Amen Robert.
This whole argument boils down to morality, NOT RELIGION. F*** Religion. I'm atheist, I don't believe in a single word of the bible, it's not even God's book, it's MAN'S BOOK. God could exist, but MAN wrote the bible. Therefore banishing homosexuals from our society is what the majority of man wants, not what God wants (if he does exist). If God made everything, then God made homosexuals, and if God made homosexuals and he is as would be interpreted as a God; one who is loving and caring for all His creatures, then he would love and care for the homosexuals he created too. This would mean, that he would allow them, under the sanction of His 'Holy' view, to be married. Religion is Man's interpretation of God, religion is complete bullshit.
What's morally right is to further our society by not shutting the door on the very members of it. Canada has passed the law and I'm glad for it, hopefully we serve as a role model for those too ignorant to do so.
*History Repeats Itself*
Canada was the first to abolish Slavery, the US soon followed suit.
Now Canada is one of the first to allow homosexuals to get married, the US will soon follow suit.
This all boils down to morality, in which religion tries to teach, but the thing is, religion teaches morality as it suits themselves. When you were young, did you not learn of this thing called perspective? To place yourself in anothers shoes? To view life as it is seen by a certain person or peoples?
Take into account, the fact that homosexuals have been shunned for years. That they are still being shunned by some of our society. They are, in essence, outsiders. People who are homosexual, FEAR to tell anyone about it, because they do not know if those people, their friends, will accept them as who they are. And they have good right to, because some of those friends and pig-headed, ignorant fools who do not.
We, as human beings, need to welcome them into our society, and it will not be easy. We need to let them have their own sanctity of their own union between each other, they feel comfortable among other homosexuals, so why not let them continue the little comfort they have instead of halting it and taking away the very rights they should be entitled to as a human being in this world.
Who are we to say that Bob and George can't get married? Nothing prevents them from doing so as God would intend. We can say they cannot have children though, that is something that is not naturally right, that is why two men or two women cannot conceive by themselves. That would be God's intention if there ever was one.
I think everyone just needs to step back and take a look at the world as we know it, and think about what it would be like if we stopped shunning those who held different beliefs.
Regards,