I come from about as conservative background as anyone can. My parents were extremely strict, if the doors of our church were open, we were there. In most families, I would be considered a saint, in mine, I've always been the black sheep. With that said, I could care less about marriage, any marriage. I have seen a bunch of "church folks" on FB preaching the sanctity of marriage. Funny, they point out the union of marriage is a sacred thing between two people and God... to which I agree. However, these same people are on marriage number 2 or 3... WTF! If they held their marriage so sacred, they would have taken the first union a little more seriously! A state-recognized marriage is nothing more than a contract that is easily broken. If gays want to enter into that contract, go for it. I couldn't give a shit. In fact, do it and shut up about it. I've never thought it was necessary to march up and down main street to announce I'm into the opposite sex, and if I ever did, I'd expect for others around me to point out that was weird behavior.... I don't think I'd accuse them of hating me for pointing out the obvious.
My daughter has had all the liberal bs pumped into her head through all the usual outlets. She is happy for the gays.... yay. I don't care. She and I talked about what I feel a marriage should be VS what it has become in our current society, and I'll try to convey my thoughts here if only to outline them for myself; Marriage is a PIA most days. I can't tell you how many times if I'd found my wife dead, it would have been the start to a good day... she has felt the same more times than I'd care to know. Some days, I still enjoy her company... in small doses, and sometimes a little longer. The fact is, marriage is the foundation of family, and family is stability in a POS world. Kids that grow up without both parents in the same home to give an over-all positive influence are at a disadvantage, IMO. Looking at our society today, I don't know how anyone could argue that point. In our vowels, I recall "for better or worse, till death us do part"...and I recall several times I thought things couldn't get any worse, and death didn't seem all that bad... but we are still together, and still honor those vowels, and we have two great kids that I believe will be great adults someday... people I can be proud to have had a hand in raising.
Being married, to me, is an agreement between KR and I that we will stay on the same team, for the most part, and do our very best to do our earthly duties for our family. I know for a fact, if we did not make this agreement over 20 years ago, one of us, or both, would have just kicked the whole deal aside during some of those darker days. Looking to the future, if we are lucky enough to live long enough to see our house become an empty nest, I imagine we will once again enjoy each other a bit more since our focus will not be so child-intensive. That's a guess of course...
I personally don't believe gays want the right to marry so they can legally make the kind of commitment my wife and I have made, and stuck to. I think they want the right to marry simply to feel it is a publicly accepted lifestyle...which to ME, it NEVER will be, but my opinion matters to no one but me, so I'll keep it to myself for the most part.
They way the court pushed this nonsense through, or even so it with enough priority to look at it, is troubling. But, like most everything else that seems to be going on in the world, everything seems the polar opposite of what I think it should be. Perhaps I'm a dying relic of thought, but that's OK, I'm still well armed enough to think however the heck I want!
And if whomever reads this nonsense does not agree with me, I'm OK with that. Don't think for a minute that I'll hate you because our thoughts differ, but don't make the mistake of thinking I care if you hate me because of mine. If any of us here feel we can't share our thoughts, why are we here?
