I think that is Prissy's dick in his cheek. But to each his own!
Right... and it's hilarious that people claim 10-year-old drivers would destroy highway safety, when the drunks and incompetents have already done more harm than 10-year-olds could possibly do!
10-year-old's driving would have no effect on my driving or yours!
I don't recall anyone ever making the argument that Gay Marriage would effect their own marriage, so the premise is completely flawed and false. When people say it will "destroy the sanctity" of marriage, it means something more profound. Marriage is an important religious tradition and custom, and vital to the institution of family. It means something very specific, and it has a very specified purpose from a religious and moral standpoint. Not everyone respects that, but it doesn't change what it means to those who are religious. It's like prayer... What if someone wanted to change the definition of "prayer" to include Rap Lyrics? It wouldn't effect prayer for religious people, they could still do their thing, but it denigrates the sanctity of a religious tradition. Denying rap lyrics to be defined as prayer, doesn't prohibit a rapper from praying, or deny the rapper any right that others enjoy.
Let me turn Soc's 'dick-in-cheek' OP around on you... Does the possession of a piece of paper issued by the State, with the word "marriage" at the top, have anything to do at all, with how much the two gay people love each other? Why is that piece of paper with that word so important to a gay couple? If it is a matter of benefits or rights, we can remedy that with comprehensive civil unions legislation, and I think it would probably pass. Most people I know who are opposed to gay marriage, are not opposed to gay couples having the same benefits or rights of traditional married couples. Their position is based on a respect for religious customs and traditions, against what they view as an affront to those customs and traditions.
If the "issue" is benefits, privileges, or rights, then it is the "Pro-Gay-Marriage" crowd who is preventing that from happening! And they are supposedly doing so, for the sole reason of a piece of paper with "marriage" at the top, and nothing more. That doesn't seem to make much sense, so we have to conclude the REAL reason they continue to push for Gay Marriage, is specifically to destroy a religious tradition and custom.