Originally Posted by gondath

Marriage itself is a pretty broken institution to begin with. It's amazing any segment of the population would be as vocal as they are about making legal something they are doing anyways. Let me explain one big reason why gay marriage irks me. For one, it's taking away attention from more important things going on in the world, namely in the Middle East and under the direction of a certain careless administration. This is not a time to argue for silly legal issues. Ignoring that, the gays aren't advocating changing the marriage laws to permit any kind of union, such as polygamy, incest, or even the dreaded beastiality. They are selfishly seeking gain only for themselves. That makes them no better than a special interest group without the sense to bribe anyone to get across their message. I'm not very fond of special interest groups. If they truly believed in personal choice and love and all that they claim to, then they mostly certainly would be trying to get marriage changed to allow for any combination of people, related or not, or even animals for whatever legal status it would give them in such a union. It's a shame that isn't what is happening here. Maybe if it was, I would consider being on their side. I stand firmly against gay marriage for these main reasons and more.