by Gary Maclean

Created on: March 03, 2009   Last Updated: March 04, 2009

I am not concerned if Joe wants to marry Pete; it doesn't matter to me. It also does not bother me if Mary would like to marry Jill, that is their business. What does concern me is that I have to be involved in these issues at all. Why make anyone's selection of life partner, public to anyone else? I made my selection public through the act of marriage, but I made it public, only to those I and my wife cared for and wanted to have share our moment. I never randomly told anyone I want to marry her. We just did it.

Likewise, I never shake someone's hand and say anything like "Hi, I'm Gary and I'm straight." There is no reason to do so. Same as there is no reason for anyone to ever shake my hand and say anything like; "Hi, I'm Joe and I'm gay." I could care less. It's none of my business who is straight or gay. You don't tell me if your short or tall, or if you are democrat or republican, or Christian or Atheist, so don't proudly proclaim your sexual preference to me either. So your gay, so what!

Now, about the issue of marriage between two gay people. Again, this is none of my business. I don't care who anybody wants to spend the rest of their life with. Don't make me vote on legislation for an issue that doesn't affect me and one that I could care less about. I don't care, get it? The only thing gays are gaining by thrusting their "gayness" in our (straight people) faces is making us more and more frustrated and suspicious of their gay lifestyle. Don't tell me about it, just go do it!

So let's move on to the question that is at the heart of the issue. Should gays be allowed civil unions but not marriage. The government needs to stay out of the religion business. Government should have no say in anything religious; that is just how America is built. The issue of gay marriage is surely a religious question. Not only is it religious, but it is exclusively Christian, I'll explain that in a minute. The government can provide civil unions, not marriages. Who they provide civil unions to, is their question to decide. Religion has no say so in the matters of the court or the matters of politics. The only question that belongs on any ballot is; should the government provide civil unions to gay people.

The government cannot provide marriage; they are not in that business, Christians are. The concept of marriage is a Christian ideal. Remember, it isn't just religious, it is exclusively Christian. The first marriage in history was that of Adam and Eve. At the heart of the Christian

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