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Zelda, neither majority approval nor the fact that something has been done for a century makes it right. Our society is not perfect (remember segregation, only a few decades ago) so the idea is not to keep everything the same, but to change for the better.
Also, the fact that MORE people are heterosexual doesn't mean that they should be excluded. If 95% of the US were white, would you support the exclusion of nonwhites from marriage? From suffrage? From freedom from slavery?
In addition, you seem to claim that 5% of the population (i.e. homosexuals) is pushing for gay marriage, but a great deal of straight people support it. The country is not split 95/5 on the issue, it's more like 60/40, meaning the majority of people supporting gay marriage are actually straight.
Lastly, your parenthood argument (while I personally don't fully agree) seems to be the most cogent and the one you should expand on. You will find many reasonable posters on TFP and the best way to get a reasonable response is to try to keep your own temper in check.
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