I am not offended by homosexuality in the least. I do not believe it is the right of the government to enforce its morals on the populace. I think if two people want to marry legally, they should be able to marry legally.

Homosexual couples are not looking for religious acceptance here. They are looking for legal acceptance and the right to have an heir. This is America where there is a separation of Church and State, right? Two human beings, pledging their lives to one another. End of story. As it stands, two men can love one another and share their entires lives, yet when one is on life support, they are unable to make decisions for their partner. When one dies, the other is not entitled to the social security. It just isn't the government's business to morally judge this way. If a church doesn't want to marry gays- then fine. They don't have to. But a judge should. The law should be colorblind, genderblind and without homophobia. Some might say we treat murderers and child molesters with more respect than two homosexuals.

I think commitment and longevity of marriage can't be any worse with gays than with straight people. Lord know's we've made a big enough mess of marriage and child rearing. For straights to say their better at it is rediculous.

Whew, sorry to rant. This is huge for me. Thanks for bringing it up. This has been bugging me since it got in the news.

AND I'm a republican!