Gay Marriage Should Be Illegal In the United States

I'm going to start off this debate with bad news:1. I'm going on a missions trip to Haiti.2. I will not have regular internet access there.3. I leave on the 1st. I do not get back until the 10th.4. My bad for accepting this debate. Let's see what we can squeeze out of it.Now that that is out of the way...Marriage and ProcreationNow, correct me if I'm wrong, but about 10% of women have trouble reproducing, so about 10% of all couples cannot achieve that goal, making it less of a reason. After all, my opponent says that homosexual couples cannot reproduce, so don't have the right to marriage, yet infertile couples can because they can adopt? What if homosexual couples adopt? That would put them in the same boat as infertile heterosexual couples, infertile, but wanting to raise children.My opponent has really given no good distinction on this contention between why infertile heterosexual couples can adopt, hence marry, but homosexual couples cannot. I see no clear distinction.Marriage Between Man and WomanInteresting... "Men and women are complimentary to each other in marriage, and through the loving (and natural) relationship they pursue... Marriage is about the relationship between man and woman, and when that relationship is fulfilled at its best, it commonly becomes a loving family that raises children properly for society. Not only does gay marriage not fulfill this role, but allowing gay marriage actually distorts this role, leading to marriage ultimately losing its meaning." Let me get this straight... this is a lot about marriage's "meaning," yet, in states that have legalized gay marriage, divorce rates are down since then, wouldn't that increase the meaning of marriage instead of decrease it? In Massachusetts in 2003, the divorce rate was 2.5 per 1,000. In 2004, gay marriage was legalized, and the divorce rate dropped to 1.9 per 1,000 by 2009. Also, more people were getting married as opposed to living together! Doesn't that give marriage more meaning instead of less? Government has a role in marriage, however that role should be limitedAgreed, let me point something out. The differences between the various kinds of appalling relationships my opponent compared to homosexual love.1. Homosexual Marriage: Both parties are mature enough to agree that they love each other. They understand and agree to marry.2. Pedophile Marriage: The child would not be old enough to understand love and marriage, hence, unable to truly agree to marry. Lack of maturity.3. Bestiality Marriage: Obviously, a pig would have no real attraction to humans, and definitely cannot understand, much less agree to, marriage.4. Multiple Spouses: Many times, women are taken advantage of in this system and forced into it. As is seen in various radical forms of MormonismThe government has No place telling two agreed, loving, mature individual that they cannot marry. Parenting among homosexualsI just want to again point out that divorce rates are lower in states that have legalized homosexual marriage! It makes not sense to say that homosexuals are worse parents when homosexuals lower the divorce rate. Overall, it helps parenting for both homosexual and heterosexual couples!My contentions were pretty much stated above, but let me summarize:1. The government has no place telling two consenting and mature adults that they cannot marry.2. Homosexual marriage decreases the divorce rate, helping children and couples everywhere.Sources http://www.cdc.gov...http://reason.com...