Let me try to explain what I believe is the primary Christian opposition to gay marriage....Based on most Christian beliefs of the creation....Homosexuality thwarts the very plan of God! Most Christians believe that God put Adam and Eve on this earth, 1st married them together, and then told them to multiply and replenish the earth. If it had been Adam and Steve, it would have been impossible for them to keep the second commandment he gave them. If all people and animals were, decidedly, forced, or born, to be gay, life would continue on this earth for one generation and then cease to exist! This is at the heart of why many Christian and other churches have come to support proposition 8. Ironically, other states already have such legislation, but we never heard much about it because it wasn't "California!"
This is not intended to discriminate against people! I have a very close friend, who worked for me for years, who is ******* (guess the word lesb!an is not allowed on this site???). She is a great person. I also have friends and know people who are alcoholic, use drugs, have tattoos all over their bodies, pierce their noses and tongues, dress in black and paint their faces white. These are individual choices.....some trying to stand out and/or be different....some life destroying habits and addictions! Some people may say they were born with a sexual desire toward children, others are psychopathic and feel no remorse and find pleasure in killing! They may have been born this way! At some point will this sense of "tolerance for everyone" in our country become so overwhelming that we dip so low as to welcome and protect the rights of people to act in these ways? People may be born with tendencies, abnormal desires, and weaknesses.....we all have them! But, does that mean people with these tendencies and personalities should be legally allowed to act on them???