An Alternative Lifestyle Is Not Equivalent To Family
Personally, I’m not crazy about homosexuals. I think that their lifestyle is something better kept to themselves, but many of them feel the need to aggressively pursue their agenda publicly. I think a homosexual lifestyle is medically riskier than traditional lifestyles. But, I’m not a doctor or insurance agent.
86% of new HIV infections occurred in men who considered themselves to be in same-sex unions.
homosexual activity is up to three times deadlier than smoking.
But medicine aside, I hear a lot of talk about the medical, estate, and life or death decision making rights that apparently homosexuals feel deprived of, as a gross injustice that should be legally corrected by what is often called “gay marriage”. Personally, I’m opposed to what I see as re-defining the meaning of the word marriage.
In my mind, there are social constructs that were probably put in place for a reason. Marriage is one of those. Raising a family is a lot of work, from what I’ve seen. Parents want their children to succeed in raising a family of their own, and the institution of marriage, I believe, is what society has come up with as a way of increasing the odds of success.
Homosexuals, from what I can see want a civil union on par with marriage for reasons like medical decision making, estate, and legal reasons. I personally don’t object to them being allowed to be at their partner’s side in an Emergency Room. I don’t object to them engaging in commitment ceremonies. In fact, I could care less what they do, as long as it doesn’t affect me or my loved ones.
I was asked to babysit for a single mother recently, and she wanted me to teach him “man things” as she was concerned by finding him playing in her makeup. He’s never had a regular father role model in his life. In addition to my feelings on the role of family, I look at her situation as a testimony that our culture has gone too far toward alternative lifestyles where traditional family structure has been devalued to the point of fractional existence.
Homosexuals are not primarily concerned with families, as far as I can tell. I think society needs to put a greater emphasis on family as the basic unit. Say what you will, I’m not imposing my beliefs on you if you want to engage in homosexuality. The traditional family unit should not be imposed upon by homosexuals’ beliefs that somehow their behaviour is equivalent in importance to a healthy functioning society.
