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"From what I can tell, most marriage vows use the term "forever". Marriages are essentially a way to formalize your eternal commitment to someone before god. Divorce cheapens marriage by turning each one of those promises into lies. Gay people just want that same opportunity to lie directly to god's face."
This is not what you think marriages essentially are Filth - and you know that. This was just a weak attempt to stereotype the position of anyone that disagrees with gay marriage, and take a cheap shot at the concept of God (come on, you can capitalize it). That little finish the sentence game was just as pathetic. Marriage is the union between a man and a woman. As a reminder,barack hussein obama agrees with this statement.
Marriage is "essentially" an acknowledgment of this union by the society in which they live, and it's definition of it. Society doesn't really give a shit about how long this marriage lasts. The religious people that get married "in the eyes of god", probably take the forever part a bit more seriously, and I'd also imagine their divorce rate is less that your average male/female left winger who gets married because their hiking partners petrouli was irresistible, for better or worse. To factor those divorcees into the those you consider lying in the fact of god is disingenuous.
So who is being the busybody? Gay people insisting that the rest of society acknowledge their eternal commitment to one another, when what they could do is respect the definition, fight for equal rights, and formalize their eternal commitment to each other in whatever other way they want.
At the very least, have respect for the other position. It doesn't need to be demonized, and people that believe in God don't need to be belittled and simplified. As long as that's the case I have no problems thinking to myself "ya know, these people can go fuck themselves".
PS - still haven't learned what "lying" means, eh?
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