I completely respect and understand your religious beliefs and values. I come from a very religious and conservative family. So I do not have any interest in downplaying what you believe. But since we are not able to incorporate any religion into our national government...that can’t be a useful argument. Now, it may be a totally valid one in your eyes, and it feels right in your heart. But again, we just can’t use that as a substantial opposing argument. So, my question would be - is there any reason that you have against same sex marriage that is not associated with your religious beliefs? Also you say that you’re not homophobic, and that you wouldn’t want your children to be around “something like that” (I’m assuming you mean gay or lesbian couples?), does this mean you would be afraid of exposing your children to same sex couples? Homophobia is a fear or hatred of homosexuals. I am in no way claiming that you hate homosexuals. BUT, usually when we want to shelter our children from things, it is because it scares us. I wouldn’t use the word homophobic, but prejudice might be close.
The Supreme Court said that the right to marry is fundamental. A fundamental right. This falls under the same list as a the right to freedom of religion…. So you have the freedom to express yourself and practice any religious acts you would like. Just like we all have the right to marry, to liberty, to self determination. We used to deny entire races the right to vote and speak for themselves. When you say that we should not have same-sex marriage be legal in our country, you are saying your values are more important than someone else’s. We cannot deny fundamental rights to ANYONE, even if we disagree to the core.
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