[Rich]

Gay marriage will never become a reality if it continues to be called marriage. Gay people shouldn’t be given some half-measure like civil unions instead of a full-fledged marriage, just that in calling it such calls up strong emotions for people that I don’t think we’ll see broad support in the U.S. for ‘gay marriage’. Opponents think that children should not be exposed to a situation where two people of the same sex love one another, and where the child would see the relationship as normal, healthy or otherwise acceptable. They realize “gay marriage” is the institutionalized recognition of gay people, and would constitute state-sanctioned approval of the so-called ‘gay lifestyle.’ I think any insinuation that in legitimizing gay relationships as a society would somehow lead to our downfall as a country is absolutely ridiculous. We saw this argument again and again from the reactionary element in this country. Undoubtedly it was trotted out to support the continued enslavement of African-Americans, the opposition to womens’ suffrage, to interracial marriage, desegregation of schools. It strikes me as odd that people would think that one of the oldest human institutions would be threatened by an expansion of its membership. I suppose the argument could be made that marriage is under attack in this country, but not by gay people, but by rising prosperity, rising expectations, social and physical mobility; essentially all of the things that make the modern world modern, but certainly not by the concerted effort of a minority. Beyond any of this, when gay marriage is an acceptable, legal institution in most of the state, we can begin talking about polyamorous marriages, and group marriages. I can’t believe some of you can feel so smug in your recognized minority status that you would out-group us by saying, ‘where does it stop, will we allow polygamous marriage?’ I can only say that as two men and two women are legally entitled to enter into a contract for business, there should be no reason that two men and two women (or many more) could enter into marriage. I see no reason that groups bound by personal commitment and common interest if they became the norm in this society wouldn’t strengthen the society as a whole. That these groups might be bound by sexual interest as well, is a sticking point for many who are against ‘gay marriage’, and any progressive marriage arrangement.

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Name : Rich, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 32, City : Lubbock, State : TX, Country : United States, Social class : Upper class, 

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