France legalizes gay marriage despite angry protests

[Torillian]

thorin13 said:

Torillian said:

thorin13 said:
i personally dont beleive they should have the same marriage as straight couples, not for religious reasons just that it simply violates the laws of nature, if it were meant to be so then gay couples would be able to procreate A sexually wich they cannot, allowing them to have the same marriage type implies they are the same when they clearly are not and most aknowledge that fact but thats just my opinion,

Seems like a silly distinction to make since so many marriages as they are now are not done for the purpose of procreating.  If this were the country's stance then to be fair about its use we would have to ban all people who can't procreate for one reason or another or even those that just don't want to procreate from getting married.   

im not stating that gay people should not have some form of marriage, im stating that they should have one that is different to that of the traditional marriage of a male and female, people always like to jump to conclusions and asume hatred, let me dispell thoughs thought emediatly i do not hate anyone im just stating that the union of marriage between male and female represents two opposites coming together as one and is special for those who belive in this, i feel it should remain so and gay couples form there own variation of marriage thats all, we are different hell every is different anyone who belives otherwise is a lier, 

But we've already tried "separate but equal" in other similar scnarios and it didn't work out for the best.  

Just because this is different from what's been thought of as the standard for marriage doesn't mean that it should get a new name.  If you allow a man and woman who can't reproduce but love each other all the same to get married then there's really no logical reason to not allow gay couples the same right.