Same Sex Marriage

Greetings, Con and everyone else! Sorry to be impetuous, but since I have nothing really better to do :P. I'll be arguing that SSM (Same-Sex Marriage) is not immoral and I'll even go as far as to say that it's NEEDED. .;:Rebuttals:;. "For most Americans, marriage is a religious sacrament or ceremony. If the definition of marriage is changed to allow SSM, some religious individuals and groups feel that they will become at risk of having to violate their beliefs by being forced to marry same-sex couples." Definition of marriage? Let's look at that, shall we? From http://www.dictionary.com...: –noun 1. a. the social institution under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc. b. a similar institution involving partners of the same gender: gay marriage. As you can see, marriage is considered a union: a bond. It doesn't care whether you're a boy marrying a boy, girl marrying a girl, alien marrying a parrot, etc. "Many religiously conservative researchers have found that children thrive best when reared in a home with a married mother and father. Boys and girls have needs that are uniquely met by parents of the opposite gender. The role of marriage in society is a major topic taught in public schools. If SSM is legalized, schools would be required to teach that same-sex marriage is equivalent to opposite-sex marriage, starting as early as Kindergarten. That would violate the beliefs of many parents." Of course, religiously conservative researchers! The same ones that think anything that supposedly transgresses their precious values is immoral and EVIL (abortion, homosexuality, etc.) I find it peculiar that you're speaking of children when we're talking about Same-Sex couples. The only way a couple of this category could have kids is by adoption. Yes, let's not give a child a home because it may not thrive well. The same could be said of single mothers and fathers. Oh, no! Schools will have to be okay with same-sex marriage! Why exactly would they be required to teach it in Kindergarten? Children would already view it as normal if they're growing up in a society with SSM. Regardless, I don't really see the problem in schools having to show an equilibrium between SSM and regular marriage? NOW THE QUESTION IS : IS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IMMORAL? Lolno. Before I end this round, I'd like to point out a comment Con made in the Comments section prior to my acceptance of this debate: It is a law in our moral understanding and a law also in the eyes of God, that same sex marriage is an immoral act of defying God's law to marriage. Moral understanding = zeitgeist. Do you realize that people would be A-OK with SSM if they were born into that environment? Immoral act of defying God? Proof? If God supposedly forbids these acts, then why does he allow homosexuality to occur? I know lots of people who've said they don't wish to be homosexual, yet they are. Problem? Not really. ---A few arguments--- I'd like to point out to my audience and opponent that homosexuality is looked down upon in modern society. Why? Because they're born into that mindset and taught by other loopy creationists that it's "immoral" and "evil." It's really not. Even if it was, why forbid it? We're in a nation that allows FREEDOM. Freedom of speech, religion, press, all of that. Why exactly are we so bent on forbidding this, again? Equal rights for all? I don't think so. Thank you.