Thousands march in US capital against gay marriage

[Jazzy]

Several thousand people including religious leaders marched in Washington on Saturday against same-sex marriage as the US Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on the deeply divisive issue in the coming days.


Crowds rallied from the US Capitol to the Supreme Court, carrying placards reading, "A Child Needs a Father and a Mother" and "March for Truth."

The gathering comes with the top court Tuesday set to consider whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed in the United States, with a final decision expected in June.

Currently, individual states are responsible for determining marriage laws, with 37 out of 50 US states and the capital Washington legalizing gay unions.

Several members of the Protestant and Orthodox church were also present at the rally, along with a strong turnout from the Hispanic community.

Some had traveled from out of town to show support for the anti-gay marriage cause.

Citing the Bible, Hiram Garcia, 49, from Philadelphia, told AFP that legalizing gay marriages would create "a Godless society, where people are far from God."

Caroll Skinner, 64, agreed, and said she came to the rally to make a statement.

"Their relationships are unions, not marriages," said Skinner.

Orthodox priest Hans Jacobse warned that "society will crumble" if same-sex unions were legalized.

"Marriage begins with God, not with the state," he said.

Thoughts?

 

[mrldii]

I wonder how many of the March's participants, especially those carrying the signs, "A Child Needs a Father and a Mother", are divorced and/or have children they don't pay support for.

I also wonder how many of these *activists* are equally involved in movements to stop domestic violence...yanno, since they're so concerned about issues that effect the "sanctity of marriage".

 

[Webster]

Thoughts?

Its' a Whacko March; there's probably not one cogent through them...

 

[Dee]

As much as these people are gonna rally against it, which they have every right to do, guaranteed we're probably not going to go back into the past and change things. This steam train is heading forward and it's going to take a bit more than rallying to change several states' minds.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Eh, this type of thing is old news.

"society will crumble" oh yeah? ...I can't wait for that to never happen.

 

[Dee]

Eh, this type of thing is old news.

"society will crumble" oh yeah? ...I can't wait for that to never happen.

Because so many of teh gayz are havin' all that sex and our populations gonna die out 'cause it'll just be a buncha gays and no one else to procreate like wild animals, y'know, like them NORMAL heterosexual people!

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Because so many of teh gayz are havin' all that sex and our populations gonna die out 'cause it'll just be a buncha gays and no one else to procreate like wild animals, y'know, like them NORMAL heterosexual people!

Lol, even though straight people will keep on cranking out babies regardless of what happens, we'd be doing the earth a favor if our species died out completely.

 

[Dee]

Lol, even though straight people will keep on cranking out babies regardless of what happens, we'd be doing the earth a favor if our species died out completely.

Tell me about it. xD

 

[beowulf]