Editorial Response

"Anti-Gay, Anti-Family"
By Dan Savage

The article "Anti-Gay, Anti-Family" was almost heartbreaking in my opinion. How could someone ban the right to love who they want and have families with who they want without being married? I think that it is wrong to ban a legalized union between two members of the same sex. If they love each other, why should it matter if they get married or not? Love is not constrained to the form of a man and woman together. Show me where it says that being heterosexual is the only right way to be. To further thwart the gay couples, there is the potential of banning people from cohabiting outside of a valid marriage. Even if this was aimed mainly for homosexual couples, this affects those of the heterosexual nature as well. Not only could two male partners not adopt a child, but neither could a man and a woman adopt one who are not married. Marriage has become more of a commercial act rather than the spiritual union of one person to another. It has escalated to the simple minded competition of who has the best dress or is being married in the biggest church. I think that many realize how silly it is nowadays to be married in that sense. If they decide to be together without the legal documents, who has the right to say that it is wrong? Divorce rates are higher than ever compared to about 20 years ago. Not only that but it causes extreme trauma onto the children in the household. This is speaking from personal experience. If a couple wants to remain just that, a couple with out the legal titles of husband and wife, why can't they take care of children? Same with homosexual couples. Who is to say that a married heterosexual couple would be better than an unmarried heterosexual couple or even a homosexual couple? By approving this act, this could take legitimate children away from their mothers or fathers who are in fact, gay. This is too extreme. Some children are taken out of homes for a reason and put into foster care. What if the best option was an unmarried couple? This law would deny it. If we are to stand together as Americans, we need to accept the very nature of every American. Whether that is homosexuality or those who don't want to get married. By approving both of these laws, it just breaks the nation apart further.