Will somebody please give homosexuals the right to marry so that I won't have to read another whiny article about it on Salon? Please, somebody give them their rights so I don't have to read about their little Ozzie and Harriet gay wonderland family time. Please, give them what they want so they will stop pointing out how bad a job we heterosexuals have done with the marriage thing. Please, please give them what they want so they can stop playing pretend wife, pretend mother. Please, please, please, legislators, give them what they want so they will shut up.

Marriage, a union between two individuals that are supposedly in love. When I married 7 years ago the last thing on my mind was whether or not my husband would be the best man to raise children. Undoubtedly, if I had used that criteria I probably would not have married him. He had never shown any indication that he would be the best father in the world. He wasn't even that fond of children unless they could carry on a conversation. These things didn't matter because I wasn't marrying him to be a father, I was marrying him to be a husband. He was sensitive and attentive to my needs and wants, and I knew I could happily spend the rest of my life with him. This was the most important thing to me. I have known married couples that seemed to abhor one another. I don't know if they hated each other before they had kids or not, but I do know their kids suffered. I remember one of my friends young daughter being so frustrated with their lack of love that she told me she wished they would just get a divorce. She said she hated her father, and that her mother was no better. A loveless marriage. I talked to my friend and she insisted the only reason she stayed with him was for the children. I thought this was odd since the children seemed to be the ones most hurt by their lack of love. I know you're thinking, what does all of this have to do with gay marriage? Well, the point I want to make is that the most important ingredient in a marriage is love. Whether the couple is black, white, mixed, gay, or straight really doesn't matter. Children who live in a loving household tend to be more stable. The problem is there is no way to prove love. It is an individual decision. The courts have no right to keep two people who are in love from marriage. To say that a loving, gay family is not the best situation for children to grow up in is malarky! It's an excuse. I can't for the life of me understand why they want to "protect" the sortid, crazy, unpredictible institution of heterosexual marriage anyway. In my opinion, it boils down to the fact that Christian zealots want marriage all for themselves. They want to dictate their beliefs into everyones life. You see this on many issues other than marriage. This is just one more way for them to try to control what people do and think. At one time apparently God did not like black people, and He did not want them to marry white people, or vote, or even use the same water fountains, but He changed His mind, and now he likes black people, at least He tolerates them. Gay people today have the same problem. Maybe if all the gay people join together and pray, pray, pray God will eventually like you too, or at least tolerate you!! Good Luck

Just goes to show you, a person can have a ton of intelligence in one field and be a complete idiot in another. When asked the question, what do you believe, no atheist worth his salt would respond like this idiot Collins. Just goes to show, he might know a hell of a lot about genomes, but he's a complete idiot when it comes to philosophy and should expand his reading list beyond C.S. "weak arguments" Lewis. Such is life in our specialized times.

Did I mention that all Christians are idiots? Yeah, all Christians are complete and total morons. If you believe a woman can conceive a child without a sperm donor, you're a total, unqualified idiot. End of discussion.