Gay Marriage should be Illegal (4)

DefinitionsI agree with all definitions posted above. Freedom is our defaultFreedom is most definitely not the default of human society. Law governs everything we do, and in different countries, different laws exist. Freedom exists only when you abide to laws, and the choosing of laws is done by a smaller body of people then an entire country. For Gay Marriage, the freedom is there to be gay, there is no law against it, just a law against their marriage, which is a holy and sanctioned thing that has been traditionally between genders. Freedom to be together and live together is there for gays, but if they wish to take the social, legal, spiritual and religious sectors out of the marriage procedure, then straight couples will not receive the same intimacy that is desired when they set out for matrimony. PremisesPremise 1) What is marriage? There are a multitude of different definitions for marriage. The one I have agreed with “Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found. Such a union, often formalized via a wedding ceremony, may also be called matrimony” is the truth about marriage. What this fails to mention is the fact that marriage is a thing done by the church, an institute which is firmly against gay marriage. That gays should be together is true, but for them to corrupt that which is of the holiest nature, the joining of a man and a woman by the church, is to corrupt the meaning of marriage, and in effect, relinquishes the meaning that gays wish to find from marriage. Premise 2) NormalityThe act of getting married generally shares a lot of things. Family, birth, early life, later life, and surnames. If we allow gay marriage, some of the most core parts to marriage will be lost. The joining of surnames will turn into a struggle, for whose ever surname was chosen to remain would be the same for Mr and Mr X (or Mrs and Mrs X). Birth is going to be a struggle, especially when you have no sperm and too many eggs, or no eggs and too much sperm. Adoption may be an option, but then it leads to problems of early life. Breastfeeding is undoubtedly the best thing for young children, providing them with the nutrition for proper health, but breastfeeding will be nigh on impossible (and where not impossible, extremely awkward) for both genders of same sex couples. Later life, too, will be a struggle for these children. They will always be missing either the masculinity of a dad or the femininity of a mum, both of which are needed in a life. Their school life will be thwarted with bullies targeting the “kid with the gay mums/dads”, or the knowingly “adopted kid”. Better that marriage stays between genders, for the good of children. ConclusionMarriage should stay between genders and not be twisted by a few people who wish that they can manipulate an age old tradition. I await my opponents reply eagerly. I also wish to say that this topic and this debate were not meant to offend any viewers, and if I have done so with any content, I am truly sorry.