Sanctity of marriage

[julesjones]

A little something for those who oppose gay marriage on the grounds that the purpose of marriage is procreation:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gayweddings-pg,0,5597152.photogallery?index=17

(The rest of the photo gallery is worth looking at as well, though you might want to have a tissue handy.)

Comments

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

The arguments against it are not based on logic. If they tell you marriage is for procreation, and you counter that gay couples can adopt or use a surrogate, they'll just reply that it's bad for the kids to be raised that way.

There is no way to fight illogical attitudes, because there's no argument that will beat them. But we can keep sharing happy stories and sweet pictures like this, and hope that each subsequent generation has more people who look at the evidence in front of their eyes, and fewer people who lock themselves in their own little hate-filled worlds.

[julesjones]

Keep challenging it with real life examples, and one or two of them will start to think for themselves, the ones who aren't filled with hate but just haven't thought it through. There are a lot of people (like my parents and many of their friends) who are desperately uncomfortable with the existence of gay people and would be happier if gays stayed in the closet, but are also horrified by the idea that anyone would be harmed just for being gay. They're the ones who can be reached by pictures like these.