Gay Marriage

Let me respond to your arguments one at a time. First of all, let me address the point of religion. First of all, isn't it up to each religion to decide if they want to condone gay marriage and not just Catholicism? And another thing, getting married has nothing to do with the church, there are marriages performed by public officers. Also, if marriage is all about religion, why do atheists marry? Marriage in this country is not just defined by the church, we do not live in a theocracy, where all decisions are made by the church, the way you argue, you're saying that anybody who has different religious beliefs than you shouldn't be allowed to marry because not believing in God is a sin as well. As for your answer to my second question, you miss the point of my argument completely. I'll concede one point to you, everyone is not gay. But my point is that everyone deserves the right to MARRY, you just freak out when you see the word gay anywhere near the word marriage. How is this not discrimination? The definition of discrimination, taken directly from the dictionary is: "the treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit." That is exactly what you are doing, passing judgment on a person simply because of their sexual preference. You cannot say it isn't discrimination; you are taking someone's rights away simply because you don't agree to what they do. Do you agree with crime? Well, I hope you wouldn't as it would go against your fine moral background. So, then according to you, anyone who has committed a crime shouldn't be allowed to marry either. I'm sorry, but I don't even understand what point you were trying to make in your last answer. In lieu of trying to sort through what you mean, I'm just going to make a few closing points. You say that you have more of a right to marry simply because of how you were born. You wave religion in my face, but religion really has nothing to do with this topic. First of all, different religions have the right to decide if they support gay marriage. Second of all, marriage is not only a religious act, it can be the act of the state, how else do atheists get married? You say you are perfectly ok with people being homosexual, yet this isn't the case because the idea of them getting married seems to disgust you. As one person said in a comment, many, many countries have legalized gay marriage and the world has yet to end. Times are changing, being so strongly opposed to gay marriage simply shows a closed mind and an unwillingness to change. Without change, women would still be unable to vote, African-Americans would be forced into sub-par schools, or worse, still be in slavery, and people would still believe the earth was flat. Legalizing gay marriage is simply the next step in the evolution of society and should be put into law as soon as humanly possible. (P.S. Next time you debate, please remove the obvious spelling and grammar errors, it makes it extremely hard to understand your arguments when I have to spend so long simply trying to figure out what you were trying to say.)