Gay Marriage?

Julia says no.

And the case against is so eloquently and articulately stated in this comment on Senthorun Raj’s pro gay marriage column in today’s Sydney Morning Herald (my bolding and caps on a few notable key words) …

why would the gay rights lobby instantly expect instant major ammendments to marriage laws? just because there is a new BUM on a seat who refuses to get married? the institution of marriage is one of the oldest traditions in the world and just because certain countries have decided to alter their views on it does that immediately make them progressive,why? because they allow for same SEX unions?. as far as drawing parrallels between racial segregation and gays not being able to marry is somewhat over reactionary last time i looked i saw no signs reading hetero only,besides,a lot of same sex relationships are not based on the same principles as are those between opposite sexes,gay people fall in and out of love at the drop of a hat,their relationships are very ficle and fleeting,the bond between same sex couples is not the same as between men and women,the reasons behind this are very simple,nature, nature has programmed opposite sexes to attract for one purpose, procreation, i realise i will be stoned,burned at the stake and quartered for my views here,i will probably be called a TYPICAL hetero who hates gays blah blah blah, but before the potential mr and mr smith or msrs and msrs brown sharpen their knives here,let me assure you that i do not hate gays,i work with a lot of gays and treat gays with the same respect as anybody,however,i also know that gay people tend to get overprescious about great many things,not just marriage.

Because gay men and gay women have no right to be “normal”, just like everybody else …