It hurts society. And, as much as those who oppose my way of thinking want to admit, I am part of that society.
And, their is no "right" to marry.
Now, a question for you.
If same sex marriage becomes a legal and acceptable lifestyle, then why shouldn't incest, or polygamy, since the choice to do so would also be made by consenting adults? What are their rights?
How does it hurt society? Please explain.
It seems to me that allowing gays to legally commit to a single person, to allow them a orderly way to distribute property in the event the relationship is ended, to ensure parental rights, i.e. all the automatic benefits those of us that commit to marriage is actually good for society.
So since you are part of society, you have the right to impose your values on the rest of us? I suppose that if you opposed blacks they should be forced to ride in the back of the bus? If you opposed the right of women to vote, they should be denied the right of women to vote because after all you oppose it and you “are part of society.” Be careful what you wish for because if you want to deny rights to someone simply because you disagree with their lifestyle, even when it doesn’t hurt you, then that same argument can be used to deny you your rights just because “society” doesn’t like your lifestyle. There’s no middle ground here. You either stand for individual rights or you are a collectivist. Choose carefully.
Again you are going back to a slippery slope argument, although thank god you seem to have dropped your obsession with beastiality. I actually dealt with polygamy already. But I will do so again.
In nature many species engage in polygamy. Only the biggest and strongest males get to reproduce. This ensures that those characteristics are passed down ensuring the survival of the species. Polygamy in the animal world also tends to occur in species where the male is not involved in child rearing. Humans evolved differently. Physically we are a relatively weak creature, slow and not very strong. Our survival in nature depended on intelligence and cooperation within the group.
Newborns have a relatively large brain compared to their body and their bodies are virtually helpless. That’s because during gestation, most of biological activity is dedicated to brain development. So it takes many years for children to develop physically and survive on their own. So in humans it is normal for the children of multiple pregnancies to still be dependent upon their parents. You don’t really see this in the animal world. One off spring is typically fully independent before another arrives.
Because of this, both parents are needed to raise children and survival of humans depended upon cooperation within a group. Both of these created a situation where monogamy help the survival of the species because it created an incentive for males to stick around.
Now consider a tribe that consisted of one dominate male and many females. That tribe would not survive because without the cooperation of other males, they couldn’t successful hunt the larger and faster game they depended on.
So that’s how we got to where we are today. But does that still apply today or would polygamy be workable in today’s society. If you have paid attention to some of the polygamist Mormon outliner societies, they drive away young competing males and older females. Done on a large scale, it would result in a large number of young males without mates in stable relationships. This is not good for society as we have seen already even without polygamy. So society has a compelling interest in not providing the benefits of marriage to such relationship.
In the case of incest, there is the presumption that there may be children and reproduction between close relatives increases the chance of passing on genetic deceases. Thus again, society has a compelling interest in not providing marriage benefits to such relationships.
On the other hand, since gays exist because they are wired differently (or as you said abnormal), it is societies interest to encourage gays to engage in stable, committed relationships. Heterosexual males who are in committed, stable relationships are healthier, happier and more productive than single males who are not in a committed relationship. I would suspect that the same is true for gay males.
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