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Originally posted by Rob Kamphausen:
what is the legal reasoning why gay people can not be married in the US?
Marriage is something that is in the Bible, beginning with Genesis. It is the union of one man and one woman, in a ceremony before God.

If you allow gay marriage, then you pervert the meaning of Judao-Christian teachings, which are, if you believe (and I do), "God-breathed" scripture, inspired by God Himself.

Gays do NOT have the right to change/pervert the meaning of marriage. They can live together. They can have some secular recognition of health and life insurance benefits. (Although with the extremely high incidence of AIDS/HIV among gay men, I sure wouldn't be eager to offer health or death benefits, if I was an insurance company). The problem is, if Gay Marriage is recognized in courts, it is forced on the mainstream of American culture, including the majority of America which, when polled, calls itself Christian.

Gays have no right to change the meaning of marriage for the rest of society.

Marriage is a Judao-Christian practice. And homosexuality sure as hell isn't a Judao-Christian practice.