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tazzygirl -> RE: NFL's Matt Birk: Let's protect marriage and speech (9/30/2012 9:16:56 PM)
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Same-sex unions may not affect my marriage specifically, but it will affect my children -- the next generation. Ideas have consequences, and laws shape culture. Marriage redefinition will affect the broader well-being of children and the welfare of society. As a Christian and a citizen, I am compelled to care about both.
I am speaking out on this issue because it is far too important to remain silent. People who are simply acknowledging the basic reality of marriage between one man and one woman are being labeled as "bigots" and "homophobic." Aren't we past that as a society?
Don't we all have family members and friends whom we love who have same-sex attraction? Attempting to silence those who may disagree with you is always un-American, but especially when it is through name-calling, it has no place in respectful conversation.
A defense of marriage is not meant as an offense to any person or group. All people should be afforded their inalienable American freedoms. There is no opposition between providing basic human rights to everyone and preserving marriage as the sacred union of one man and one woman.
There is no proof that a same sex union has an adverse effect on children.
What is the issue between calling two men married and a man and a woman married? I see no difference.
A defense of marriage is an offense to gay couples because it excludes them if we defend it as it is currently defined. If all americans have the same rights, why should that right to "love honor and cherish until death do you part" be specifically denied to any couple? And I do believe there is a huge denial of human rights to same sex couples. Not only human rights, but legal ones as well.
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