Who cares, right? Who cares what other people do in their own time? Private life is just that - PRIVATE!
Look, I understand the church, and most religions declare homosexuality, and by extension, same-sex marriages to be a sin. And strictly from that standpoint, and ONLY that standpoint does this whole same-sex marriage thing have any weight.
HOWEVER, we are talking about a federal/state recognition of the "institution" of marriage. Let's face it, I can go to the courthouse right now, finding any woman on the street who is willing, able, and for that matter, wants to and get married. End of discussion. We are now married. It's going to cost us for the marriage license, and then subsequently a few lawyers to annul it or to finalize the divorce. No where in the process does it involve any religious intervention. There was no priest present, no pastor, no cardinal, no pope - just someone who was granted the power by the state government to legally wed. Marriage in this country is only recognized by the state and government as a legal thing. Notice, again, no mention what-so-ever of religious undertones.
Our country was not founded or based at all on any specific religion, or any religion at all. If you remember, the whole reason we took off and left was BECAUSE of the religion and government. So why does religion have any influence in our laws?? Especially the ones that do not harm anyone? If a man wants to marry another man, and again, I get it, religion says it is a sin, and other people might find it weird or gross or whatever, it does not affect you - or me for that matter! It doesn't affect you, it doesn't influence you (be honest, your view/opinion of "them" is already made up - being married, or not married, doesn't change ANYTHING). What are people so scared of? The legality of 2 men or 2 women marrying each other isn't going to instantly turn straight people gay and gay people straight....in the end, as I've been saying throughout this entire post, it's just a matter of LEGALITY...and taxes!
If you're going to hate or judge someone for their own choices, well...hmmmmmm...HOWEVER, marriage in this country is a legal issue - not a religious issues...so seriously people - let the fighting over a legal issue go. And seriously, read the constitution, read what the founding fathers believed and where this country should go. For what it's worth, many of them held their beliefs in deism and Free masonry. Remember separation of church and state?!?! It's that little thing that says the church should stay out of the affairs of government, and rightly so. It also says government should stay out of the affairs of church, and rightly so!
