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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
Plain and simply put, gay marriages aren't legalized because people don't want them to be legalized. For thousands of years, marriage has been defined as being between a man and a woman and, not surprisingly enough, people want to keep it that way. For whatever the reason-- Social, political, religious or other-- The common concensus is that homosexuality is seen as unnatural.
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That will probably all change with my generation; the majority of my demographic supports the right for homosexuals to marry. Our parents, the baby boomers, have so gloriously diluted any kind of notion that marriage is sacred that i honestly can't even imagine why anyone would be bothered if gays could get married. Fuck, i think the notion of marriage is downright quaint. The only reasons i could really see for me to legally marry my girlfriend are the ones pertaining to legal rights.
Even if marriage has always been traditionally defined as being between a man and a woman(or several women), so what? Why is that somehow a sufficient excuse to deprive homosexuals of the right to marry? That's where i get lost, the whole "we've always done things like this and the mere thought of doing something different chaps my ass to no end" line of reasoning. Where were all these strict traditionalists when it came to sodomy laws? Or the internet? Or casual fridays? I guess i just don't see the wisdom in being a social luddite, or at least claiming to be one only when it comes to homosexuality.
The funny thing about the idea that homosexuality and marriage shouldn't mix because homosexuality is unnatural is that homosexuality is actually a great deal more natural than marriage itself. Homosexuality is a rarity in the natural world, so is lifelong monogamy. There certainly aren't any wedding chapels in nature. If we are going to use "nature" as our metric for acceptable behavior, then the vast majority of the activities undertaken by the vast majority of people in the world are just as disgusting and immoral as homosexuality. The fact of the matter is that we don't consider the vast majority of the activities undertaken by the vast majority of people in the world to be immoral and disgusting(at least not because they aren't natural). This being the case, how can the idea that homosexuality is wrong because it isn't natural not be a complete line of bullshit?
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Marriage has always been considered sacred. When something which is seen as unnatural starts to encroach on something which is seen as sacred and holy, then of course you're going to get stark opposition.
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I don't think that you can say that marriage has always been considered sacred and take into account modern day divorce rates. Marriage hasn't really been sacred for a long time. The idea of it perhaps, but not the actual practice of it.
There is a strong correlation between age and support for homosexual marriage; the younger you are the more likely you are to support it. Most of my generation thinks it's okay, and i can't imagine there will be very many members of my daughter's generation who think gay marriage is wrong. I look forward to the day when we look back upon the people who were against gay marriage like we look back upon the people who were against the civil rights movement.
One thing i don't look forward to is finding out what my generation's idiotic hangup will be.