explain your position (...and why you think I am wrong)

What baffles me: people that purportedly have this amazing "moral high ground" and try to indoctrinate others into a legacy of hate. Okay, that was my daily bitching... On to the point of my post.

We have this "national divide" going on in America in reference to "The Marriage of Same Sex Couples". The way I have looked at this from the beginning: "whatever works." I know, a simple statement, but it is an easy way to look at everything in life... I come from a "broken" home, my parents divorced when I was very young, but it worked well for me. Both of my parents are supportive of me and my life. I never went without when I was young and I can say I have seen worse situations in "Whole" family households where both parents are present.

Now the argument of the religious right (other than the Leviticus 18:22 argument... but really... how can that one be taken seriously? If so then we cannot eat shellfish [Leviticus 11:10] and we can sell our daughters into slavery [Exodus 21:7]; and by extension own slaves, as long as they are from neighboring nations [Leviticus 25:44],) is that children cannot prosper in a homosexual environment due to the lack of a gender specific role model, or an example of a healthy interpersonal relationship. My Aunt was in a Same Sex Relationship for 18 years. I lived in that household for a time when I was at an influential age (between age 4 & 6) and the only inference I ever drew from it was that happiness can prosper in a nurturing relationship. To be honest I did not recognize that there was anything "different" in their relationship until I was in my teens and had to deal with the ridicule of my peers. It never was an issue because I never had anyone tell me it was "wrong." this is why I have such staunch conviction that hatred is taught and cultural biases are not instinctual.

Let us review our history for a moment. In 1968 there was a Gallup poll (and we all know how accurate those are) that showed that 72% of the Country was Opposed to Interracial Marriage and that 48% of the Country thought that it should be a crime. I realize how that has deprecated our society so much. (I hope everyone noted my extreme sarcasm in the last sentence.) Now I want to draw a parallel in polling. In a recent Gallup poll 55% of Americans are opposed to gay marriage and 51% favor an amendment to the constitution that would ban gay marriage. It makes me wonder how the 20 something generation will view this "controversy" in 36 years.

This is much more a generational divide than a national divide. This illustrates the need for the 20 something generation of today to become more active in our political process so that we can actualize real change.

Okay... I think this concludes my rant for today...