Gay Marriage

My opponent states that gay marriage is not discriminatory towards a church because a church has a choice whether or not to marry anyone, let alone gays. This is most definitely true but what are the chances of a church accepting a gay couple to be married? These churches will most definitely deny each and every one of the couples. And then what? All the efforts will be lost? All the protests and rallies and petition will amount to nothing? No. That is not human nature. We instinctively do not want to sacrifice anything and we most certainly do Not enjoy having our rights being subject to the whims of someone who doesn't understand our situation. And where do you think that will lead us? Will we be so peaceful in 10 years time? What about 30 years time? What if it is made clear that we will Never be allowed to get legally married so long as the church has a right to choose? Will there be a new marriage for gay couples that includes all the rights of a normal marriage? Doubt it. Will the gay community make a new religion in the hope it gets recognized and marriage under that religion will be righteous? Again I am pessimistic. So what will we do? Would we go so far as to force a church into letting us get married under the steam that they are not being fair? With that I cannot give a prediction which would not make me sound like a homophobic (of course in saying that I would be a homophobic?) The churches are being put under pressure to allow these marriages. Of course they have a choice but when a whole community of people are looking at you under their noses, ones judgement can become not of your own. My opponent, I think, has misunderstood what I have wrote above about civil union-ship. Of course at the start I was naive in thinking that a civil union has the same rights, I will concede to this point apologetically. But in an attempt at perverting my words, my opponent has failed. I stated that 'A marriage should be about love, not about legal stance. If one is more concerned about their legal stance more than they are concerned about the life they want to spend with their partner then maybe they should not be getting married at all, this of course goes for all people' meaning in shorter words that the gay community has been fighting for marriage as a sign that love has evolved. Unfortunately I do not believe that gay marriage will ever become legal. So why do gay couples not get a civil union? It is by no means a shameful thing, nor is it a thing for gay people just to settle with what they are given. I will admit that they are also by no means perfect but in a world where homophobia is still high and the acceptance of homosexuality is low, a civil union should seem like a God send (that was a clumsy term of phrase but I said it and that's that.). Now, comparing this to racism and using the analogy 'if you aren"t willing to accept that you are 3/5ths of a person, then maybe you don"t deserve to be a full person.' is also clumsy and dramatic. The fact that you compare me stating that 'gay people shouldn't be so concerned about legal stance if they love each other enough' to a black person being of a 'lower class and if they don't like this then they don't deserve to be treated equally' is racist of you. (I do not want to start the racist blame game but making out that I am racist out of something not racist would require you to have a bit of racism in you to see the racism would it not?). The exact same goes to Women' rights and I stand by my statement now hoping you comprehend fully. Again when I talk about a Gay marriage being offensive to ones God, my opponent seems to misunderstand or is choosing to. 'Catholics are free to get married despite that it would offend the Muslim god, since Muslims believe Catholics are infidels that will go to hell, and vice versa'. This is not a correct analogy. I said that if a gay person where to ever get married Under The Eyes Of Someone Else's God (In a church they do not follow) then This would be offensive to that church. I did Not say that a gay person getting married would offend a religion unrelated because it goes against their teachings, I said that if a gay person where to get married In the church of someone else god, then That would be offensive. It would be them using that religion just so they could get married disregarding the feelings and respect of that religion. I think me explaining this to you would also cancel out your last paragraph and before I finish I would like to present to you a question. Do you think society is ready for gay couples to start getting married, taking into account both points of view? That is all I have to say.