Of course we should. We, the People. We, parents. We, children. We, grown adults. We, respected and respectful members of society. We, lovers. We, friends.

Of course we should.

We.

Nevermind the fact that marriage was founded upon sexist ideals. Nevermind that marriage was mostly a way for a father to pay for a man to take over the care and feeding of his daughter. Nevermind that 'reasons' for marriage change every few hundred years. Nevermind that 'straight' marriage can be every bit as absurd as what fundamentalists might claim 'gay' marriage to be.

At this point in time, considering the facts as we know them, marriage is an institution devoted to the commitment between one entity, and another. (Bigamy's another topic, and we won't cover it here, just for simplicity's sake.)

Marriage doesn't have to be about love. Marriage doesn't have to be about God. Those things are nice, of course, but not necessary. Marriage is a legal thing. It is, for all intents and purposes, a flowery ceremony for a civil union.

Allowing anyone to marry anyone else wouldn't destroy some kind of mysterious sacred veil enshrouding the institution of marriage any more than restricting marriage rights would keep it 'holy'.

Allowing other people that which you have does not demean the thing itself. Homosexuality cannot 'tarnish' an institution - to discriminate against gay people in this way is just as absurd as it would be to discriminate against any other minority, be it by race, age, creed, or religion.

Would you tell a black man he can't marry a white woman? Would you tell a Jewish woman she can't marry a Christian man?

What business is it of yours if two people (who are not YOU) want to marry? The only marriage you 'approve' or 'disapprove' of should be your own.

But since the question's been asked, and people somehow think they should get a say on the personal lives of other people when it doesn't affect them a whit...

Should we approve of same sex marriage?

You're damn right we should.

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