I have understood that (I may be wrong) : If the samesex marriage would ahve gone through this would have happened (anyway arounbd here it did... some of these things):
1. ANY priest or a person with the papers to be able to officially marry people would HAVE TO marry anyone who come to ask him/her to do it or that person would meet with a fine or even worse... No matter what the persons values are! I think here it would be ok that the person CAN say NO!
2. There is NO PLACE where the marriage could not be made, which would force LDS church to open the doors to the Temple for these marriages, which this religion sees more like blasphemy. Here too I think the owner of the place should be able to say NO!
3. ANY adoption office would be FORCED to give children to samesex couples. Sorry as an adoptive child myself I can not stand behind this, even though I know there are many gays that are very good to kids. Here I think each adoption office has to be able to do after their leaderships wishes!
4. Kids in school have to learn about familyconsept, that is not approved by many. I think parrents should be able to teach their kids what they want. Either the parents should be able to choose what the kids would be taught or this also like teaching of religion should be taken away from schools.
Things which had not been changed:
All couples married or not, samesex or not have the same social benefits already now in California!
Things that the earthly law can not change:
Only the marriage between a man and a woman is approved by God.
I do not understand:
WHY samesex couples want to marry? And if they want to marry why dont they make their own church to do it in? Bible is VERY clear in what God thinks of samesex marriaages. Why this hate speach aso from samesex defenders? They have to see that those that follow God can not change His words His rules!
It may happen some churches like Lutherans allow the samesex Church marriages... there already are couoples married, even Priest couples... but this has lead to it, that true believers leave the state Church in BIG numbers! Actually it is interesting to see how this question tears apart the religious athmosphere and forces people to take side. How those for samesex mariages are attacking or those marching in their name are attacing those that are for Gods laws.
It is sad that gays can not see, that we love them and care for them, but marriage IS for a man and a woman. If they could see the pain we have for this great burden they are carrying! I am sorry but there are some things that just can not happen... we can not spread our hands and fly... it is against the laws of nature, no matter how much we would like to.
However if someone can not live alone... he/she should be able to feel our love thowards hinm/her. That is their decition how they want to live, but they should not by force take to themselves something we can not give to them. OR they ahve to find better referances from the Bible to show they are right!