I, for one, don't care about defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. I think that there are lots of other ways to define a marriage, many of which do not take sexual orientation into the mix. If people in a gay relationship want to be legally married, then let them be legally married.

I don't believe that there is anything sacred or special about a legal marriage. After all, a marriage is simply 2 adults promising to be exclusive to each other and to take care of each other should the need arise. What's sexual orientation have to do with that?

Sure, you could argue that "the Bible says..." and I'm sure you could make a very valid and eloquent point about it too. You could also say that homosexuality is wrong becuase it's an abomination of nature and "the Bible says..." and whatnot, but I wouldn't care.

The point is, there's nothing inherent in the institution of marriage that makes it something exclusive of hetero couples. Marriage has nothing to do with procreation, or raising a family, or being in a loving committed relationship. You can have all of those things without marriage. Unless someone can tell me that marriage has to be between a male and a female because ... and fill in the ellipses with something that is not religious in nature, nor is something that can be had just as easily without being married, then I see no point in changing my opinion.

For the religious bigots out there, I say: God is love. It doesn't say anywhere that God is love, unless you're queer.

The question of someone getting married in a church ceremony, is an entirely different subject, in my opinion. In a land where there is separation of church and state, religious rules should not be applied to state functions, which is what a legal marriage is.

If the proverbial "Adam and Steve" want to get married, I say let them get married, what's it to you? They may end up improving the stats for marriage from the 50% failure rate that hetero marriages have. Let people in gay relationships enjoy the same rights and privileges that people in hetero relationships have taken for granted and destroyed. I think that it's wrong to discrimate against Adam and Steve, just becuase they both happen to be male.