Quote Originally Posted by markw View Post
You don't have to spare me. I don't judge, but I do have strong feelings about some things. As for marriage, this is an institution that has gone on in it's current form since the beginning of time and, if history is any indication, it's been quite successful in preserving the species. I really don't see any cause to change it. Already legal ramifications are starting to be seen here.
Mark, I have stayed clear of this argument, but your Neanderthal like perspective is pretty troubling. Marriage has been going on since the beginning of time, but so has rape, racism, and several other things. Considering the fact that the divorce rate sit firmly at 50%, one has to doubt whether this model is all that successful. All of my siblings have gone through a divorce, and I am the only one that didn't. We have 6 billion folks on this planet, so procreation has done its job, and is pretty much through as an excuse for keep things "as it is". Straight folks have done wonderful things with marriage(turns sarcasm button off). The institution is truly in a state of dysfunction, and at this point, it is not a beacon of light you are trying to make it.

There are legal ramifications in any divorce, so that is a flimsy excuse for not allowing same sex marriage.

As for nuts bombing abortion clinics, how many can you count? I'll bet there are more pedophile/homosexual priests abusing children, not to mention prison rape. Don't even get me started on NAMBLA.
If even one person dies from a abortion clinic bombing, that is too many. Most prison rapes are done by those who consider themselves straight in society. Rape in prison is not about sexuality, it is about control. Unfortunately gays are victims of prison rapes far more than the are perpetrators.

As for homosexuals in society, have at it but don't try to convince me, or my children that it's normal. It's an aberration of nature, nothing more, and should be accepted as such.
If it is such an aberration of nature, then why can you find it in nature so much? How many gays have to be created by God(man is his creation) and put on this earth before it becomes acceptable? There are millions of gays all over the world, and that is a lot of aberrations - is nature becoming dysfunctional? More and more are being born each day, so why does God let this happen if it is an aberration? Nobody on this planet who is gay wants to waste their time trying to convince you of anything, they have their lives to live.

Since you are not God, no one really has to accept anything just because you state it. Your proclamations are just your opinion, and that should be taken with a bag of salt. No where in the Bible does God or Jesus mention anything about homosexuality, so this is nothing more than the opinion of man, or laws created by man to control man.

As for your going to hell for your preferences, that's between you and your god, nobody else. Take it up with him/her/whatever. But, if you don't believe in one, unless the local townsfolk attack your castle with pitchforks and torches, why should what others believe bother you? Remember, sticks and stones...
This I agree with.