I simply cannot understand why people have such a problem with gay marriage.If we talk globally for a minute, there are plenty of faiths which allow the man to have more than one wife.In fact in early Christianity there are plenty of examples of polygamy, to allow for the birth of more children.I believe, even here in the USA that holds true,illegally, for certain splinter groups of one faith. So what therefore defines a "typical marriage"The answer is there is no such thing. A male member of the Islamic faith could quite legitimately argue his right to take up to 4 wives.We may not all agree with it.However it is permitted within the tenets of his faith.
Indeed if things had not changed over the years as fertility rates increased and neonatal deaths decreased we Christians could still be practicing polygamy.So I can see no valid argument t, for not changing things, when they have changed so radically over the centuries.We are a multi cultural world now,which encompasses lots of different faiths and different definitions of the institution of marriage.To isolate gay marriage, and exclude the possibility of it, is to be prejudiced.
So all those who are against it, for the sake of change or conservatism, need to go off protesting about all the other types of marriage that exist, some illegally.They need to be walking with banners advocating the reinstating of polygamy, because that only stopped within the Christian faith because of change.
I still say as a married woman with 3 kids that all citizens should be allowed equal rights.We will never get there without a fight.I do not see gays as moaning or whining.I see them fighting for their rights, in the same way the suffragettes did for votes, and the feminists for equal pay.
It would be interesting to see a straw poll of those who are against gay marriage, to see what else they are against.
I hope one day someone in decades hence discovers this thread, or reads about all the fuss and just laughs, as gay marriages have become the norm.In the same way we women here, cannot imagine not being allowed to vote.