I believe
saying ‘no’ to same-sex marriage is a way of showing love, not rejection.
Here’s why:
1. It is not unloving to tell the
truth about marriage. Marriage is clearly different to a same-sex relationship
– for reasons of biology, sociology and anthropology. To call them the same
thing is to deny the truth. As Aristotle said, “The worst form of inequality is
to try and make unequal things equal.”
Marriage is not clearly different.
A same-sex relationship is the same as an opposite sex relationship. Marriage is the recognition of a
relationship, it is not the relationship.
Same sex unions have their place in history and they are being accepted
by society today.
2. It is not unloving to put the
rights of children first. As a society we see it as a tragedy when, due to
events like desertion or death, a child misses out on the love and care of both
their mum and dad. For a government to make a law that mandates this loss is
not putting the rights of the child first. It is loving to ensure, where
possible, every child is raised by their mother and father.
Same sex marriage does not
mandate the loss of anything the same way marriage currently does not. There is no mention of children or procreation
in the Marriage Act. The “where possible”
clause is broad. Broad enough to include same sex parents.
3. It is not unloving to fully
consider the consequences of an action before taking it. Atheist columnist
Brendan O’Neill warns, “everywhere gay marriage has been introduced it has
battered freedom, not boosted it”. Whether it is freedom of conscience, speech
or freedom for parents to remove their children from ‘sexual
diversity-celebrating’ sex education classes, all have been further restricted
to some degree in countries that have redefined marriage.
Freedom to not accept the
situation for what it is. Exactly what
same sex advocates are being accused of.
