Legalize Gay Marriage

"Marriage man not be owned by religions' morals, but the minority of people should not own the definition of marriage, either." There is a large difference between owning a definition and being included in it. One example that comes to mind, and I know it is one often used, is slavery. Did African Americans "own" the definition of being a person when slavery was outlawed? I think we can all agree that is an unfair statement. "In other words, when a certain amount of people decided same genders should be able to marry because of "love," that doesn't mean the whole country (America) should take on the culture of gay marriage and be forced to believe it's moral because it's what marriage is." Actually, a majority of people in America are in favor of the legalization of gay marriage. It seems the minority (albeit a close one) is controlling the definition. http://www.gallup.com...;In response to point one: What it sounds like is that this also happens for single parents and adopted kids, yet no one is advocating that single mothers can't raise their kid, and that couples can't adopt. Also, gay and lesbian couples aren't the only partners to use IVF. Men and women that are infertile can use IVF to have children of their own.In response to point two: I would like to use this opportunity to point out something important. You admit later on in your response that the effects of homosexual couples on children is still a gray area, yet you are making a lot of definitive statements. Another thing, there isn't a single source (in the article she is getting these from) that isn't at least 10 years old. If this is such a gray area, are these sources still even credible?"The 2013 teen birth rate indicates a decline of ten percent from 2012 when the birth rate was 29.4 per 1,000." Obviously teen birth problems aren't a huge problem, and can be lowered still by actually educating kids.http://www.hhs.gov...In response to point three: Another reoccuring thing in this response is a sort of defense of gender roles. A male can be just as supportive emotionally as a mother. Sure, a mother can help with the understanding of going through puberty, but any health class (if they are actually doing a good job) can teach what is happening.In response to point four: If the area is one that we don't have a full grasp on, how can you make such diffinitive statements against it?In response to point five: What you are excluding from that section is this: "Although the evidence on child outcomes is sketchy...". Again, the evidence isn't clear yet you are free to draw up conclusions. Besides, I dislike the use of the word "disorder", like masculine women or effeminate men are "wrong." Gender is completely separate from sex. Sex is the physical anatomy you were born with, either male or female. However, gender is whatever group you feel most comfortable in, and there are a lot to name. In Indonesia, there are five genders, so obviously the world isn't so unanimous on the Western concept of genders and their roles in society.http://www.myhusbandbetty.com...In response to point six: This looks to be a sort of slippery slope argument. "If we let the gay men marry, then everyone will be having sex even if they are married, and the world will burn and everyone will die." Notice, in the article, that lesbian women in civil unions also value sexual fidelity in marriage. In response to point seven: I thought I demonstrated that marriage isn't to have kids. People that do not want or can not have children are still allowed to get married. Oh, and here is a little fact for you. "Last month's news that the majority of births to American women under 30 now occur outside of marriage..." http://www.slate.com...In response to point 8: What is not included in you statement: "It is plausible to suspect that legal recognition of homosexual civil marriage would have similar consequences for the institution of marriage...". Or, to put it in layman's terms: "If we let gay people marry, then everyone will just be having sex left and right with no concern for the children. Then the nuclear bombs will have to be detonated to stop everyone from having sex and the world will end."In response to point 9: These sources are from 2002 and 2004, ten years ago. One family can hardly live of minimum wage. What do you think will happen when we take that to one parent living off minimum wage. And what about men with physical disabilities? From the article: "For instance, women are happier when their husband earns the lion's share of the household income." I really don't believe that, and here is why. No one is forcing women to work. For a long time, women couldn't work even when they wanted to. Something changed that thinking, and I don't think it was the guys doing it.In response to point 10: What I see here is that you only talk about how MARRIAGE does this to men, not how it is marriage to women. And for those of you that haven't looked at the article, this is what is missing: "...it is unlikely that homosexual marriage would domesticate men in the way that heterosexual marriage does." "Again, the definition of marriage would be changed to go from 'pro-reproduction marriage' to 'hey, if you love him/her, marry him/her!'" I am sorry to disappoint you, but that seems to already be the definition. mar·riage noun \G2;mer-ij, G2;ma-rij\ : the relationship that exists between a husband and a wife : a similar relationship between people of the same sex : a ceremony in which two people are married to each other http://www.merriam-webster.com...;Thank you, and I conclude my round.