, but the sentimental reasons are much more important to me.

I believe that if homosexual marriage is made legal, the divorce rate of homosexual couples will be MUCH lower than the divorce rate of heterosexual couples. This is because homosexual couples only have each other to love since there are (usually) no children in the picture. It’s a more personal relationship. Of course, a lot of homosexuals (myself included) would love to have children, even adopted, and try to form a family, but that’s a different story (and a different can of worms in the case of adoption).

So, I ask again, what problem do you have by letting me (and many others) live happier with our loved ones?

I think it was Ghostsieger who said that homosexuality is a mental illness. I would say that it’s more of a genetic thing. I “found out” that I was homosexual when I was around 13 (or 14?). And I quoted the “found out” part because I already knew, I was already experiencing homosexual feelings by the time, but I just hadn’t linked those feelings to homosexuality itself. Much in the same way you probably started experiencing heterosexual feelings until you finally were able to link it all to your sexuality. The way it happened to me makes me think that it was something that came from within, that was already there. I had no choice in the matter, much in the same way you had no choice.

So, don’t throw the “mental illness” argument at me. I’ve lived through it and I know for sure that my sexuality is not a result of a mental state.

Lastly, there’s that “if we allow homosexuals to marry, then we have to allow children to marry animals and etc.” Oh. My. God. Every single time I read or hear about a person using that argument, I just want to hand him a Darwin award. How can anybody be so utterly stupid as to come up with such an argument against homosexual marriages? Somebody already smoked that argument in this thread by saying that marriage is a contract by law, and thus only consenting adults should be allowed to marry. But do we really need to get that technical (if that can be called technical)? It’s called common sense, people!

Well, that sums up all I wanted to say. Have a good day. B)