How Can I Oppose Same-Sex Marriage When Someone I Love Is ...

By Regina Griggs and Peter Sprigg , Christian Post

Increasingly, advocates of same-sex marriage are abandoning legalistic arguments about ?equality? and ?civil rights,? and appealing to emotion and personal relationships instead. ?We (gays and lesbians) are your neighbors, your friends, your co-workers, your classmates and your relatives,? the argument goes. ?If you respect and care about us, how can you deny us what we want?? (namely, to have their same-sex relationships affirmed by the state through marriage licenses).

Polls suggest this approach is having an effect. People who know someone who self-identifies as ?gay? or ?lesbian? are more likely to support the redefinition of marriage than people who do not.

Is this connection a logical one? We argue it is not. How a person feels about their personal relationship with a gay friend, acquaintance, or relative should not dictate their position on the public policy issue of whether to change the definition of marriage.

We are both affiliated with Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX), which spreads the truth that it is possible for sexual orientation to change, and defends the civil rights of ex-gays. Note, however, that the title of our organization includes the phrase, ?and Gays.? Many of those who look to PFOX for support are parents and/or friends of people who still self-identify as ?gay? and engage in homosexual relationships. This is true of us personally as well. One of us (Regina) has an adult child who is openly gay. Peter and his wife have relatives and family friends who are gay as well.

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