Spring Break
Gay marriage is unnatural
Issue date: 3/17/04 Section: Editorial/Opinion
And while many will object by noting the success rate of straight marriages to be only 50 percent, they should reconsider their definition of success. If being in a relationship where domestic violence is twice as common as a straight relationship, where the molestation of children is five times more likely than if done by someone straight, where crimes committed by gay partners are done three times more than by straight lovers and reproduction is at zero percent rate, a 100 percent success rate of gay marriage is all the more of a testament to how unnatural that relationship, and thus marriage, is and would be.
Those for gay marriage also attest that gay people are born gay, and that it's not their fault. In arguing this, they are then able to label the gay right to marry as a "civil issue". If people are born gay, then why did a Kinsey Institute study show that 84 percent of gays shifted or changed their sexual orientation at least once? How can a gay marriage between two people be stable and constant when 84 percent of those people changed their minds about what sex they are attracted to. In the process, haven't they changed their criteria for whom they can love, and thus whom they will marry? Gay marriage deprives holy matrimony of its credibility.
Stephen Bennett, a former homosexual who lived the gay lifestyle for 11 years, states, "I said to the CBS producer, 'you will never have a former black man on your show, but today you have a former homosexual.'" Ultimately, the campaign for gay marriage is unnatural, immoral and is based on the misconception that marriage is simply something you do to gratify yourself. The 1960's were the "me" years when easy-sex was common. Then America was given an easy "no-fault" divorce and easy legal abortion in the 1970's. Now in 2004 gay marriage and its legal benefits seem natural when there exists such a large number of people who have agreed to get together for mutual exploitation and self-gratification.
Ryan Bilodeau
Those for gay marriage also attest that gay people are born gay, and that it's not their fault. In arguing this, they are then able to label the gay right to marry as a "civil issue". If people are born gay, then why did a Kinsey Institute study show that 84 percent of gays shifted or changed their sexual orientation at least once? How can a gay marriage between two people be stable and constant when 84 percent of those people changed their minds about what sex they are attracted to. In the process, haven't they changed their criteria for whom they can love, and thus whom they will marry? Gay marriage deprives holy matrimony of its credibility.
Stephen Bennett, a former homosexual who lived the gay lifestyle for 11 years, states, "I said to the CBS producer, 'you will never have a former black man on your show, but today you have a former homosexual.'" Ultimately, the campaign for gay marriage is unnatural, immoral and is based on the misconception that marriage is simply something you do to gratify yourself. The 1960's were the "me" years when easy-sex was common. Then America was given an easy "no-fault" divorce and easy legal abortion in the 1970's. Now in 2004 gay marriage and its legal benefits seem natural when there exists such a large number of people who have agreed to get together for mutual exploitation and self-gratification.
Ryan Bilodeau
