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The AJC turns the conservative argument against gay marriage back around:

The very idea that gay people are trying to tear down marriage is nonsense; heterosexual people are doing quite fine on their own in that regard and hardly need the assistance of others. Gay people have not caused the divorce rate to soar. Gay people haven't caused the rise in single-parent families. To make gay people the scapegoat for the problems that plague modern marriage is absurd on its face.

In fact, to the degree that gay Americans wish to join in marriage, it ought to be seen as an endorsement of the institution, as a recognition that the civilizing merits and rich emotional rewards of marriage appeal not just to people of all cultures, races and ages, but to people of all sexual preference as well.

My state legislature is currently trying to amend the state consitution to ban same-sex marriage. The hypocrisy of it all makes me sick. But it's nice when someone comes along and says what you're thinking much better than you can.

originally posted by daveadams