Suska wrote:...playing folk music for my animals and the trees, I am married to an ever expanding vision of universal love and sacred creativity.
An envious life, to be sure...amalgamating oneself with nature is a great reward indeed.
As for myself, I'm married. Allow me to tell you a short story. You can jump to the last paragraph if you just want to see my actual point, but it will have more impact if you read everything before it.
I originally met my wife 11 years ago, when I was in 10th grade. We knew who we both were, and even though there was a mutual attraction, we were never single at the same time. Fast forward to two years after I graduated, and I randomly run into a close friend of mine from high school, who just happens to be dating my future wife. The three of us hang out together (and still do to this very day!), and have some incredibly fun times. A year or so later, she and my friend decide to break up. They make really great friends, but they just plain didn't work as a couple.
Fast forward three years later (we're now in the summer of 2007). I injured both of my wrists really badly (ligament damage, bone fracture, the whole deal), so I was houseridden for about a month...hell, I couldn't even pick up a toothbrush. Anyway, she randomly called me up during the one month's time to see what I was up to. She had just graduated college (special ed teacher), and had nothing to do during the summer. So, she hung out with me while I healed. After the second day, we discovered that we were BOTH single for the first time since we met way back in high school.
At the end of the summer, she moved in with me. Two years after that, we were engaged. A year after that, we were married in July of 2010, much to the delight of both of our families. A year and a half on, we are financially stable, professionally responsible, and growing ever closer. We also agree on the topic of children: we want to adopt, because we feel there are already uncared for kids out there...no sense in making a new one.
Now, you'll notice throughout that story I didn't mention religion a single time. That's because both of us come from agnostic families. Sure, there are people in our family that are religious, but for the most part, everyone is agnostic. I bring this up to tell you that, as a very happily married man with pretty much zero religion anywhere in my life, I have (and continue to improve) a marriage to a beautiful, intelligent, and very reliable woman.
Here's my main point: there is absolutely nothing about our history, our relationship, our emotions, our successes, or our goals that couldn't be found in a homosexual relationship. Likewise, a lack of religion clearly hasn't impacted us in a negative way. With all that in mind, I ask you this: aside from tradition for tradition's sake, what reason is there to leave the strict link between marriage and religion intact? Moreover, what reason is there to leave the link between marriage and homosexuality broken?
"Your denial is beneath you, and thanks to the use of hallucinogenic drugs, I see through you." -Bill Hicks