Re: Gay marriages... dictated by religious authorities
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If the legal protections were only related to the couple, then I'd be OK with it. Trouble is, marriage involves more than just two adults. It is the buliding block for a family which involves children.
I didn't see anywhere in the OP where children were explicity mentioned which IMO is unfortunate because the issue is complex enough to warrant specific attention.
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Homosexual partners don't tend to reproduce, so that takes care of most of it. Exceptions abound, of course. I'd be interested in knowing if the adopted children of gay couples are more likely to be gay than your typical adopted child.
More likely the fear is that, 'with all these gay couples around, my children are going to think it is okay to be gay as well'. But sexuality is a strong biological pull, not an eny-meeny-miny-mo choosing of sides. In the rare case that your child does turn out to be gay, it will be highly destructive if you've always told them that such behavoir is 'deviant and immoral'. In the more probable scenario that they are straight, you are only perputating the rampant homophobia in this country.
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