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Originally posted by Jonas Strider:
Like John Kerry said in his convention speech, people should not ask about family values but rather value families. Any married family who value families should be given an equal chance and recognition.
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That's just empty rhetoric though. The bottom line is, some people's idea of valuing families rests upon an abhorrance of homosexuality. The very idea of allowing gay people to legally marry is a slight upon the way they have been religiously and socially indoctrinated.
Personally I have no qualm with civil unions or marriages between gay couples. Society isn't going to crumble, there won't be riots in the streets, fire and brimstone isn't going to rain from the sky. But unfortunately for gay couples, many, many people disagree.
To be honest, I think that most of the gay couples I've met would make better parents than many of the heterosexuals I know. Because they are marginalised for their sexuality, and face ostracism and persecution because of their love for each other, these couples have to
really hold true to their love in order to weather the storm of condemnation from *cough* small-minded idiots *cough*. These sorts of relationships, between people who stick together through thick and thin despite outside hostility, who support each other and find comfort in their love, these are the sorts of relationships that will make happy, safe, loving households. People who take it upon themselves to try to prevent and/or destroy this love on the other hand...well, let's just say I don't think they should be raising children... But that's just me, maybe I'm going to hell in a handbasket
