same sex marriage

it was hard to take the conservative view in class today but i had to do it. gay marriage goes against human nature because it violates the sex and reproduction drive. it also violates and offends many popular religions in america. psychologically a child needs both a mother and father in order to grow up with a balanced and normal psyche. same sex marriage would increase the rate of "disfunctional" families in America.

i strongly disagree with all of the above points. first off human nature is far more than just a sex drive. we are given the gift/burden (however you wanna look at it) of emotions and intellect. if a person feels like they fit with another person perfectly and have strong feelings of love towards them, they should have the right to get married. its as simple as that. the conservative point that actually infuriates me is the religious denial. first off the church shouldnt mix with the state, so the government shouldnt have anything to do with marital union. unfortunately it does have a say and it denies same sex marriage because supposedly god told us we cant do it. i find it funny that christianity also states that god put us on this planet to love unconditionally... hmm. didnt realize there was fine print (the one condition is that a man cannot intimately love a man and a woman cannot intimately love a woman). what a conflicting and repressive religion. even psychologically, same sex marriage can work. plenty of people have made it fine in life being raised by only a mother figure or only a father figure. also notice the word FIGURE. the mother figure doesnt actually have to be a woman. a gay man can be feminine enough and possess mother qualities to raise a baby. a child growing up in a world where they have to accept that their parents are gay and married is actually a benefit to society. if they can accept homosexuality, they can also accept racial differences, social differences, class differences etc etc. they WILL be taught to love under ANY condition, on the contrary to religions which teach you that certain types of love arent ok. since same sex marriage is illegal in most states, the only advice i can give to couples who want to get married is that they should ignore the ignorance of the government and find other ways to unionize themselves with eachother. im sure there are ways to give vows without getting the law involved. marriage afterall is just a label, theyre still free to always be with eachother and live with eachother and adopt etc... why would they need to get the stubborn law involved with their love life?