Just because "things change" doesn't mean that change is good for our future. We shouldn't just blindly accept that change. Isn't that what the German people did in the run up to WWII? I believe this switch from traditional marriage represents a move from individuals being concerned about what is good for the community and their family to what is good for themselves. That kind of selfish thinking will always be destructive in the long run. Our children deserve to be raised by both a mother and a father who are committed to one another. Anything short of that is denying them of a full experience. I realize that situations call for adjustments to the traditional ideal of the family, but an ideal is just that. It should be something to shoot for. When we take that goal away we become lost.

It's just sad.

Angieness: Just for the record I never said that having straight parents automatically puts a child in a better position than if he/she had gay parents. I said that straight parents in a "healthy" married relationship (i.e. not headed for divorce) are in a better position to provide for children than gay parents are.

One more thing that saddens me after reading some of the above posts is how some folks seem to discount traditional marriage because of the 50% divorce rate. The high divorce rate in this country is not indicative of the institution of marriage as one of failure, but rather of the selfish nature of many people these days. Don't get me wrong, there are cases when divorce is the only solution, but I don't believe for a second that 50% of the married couples in this country have met that threshold.

I'm all for the government not telling people how they should behave behind closed doors, but elevating the status of a gay relationship to be supposedly equal with that of traditional marriage is foolish. We are doing our future generations a great disservice just so we can make a few selfish adults not feel left out. A gay relationship may be capable of raising a child, but it will always fall short of the providing for the needs of a child the way a healthy heterosexual marriage can. Our government has a responsibility to hold traditional marriage up as the highest and most desired standard and thus protect our future generations, even if it means denying the title of marriage to a few.

You can now start calling me bigoted, or a homophobe, or whatever other branding you want to put on me, but you know I'm right. If you agree, please speak up.