Gay marriage?

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So I was reading this thing on Yahoo (in the news section) that San Francisco gave marriage licenses to almost 100 same sex couples in open defiance of the state's laws. My immediate thought was "haha...fvck California". But then i actually got to thinking, especially since they've legalized same sex unions in Mass. recently. The I saw and heard about all of the people protesting. WTF? Do these people have something against people being happy? While I'm not gay and don't have a whole ton of friends who are, I can understand that all these people want is to be treated as equals in the eyes of the government. No reason they should expect any less. In an open defiance of constitutionaly mandated seperation of church and state, courts continually rule based on conservative religious beliefs against same sex unions. Dictionary definitions of marriage include mention of same sex couplings...why can't people in this country accept that? These people protesting are so wrapped up in thinking they know what "god" wants that they don't take into account their own hatred which, by it's own nature, is a sin according to what they believe. Whatever you might believe (or have a lack thereof) about "god", the fact is that most conservative groups think of "him" as some intangiable father figure that shakes a finger at us from thousands of years ago and says "do it and I'll fvckin spank you" (thank you Dogma). As for me, my own belief is that religion is a synthetic referee. It's intangiable and most often unexplainable, but you'd better listen or else you'll be in trouble. So why let that govern your opinions in matters that are relevent here and now? But I digress. The real point is denying perfectly normal people (in their vast majority, anyway) the right to be married and, perhaps more importantly, to get divorced (ahhh...the American dream). These people who seem to hold marriage so sacredly don't seem to bat an eye when faced with the fact that half of all traditional marriages end in horrible, wicked, mean, using-your-child-as-a-bargaining-chip divorces. Hell...we let all kinds of perverted fvcks get married...convicted rapists, murderers, pedophiles, etc. What's so bad about people getting married who are just looking for someone to acknowledge that they aren't bad people. I'd like to request in advance (this being a slightly touchy issue for some) that NO ONE FLAME ANYONE. State your opinions and defend them if necessary, but do it respectfully and tastefully. I, for one, support anyone who wants to get married. It's like being a Boy Scout...anyone dumb enough to wanna do it ought to be able to. I'm not really down with having it shoved in my face, but what when heterosexuals do that it pisses me off too. Whatever you wanna do with your life is your business and fvck anyone who tells you that you can't. That's my $0.02. Let's hear yours.