Against Legalizing Homosexual Marriages

If gays are granted rights, next we'll have to give rights to prostitutes and to people who sleep with St. Bernards and to nailbiters.

Anita Bryant - Musician

Right vs. privilege: Gay activists talk about the "right" to get married. Whereas they still can have the privelage to be together. Yet in the next sentence gays talk about obtaining a marriage license in which as we know is a proper authorized document that is in the hands of the government. Marriage is a privilege, not a right. Therefore, the state must have a standard, or rules or even limits for issuing a license. We don't give a license to anyone who wants to drive a car. You must know basic information and demonstrate an ability to drive. We don't grant a medical license to just anyone who wishes to just have one. You have to work for it and demonstrate a level of competence. Marriage isn't a right, it is a privilege that the state can and should regulate.

Children:

"The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults." - Peter De Vries

Debra Busher, an expert on child psychology, says:

"Sexual orientation of a parent is critical to the upbringing of a child. Society is based on the ideal of having heterosexual parents, and it goes against values for same sex parents to raise children. Having homosexual parents is also a major stressor for a child due to society's norms and values. It can cause embarrassment and abnormal feelings. Children who are raised in 'alternative family lifestyles', are more likely to engage in drugs and have negative feelings towards their parents and themselves, than children raised by normal families." (Qualey)

To allow an act such as homosexual marriages to continue, it displays that we have blatant disrespect for our children's future. To ensure that the United States remains successful, and remains the prominent leader of the world, we must first take care of our children. Banning homosexual marriages can do this; it will lessen the amount of improper behavior our children see and imitate.

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