Of all the arguments for an amendment in Utah to ban same-sex marriage, the one that really irks me is that marriage needs "defense" because it is under "attack."

Come on! In this country there are probably millions of gay people who want to give a great big endorsement to the institution of marriage by joining the club. How does this compromise someone else's marriage?

Some arguments are so outrageous and far-fetched to be absurd. Utah state legislator David Gladwell, R-Ogden, suggested that at stake is "the perpetuation not only of the human race, but society itself."

What? Heterosexuals will have to stop having kids? This is news to me.

There isn't one argument against gay marriage that holds water because there's always a counter analogy. "Tradition" once held that women couldn't vote; "5000 years of history" (slavery); "natural law" (homosexuality is expressed in nature); "God's law" (we are all children of God). Any amendment to ban gay marriage does nothing to bolster the institutions of marriage and family. Such a law will simply write bias into the books.

Darin Menlove

Payson

Looking for comments?
Find comments in their new home! Click the buttons at the top or within the article to view them — or use the button below for quick access.