Not that I advocate going back to the dark ages and not allowing people to divorce (think of the rammifictions this would have on women, a sort of turning back on women’s rights), but I’d love to get a list of every Congressman who either got divorced or cheated on a spouse who aren’t fighting hard for marriage equality. It’s a double standard. You can’t pick and choose what you like about marriage — talk about one man and one woman, but forget the fact that it is designed to be an eternal bond.

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The argument that by “giving” the right to a civil marriage to lesbians and gays, heterosexual marriages are somehow reduced, is ludicrous. But it’s the argument I’ve heard most often for the last 20 years. The fact that when different race marriages became legal, same race marriages didn’t suddenly suffer a reduction in “value,” or in numbers of couples marrying, seems lost for those who so vehemently oppose “same sex marriage.” And the fact that such “same sex marriage” rights are often put to popular vote … somehow that doesn’t seem to phase a good number of people.

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/01/divorce-rates-appear-higher-in-states.html

It may be as simple as freedom to follow your personal destiny without anyone dictating that you can’t.

The King James version of the Bible does talk about husbands and wives, and how wives should submit to husbands, and how they should marry, but it never, ever mentions that gender is a factor, does it?

Thank you for bringing attention to this issue! So much is at stake for the GLBT community and yet no one seems to be talking about this trial. As a proud gay American, and as an American in general, thank you.