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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 19:33 and also posted immediately before you and you couldn't be more wrong.  At least in my case and line of reasoning.  Sorry, but you are incorrect in presuming what's going on in my head on this one.[/quote]

That's what we're trying to get you to tell us. What IS going on in your head? I understand you feel allowing gays to marry is a sea change in the definition of marriage. But as this thread has pretty convincingly demonstrated, the definition of marriage has changed dramatically over time and the current approach is relatively new.

[b]You worry that there will be some unforseeable consequence of legalizing gay marriage. Why? What is the worst that could happen[/b]?[/quote]

The worst that could happen is that marriage becomes viewed simply as a union of companionship.  If viewed this way, why would it be necessary to make a lifelong commitment; why not just promise to work for the best, but if things go stale, oh well?
If marriage becomes viewed this way, it loses it's meaning therefore eventually becoming obsolete.  Yes, this has been going on for a while now, but legalizing same sex marriage, [b]seems as if it's putting a final nail in the coffin[/b].[/quote]

I just don't get what you mean by this.  First of all, I think marriage (at least in the US) is already viewed as a union of companionship, and to be clear, I don't think this is a bad thing, but that's subjective.  Look at the number of children born out of wedlock.  Look at the number of unmarried couples living together with their children.  Look how many non-reproductive marriages we have.  Look at our divorce rate.  Look at the standard you have to meet to get a divorce.  Look at the rights and roles of the participants in the marriage. We're not "heading in that direction."  We're there.  Gay marriage isn't going to change that.

Your concern is not incompatible with gay marriage.  You can encourage gay marriages to focus more on the children and the family unit than the relationship between the adults, just as you can with straight marriages.  Actually, if you're interested in reversing that trend (and I'd argue that, if you are, your time is better spent making it harder to get a divorce, or implementing policies that make it easier for two-income married couples to have kids (like subsidized child care) for example), gay marriage is IN YOUR INTEREST.  Gay couples already have a union of companionship.  They want to get married so they can have kids.  Their interests are your interests.

So, let's treat these things as the separate issues they are.  Let's give gays the right to marry and then, if you want to, you can start putting in place real measures that shift the focus of the marriage onto the children, for gay and straight marriages.  [/quote]

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