Thursday, January 27, 2005
"gay marriage"
The cover story in this week's issue of the Times of Acadiana was about "gay marriage"(?).
Marriage exists when two people of the opposite sex have a public commitment to live together with an exclusive sexual relationship. If your relationship doesn't require you to accomodate yourself to a person of the opposite sex, it's not a marriage and doesn't deserve to be called such. Living with another person of the same sex is just too easy. It also sounds very boring. Calling this a marriage will not make it a marriage any more than calling me gumbo filé will make me fit into a 2 oz jar.
Marriage exists when two people of the opposite sex have a public commitment to live together with an exclusive sexual relationship. If your relationship doesn't require you to accomodate yourself to a person of the opposite sex, it's not a marriage and doesn't deserve to be called such. Living with another person of the same sex is just too easy. It also sounds very boring. Calling this a marriage will not make it a marriage any more than calling me gumbo filé will make me fit into a 2 oz jar.
