Re: Should Civil Unions Be Legalized?
"It's against my religion" is not a valid excuse when it comes to other people's lives. If you don't believe in eating pork, or celebrating Halloween, because it's against your religion, that's fine, that's your right. But you can't make other people obey your beliefs.
I know many same sex couples. I know same sex couples who have raised children, and the children turned out just fine. I know many opposite sex couples who completely screwed up their children in an effort to raise them. And marriage doesn't automatically make or break a family, although divorce might...
I'll be honest, as someone whose parents were divorced before they were ten, I don't really put much stock into marriage. I've never held it sacred. But if adults want to be married, no matter their respective genders, that's their choice. Not my choice. Theirs.
"It's against my religion" is not a valid excuse when it comes to other people's lives. If you don't believe in eating pork, or celebrating Halloween, because it's against your religion, that's fine, that's your right. But you can't make other people obey your beliefs.
I know many same sex couples. I know same sex couples who have raised children, and the children turned out just fine. I know many opposite sex couples who completely screwed up their children in an effort to raise them. And marriage doesn't automatically make or break a family, although divorce might...
I'll be honest, as someone whose parents were divorced before they were ten, I don't really put much stock into marriage. I've never held it sacred. But if adults want to be married, no matter their respective genders, that's their choice. Not my choice. Theirs.
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