[a.e.B.O.T.]

Here is my opinion on the issue of Gay marriage:

We are a country of free thought and free religion, or at least that is the principles of our country. The idea of this country is that we are all FREE, until the point in which we cause harm each other or ourselves. This is why people fought for the women's right to vote, the freedom of african americans, and then the equal treatment of african Americans etc.

SO, the question here is: allowing two men or women to marry, does this harm others or cause people to harm themselves?

Harming themselves:
I am going to assume that the general thought is that gay marriage is harming the two parties because they are committing themselves to a sin legally, in support by the country. However, this sin is not a law, and therefor the country has no right in saying that the act of homosexuality can be stopped, such as gambling. Also, since this is not a legal act, there is no authority in saying that a marriage would be doing these two harm.

Harming others:
I am going to assume (again) that the general thought is a moral issue. Allowing gay marriage devalues other marriages that our between a man and a woman. It also showcases that homosexuality is acceptable to impressionable youth. As of right now, homosexuals can live together, and be 'out' in the public as much as heterosexuals couples, and there right to do so is protected by anti-discrimination laws. Their partnerships are still showcased, and therefor already make the similar impression to youth that a marriage would make. In the same regards to marriage, through the same logic, a homosexual couple devalues relationships, as a it would if they were married. So, the devaluing is already present, allowing marriage does not progress the devaluing, if you see it as devaluing.

SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING: Outlawing gay marriage only outlaws the country or states recognition of gay marriage. Gay marriage happen in the ceremony sense through spiritual terms. There are Protestant sect that recognize gay couples, and even with sects that do not, my old baptist preacher conducted a gay ceremony. Even if they weren't recognized by the state, they still had the spiritual ceremony (now whether God accepts the union is an unnecessary debate as it is a matter of opinion, but the ceremony did happen in a house of worship by a practicing preacher)

CONSTITUTIONAL SPEAKING: anti-gay marriage is essentially saying that these people do not have the right to do what everyone else is doing. AND there right is NOT denied because they committed a crime (i.e. did anything wrong in the eyes of the country as a legal system). So, I full heartedly believe that gays have a right to be married. I do not necessarily agree with homosexuality, or the moral standards, but I think it is their right to do so as much it is a heterosexuals for the reason that they are committing NO crime.

WHAT IS NATURAL: I think love is natural. I have seen people fight their homosexuality, and they have become very depressed (I have also seen heterosexuals think they are homosexual, but then realize they are not). I do not think life should be lived where you are fighting or denying something in your heart, because it will be a sad or bitter life. The best thing and most natural thing is our feelings, and I just think that if a man truly loves another man then that IS natural. This part I understand is COMPLETELY opinion, and is a weak part of my statement, it is really just a matter of what I feel is right, so do not jump on my case for this part of my statement.