In loud suppport of the Gay Marriage Posted on Friday, June 3, 2005 I realize this topic has probably been thrown back and forth more than the term "freedom" in the Kerry-Bush debates, but this is my first post and i wanted it to be on the subject i care about most, Gay Marriage. I dont see where homophobic politicians get off labeling gays as bad. They are people just like anyone else and deserve the same rights as everyone else. The 14th amendment states, "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;". that means that, since marital jurisdiction is a reserved (state's) power, the states arent allowed to deny anyone the privilege of marriage no matter who they are or whom they are marrying. This is basic civil liberties. I also must wonder where Focus on the Family, an organization in my community, gets off saying that homosexuality is a choice. I am personally appaled that they would promote an agenda in which they allege that a group of people wakes up every day and thinks to themselves, "Today i would like to be oppressed, scorned and hated by some people. Hmm, however will i manage this? I know! I'll be gay!" and supports this agenda with people inside[/U ]the organization, that means on the payroll, to claim that, through a convenient, powerful diety we call God, they "overcame" it. They speak of it as though its a disease - "I came down with a case of gay but the doctor perscribed me something, and i got over it right quick." There is evidence against this. Time magazine relaesed a study saying that certain parts of the brains that trigger sexual responses through scents in homosexual men and heterosexual women reacted similarly when subjected to chemicals in a mans sweat. The heterosexual man in the study did not reacte the same way to these scents. There is other evidence to support Homosexuality as a Hardwired trait from birth. Focus on the Family then claims to be simply a Christain Bookstore when the water gets a little too hot and deep for their tastes. I'm sorry, i deveated from my point. Homosexuality is not a choice. Politicians should not be passing legislation against them marrying. Lets look at the logistics of gay marriage not as a legal or choice issue, but as simply a marriage issue. The heart knows no gender. Lets say that someone told Goerge and Laura bush that they couldn't marry because they weren't in love with someone of the same sex. would Mr. President be signing a different tune? I think so. Love is something that you cant engineer like that. As for the traditional definition of Marriage, that notion needs to be changed altogether to a definition that reads more realistically. Perhaps "a legal union between two people that love each other" would fit. i simply fail to see where politicians miss this point. Barring same-sex unions is unconstitutional and thoroughly immoral. What baffles me more is that the majority of people support this nonsense! Its not only Mr. Bush and Focus on the Family. Our congress is trying to pass a constitutional amendment barring Gay Marriages. Now doesn't our Congress have other things to do? Like hold a hearing on Major League Baseball? Taxpayer dollars hard at work. As for our president, i hear he's got a controversial war or two on his hands. He should at least be wasting time prioritizing. i would like to close by saying that this agenda is a domestic threat, just as segregation was. i would also like to apologize for this post's sloppiness. it is dreadfully late where i am and i just now got around to this Thank you Gothcartman