"We have gotton so far away from the loving nature inheirent of our beings to the hateful purist and hypocritical society that we have become."
"Most of society has grown up in an Us or Them mentality"
Can anyone identify ANY human society from ANY period in time that was inheirently loving, or that wasn't a Us vrs. Them mentality???
I cannot.
Perhaps, in very small social groups, any behaivor can be accepted that is not seen to be affecting safety. But in a large society, there has always been people who feel they know what is best and go to any extreme to get it. It will take a business proposition to affect this issue short term. Come up with a way to make gay marrage profitable to the insurance companies and the government and "religous" or "moral" objections will fade away like dry leaves in a wind. I do agree that over time, as the global society becomes more homogenized, there is a chance that gay marrage will be eventually accepted and forgotten as an issue. Depends on the times. In times of war, fearing people, become god fearing people. Then, they look for reasons that their god is angry with them. Like weathermen before a big storm, priests and preachers are only too happy to point them in your direction. Unfortunately for homosexuals, there are a lot of homophobic writers in religous texts. (Of course, homosexuals are older than Christianity! There wouldn't be mentions of it in the bible, (old testament) otherwise.)
Having been married once, I'm not sure what those benefits are that you speak of Winged, but that's just me....... But as far as I'm concerned, you or any other person wants to get married, I have no problem with it at all. What your or anyone else's sexuality is, or any other personal business, is no business of mine. I have enough to do without bothering with other people's business!