
Originally Posted by
niky
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Your God's plan. But not everyone is a Christian, thus you can't impose your will on society. Just like Islamists trying to impose Shia law on entire countries is ethically unjust.
The moral strictures in law date from a time when laws were created by heavily religious political leaders. That's why sodomy is still a crime in some parts of the US (ridiculous... it's their butts, they can do whatever they like with them). These moral strictures still have some merit in areas like prostitution (wherein many ***-workers are abused) and adultery (because infidelity on the part of the husband could lead to an abandonment of wife and children), but the artificial dismissal of homo***uality isn't fair to those who choose it.
For me, the only sin is in causing others harm or hurt. Homo***uality does neither. And if allowing legalistic union helps to provide financial and social security for the partners and any dependents, then I'm all for it.
Coming from a broken home, I can tell you that this is the part that matters most. Like I've said, gay couples I've known all have straight children, and the gay people I know are the children of straight couples. There's no transmission of any gay virus, so as long as they are compassionate and caring for them, they should have chance, under the law to become a supportive family unit.