Equality

[etherial]

I have this friend Sean. Many of you know him. He is a tough, hard-assed, and shrewd logical thinker. Everything he believes is firmly entrenched in logic. He's also a Conservative Christian, and doesn't like "gay marriage." Needless to say, this has been a topic of debate between the two of us for some time.

A month ago, I was going to make a post about how we were debating the issue, and for the first time in a long time, I felt like I had held my ground. That was an important day for me, because I get a bit touchy when my friends and family fail to see the logic against them.

Yesterday, the issue came up in conversation again, and he conceded. So long as there is a legal institution of marriage, it has to be applied equally to all couples seeking it. Regardless as to whether or not they're dirty homo queer fags.

This is my 300th post.

Comments

[mikecap.livejournal.com]

There is hope.

[evan712.livejournal.com]

There is solid logic behind the idea of not allowing gays to marry. Not that many opponents to gay marriage actually think it through. For thhis logic to to work you must take two items as fact.

1) Marriage is meant to be a stable framework for raising children.

2) Children need both a male and female parent to bond with (note: male/female as opposed to mother/father. I'm not pigeonholing either gender into specific roles, just that they are there to help the child identify with and understand both sexes)

If you believe those two items then there is no place for gay marriage. Of course that brings up other problems that are not being addressed, such as atrocious divorce rates.

That said, I don't have a problem with gay marriage. Marriage is no longer a framework fro raising children. It is an institutionalized way of saying "I love you," and a series of tax breaks. Plus, like the article I posted yesterday shows, it is attitude that makes the difference in raising a child. I do think that not getting enough exposure to both sexes will cause problems, but that can be taken care of with a little forethought.