We see that throughout history. Barry Goldwater and many other pro segregationist publicly apologized for their errors in the south, America apologized to the Chinese community for their internment, The Germans and even the Catholic church apologized for their part in the Holocaust. Others never apologized but turned directions and championed human rights. In the Bible, Paul persecuted the Christians and later became the single most important force to found Christianity as we know it today. People make mistakes when the take the rights away from others. Stand up, brush yourself off and do the right thing.

So, what is the benefit to society to redefine legal marriage rights like we have redefined woman’s rights and black’s rights and continue to redefine immigrant rights. First, many gays have their own kids and even more adopt the neglected or abandoned children of straight couples. Currently, despite civil union laws, to insure that these kids have the same rights as any other kids, their parents must initiate expensive legal battles. This is an emotional and financial burden. The energy expended on this kind of battle not only will have a negative impact on the children but the money and energy would be used to make a better community for all. The legal battles have to do with health insurance, surviving spouse benefits, adoption after the biological parent has died. Secondly, the knowledge that the hatred that Witch Doctor churches continue to aggressively promote against gays is limited only to their own Payton Place Temples will have profound physiological and mental health advantages that will ripple through all of society.
As I mentioned before, hatred doesn’t just stop on its own once it gets going. The Witch Doctor Churches didn’t spend millions and millions of dollars to stop at one unfriendly law. The possibilities to discriminate against gays based on the legal label of “married” is endless. In Arizona and New Mexico it is already illegal for unmarried people to adopt or become foster parents. That has to be putting a burden on an already strapped social program. Did I mention that in Lesotho there were Witch Doctors that actually cut up little children for potions and amulets? Doesn’t sound much different, does it. Just a few years ago, Virginia passed a law that said single people couldn’t sign a contract together, not even to buy a house. Luckily that one was overturned by their supreme court. I hope our own Supreme court has the same good sense.

The church of traditional healers will tell you that marriage is defined as glorifying the love two people have for each other. Taking away someone’s rights doesn’t sanctify anything. If you have to see it as redefining an institution than remember this, redefining a wrong will benefit everyone. If you believe gays should have equal rights you believe that gays have the right to marriage.

You said millions of homosexuals in California. If one or two per cent of California’s population is homosexual (which is probably a reach) there would still be less than a million.

If the homosexual community had so many voters then why did they not turn out to vote on such an important issue? Steve, the numbers are just not there.

Thank you for commenting.