Same sex marriage

An article by LYoung 3 Comments

This was sent to me in my email:

As you know, marriage is under attack from those, including the Government, who are trying to make same sex marriage legal throughout Canada. This would further weaken marriage in Canada because it would radically redefine this essential institution in the minds of future generations. It would alter it from being about the bearing and rearing of children as it is now into something which is only about adult relationships.

Children have the right to be raised in homes where both role models, mother and father, are present and research conclusively proves this situation is best for children. The Government should not be undermining these rights or pushing this radical redefinition that will have such an adverse impact on our future. Such a fundamental change should only be decided by the voters.

I have expressed these concerns to the Prime Minister by e-mailing him through a special feature on the Defend Marriage Canada Web site ( http://www.DefendMarriageCanada.org ). It takes just a couple of minutes and they provide a suggested e-mail message. I hope you will visit this site and consider e-mailing him as well. More background information is also available there.

I feel I should respond, and I'll do so publicly.

I was unaware marriage was already weakened in Canada. Furthermore, marriage is not about the raising and bearing of children. It might have been in ages past, but currently represents a legal union between a man and a woman. I know quite a few couples that are currently married and have no plans to bear and raise children. By making the statements above, one would have the marriage of those without children declared 'illegal' as well.

If you find it so offensive that people of the same sex could possibly in the future get married, think of what you would feel if suddenly the children you are bearing came to you and said they were gay... and wanted to marry someone they fell in love with. How would you react? Would you disown them even though you are in the "research proven" ideal situation? Would you deny them the "right" to continue to be raised?

I'd suggest to one who feels so strongly about same sex marriage to put forth the efforts shown here to something of better use; there are children starving, living in poverty right now. Email the Prime Minister your concerns about that.

Why can't people just let people live their lives? I am not gay, far from it (I mean look, I have a picture of a chick in the header of my site, what does that tell you) but I know enough to let things be where I have no place in saying what is right and what is wrong. Let the voters vote on it, and even then, if it is so morally wrong, God will have the final decision on that.

Children deserve to be loved. Who cares who it comes from?