 Say no to same-sex marriage
No matter what the case, marriage has been and
always will remain a religious sanction
March 15, 2005
iranian.com
Cia Davoodi is a young teenager living
in Toronto. He was born in Iran and raised in the U.S. & Canada.
This is an email he sent to his father in Iran yesterday:
Salam Baba,
This month, my friend (Jordan Cross) and
I decided that we will challenge two other students in our school
on whether
same-sex
marriage is right or wrong. As you know the marriage between two
males is now being legalized in Canada, so I decided I should pitch
in my two cents. To my surprise, this article was not accepted
by the newspaper and we are in the proccess of writing a new one
so that we are not "hateful" and are not "discriminating".
I hope that this finds its way to Iranian.com so that the Iranian
community can see what the true meaning of freedom of speech is:
Many people, friends and strangers, ask us why we are so completely
against same-sex marriage. For us, simply pushing moral values,
religion and common sense aside to think about the subject as a
civil union between two persons does not justify the act. Marriage
was created thousands of years ago. It was created as a religious
coming together of a man and a woman to spend the rest of their
lives together and create a family. Why, after thousands of years,
would we change the definition of marriage to suit the needs of
a minority?
Genesis 2:18: The Lord Said "It is not good for the man to
be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." It is forbidden
in most of the major religions of our world for two persons of
the same sex to marry. In the book of Genesis, which is valid to
over 3.3 billion (55% of the world's population) people in
the world, it is said that god created woman to be mans helper
in life because no animal could be a suitable companion.
Something which strikes me about the topic is the number of people
that believe the fact that a person is either born homosexual or
heterosexual. Sexual orientation is clearly in a person's
hands and can be changed at different points in life. How else
can one explain bi-sexual persons, or people who are homosexuals
and completely change their preference and turn into heterosexuals
without one bit of pressure put on them? Are we that closed-minded
that we try to use the fact that a person is born gay to justify
the act of marriage between two homosexuals? Do we look at homosexuality
as a disease and use the fact that "they are born homosexuals" as
an excuse to make it seem like it is not a choice? Are we not truthful
enough to ourselves to accept the fact that being a homosexual
is a choice and that we don't need to justify it by saying
we are born with it?
 A potential problem with legalizing same-sex marriage stems from
the legal precedent that will be set. By legalizing gay marriage,
we are essentially saying that any minority that comes crying to
parliament claiming discrimination will have same-sex marriage
as support for their "cause". Imagine what the civilized
world would think if we had polygamous and incestuous couples being
married in Canada. Some will say that these are ridiculous claims,
and that Canada will never legalize such things. But why not? How
are two brothers any different than a gay couple? Why should a
man who wants five wives be discriminated against? Those who truly
support same-sex marriage must also support its ugly counterparts;
because that's the course we've set for ourselves by
legalizing same-sex marriages.
It is also a fact that gay couples
can share the same rights as normal Canadian citizens without being
married. Civil unions are
being practiced today, even as this article is being written. It
is perfectly legal for a gay couple to go to city hall and get
a civil union. This form of union does not require a change in
the definition of marriage because it is not considered marriage.
This form of union also keeps the door closed to the unpleasant
forms of partnerships mentioned above because there is no precedent
that they can use against the courts when making their case. It's
safe, simple and equal. By changing the definition of marriage,
we are effectively singling out gays and giving a legal precedent
for the other forms of marriage to argue on.
After legalizing same-sex marriage, we will be completely removing
the meaning from the word "family". Marriage, from
the dawn of time, whether one believes in religion or simply denies
god, has been a religious coming together of a man and a woman.
No matter what the case, marriage has been and always will remain
a religious sanction.  Unfortunately, in countries such as ours,
people invite change no matter what it may be and what implications
it may have for their society. Not only will this negatively affect
our children, but gay marriage will have to be taught in schools
as morally equal to heterosexual marriage, thus taking the meaning
out of the word morals, and that's not something that we,
or the rest of Canada should be willing to do so that gay couples
can have more rights than normal Canadian citizens.
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