As a white republican with an korean democrat for a wife, I have a feeling that at some point in the prior century, inter-racial marriage was illegal in some parts of the USA. Thank goodness it is not illegal anymore (or at least I hope it isn't).
If we are talking about our founding fathers fighting for freedom. Why is it that we want to impair the freedom of gay people from getting married in the eyes of our government?
To me a lot of this stuff is based on rules from various religions. There are a couple of religions that disallow eating pork. I think one of them is part of our good old judeo-christian background. I have not visited the middle east, but I doubt I could get a BBQ pulled pork sandwich in some countries over there because the religious rules are pushed into government laws. Thank goodness in the USA, I have the freedom to eat a BBQ pulled port sandwich right up the street from my office if I want to.
If gay people want to get married, I don't want to mess with their freedom, the same way I don't want someone else messing with my freedom of choice when it comes to what I eat for lunch.
And if we allow gay marriage, then gay couples they get the freedom to have messy divorces and child custody battles too.
Perhaps this issue should be a bigger deal to you if your religion recognizes that gay marriage. You can always switch to a different brand of religion that disallows gay marriage. You can do that because of the freedom of religion we have here in the USA. Freedom is a good thing!
Hey if one of your children turns out to be gay, you have the freedom to disown that child too.
Hmm... I think I get myself in trouble whenever I post in the lounge. I should remember not to do this again.