“The fact that marriage is the union of a man and woman is the law of nature, not the law of "old school moralists" or religious extremists.”
So,where does one note this ‘law of nature,’ then? Where do we find marriage if we don’t have human cultures?
Legally, it’s a very specific partnership, with a skedaddle of precedents for joint ownership, joint responsibilities, stuff like that there.
Gotta figure, if marriage was ‘a natural law’ there’d be no need of a license or a prenup.
“In fact it is what’s normal.”
Normal does not mean ‘exclusive,’ though.
“Nature requires a man and woman to reproduce.”
Depends on the species… I mean, if you’re going to bring ‘nature’ into it, there are LOTS of different configurations for this.
“ Two of the same sex just won’t do it – sorry, but that’s a fact.”
There’s a species of lizard that is composed entirely of females. They practice gay sex from time to time and have offspring. Your natural ‘law’ isn’t even a suggestion.
“And ideally, this union is the bedrock of a family.”
Guy at the next desk over from me is sterile. He’s got a wife and two kids. Another desk over, he’s got a son from a previous partner (no marriage) and a son from his current marriage. Lots of ways to bedrock a family.
“I understand that a minority of people want to redefine this because it's nice to make people feel better or feel normal or included, but it's superficial because nature says it’s not normal and it’s narrow minded to suggest that gay marriage doesn't affect the majority of the population because it affects our children.”
Okay. I’m in an interracial marriage, and I can only HOPE it also affects children, to see that it’s normal and not be judgmental fucks. But what were you saying?
“It IS important to defend traditional marriage because this "redefinition" of what's normal, becomes a part of our kids’ environment and it's counter to what most of us want to teach or want for our kids.”
I could really give a fuck. Seriously, it’s not MY job to make MY life choices to match YOUR prejudice. Whether it’s my wife’s race, education, age, careers, religion, or how often she thinks of a pun before I can…
“Demonize me if you must resort to that,”
Meh. I’ll just ignore you. Far worser.
“ but the law of nature is on my side”
No, it’s really not.
“ and is stronger than anything pro-gay marriage forces can concoct.”
Wrong again.