Enough of Same-Sex Marriage Debate: Let Same-Sex Marriage Couples have it!

Enough of Same-Sex Marriage Debate: Let Same-Sex Marriage Couples have it!

There are new tidings from Gayshire, Portugal's parliament has passed a law to legalize same-sex marriage while Ugandan President has dismissed the proposed anti-gay law that had proposed a death penalty for homosexual acts as draconian. The other day, gays in New Hampshire celebrated the New Year with Same-sex nuptials while Argentinean gays have a reason to smile after a provincial governor issued a decree allowing a gay double (couple) to wed.

Gayshire is flowing with jism and honey you may say!

The only grey area is Malawi, where two gays who are ‘guilty’ of same-sex pre-wedding ceremony are still behind bars, without bail. Supposedly to protect them from anti-gay lynch mob. Left the authorities testing them to ascertain whether they had had sex!

Portugal joins a growing list of European states that allow Same-sex marriage. Others are Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Norway. A host of other states allow gay unions.

The pattern is allowing gay unions then go full swing and legalize Same-sex marriages. This development is gaining currency in US states.

I feel the same-sex marriage debate is unnecessary and a waste of time. All indications are that eventually, all states in the world would accept same-sex marriages. A good student of history will tell you that the struggle against previous injustices: the end of slave trade, colonialism in Africa, and quest for civil rights in the US followed the same trend that the struggle for same-sex marriage is taking. It will finally be universally accepted. It can only be delayed but it cannot be stopped.

Time to do it is now!

Gays and lesbians have lived amongst us and they will be with us for a very very long time to come. In fact, till the end of time. It is dishonest to dismiss it as a fad and stupid to wish it away. A society cannot live in denial forever. We cannot refute this social phenomenon; those who do are hypocrites and dictators at the least.

Let gays and lesbians be, they are innocent children of God. As much as we cannot change our sexual orientation, so are they. We cannot shout the loudest in public against same-sex marriages yet our children, brothers, sisters and neighbors are cohabiting illegally as gays under our noses. We got to be real.

(Hey! please, who will tell the Roman Catholic Church to shut up? They are the worst children abusers around and yet they shout the loudest against same-sex marriages. Reactionary charlatans!)

The UN should be pro-active and move a resolution to adopt same-sex marriage to spare us all these charade. In any case, it is just a matter of time before same-sex marriage tide become too strong to be resisted. The momentum is already gathering speed.

What I am not sure; and this will remain a contentious issue for a long time is granting same-sex couples the right to adopt children. Can children be safe in their hands?

This fear arises from the fact that same-sex married couples are regarded as perverts who could abuse children. I haven’t associated with gays to be in a position to give an honest and objective opinion on this. But again, our society is replete with pedophiles that are sexually straight. How many fathers in heterosexual marriages have abused their children? Very many!

Another reason why society is against same-sex couples adopting children is so that they see the sense in heterosexual marriages. This assumption stems from the notion that homosexuals are pretenders who could easily become normal if they so wish. I have reasons enough to believe that homosexuality is not learnt but natural. But again, why would society not bar straight couples who opt not to bear own children from adopting children? Is this not double standards?

However long the same-sex debate take, the verdict will not change, gays and lesbians are part of us and should be granted equal rights. History teaches us that no injustice can last forever!

Isn’t the same-sex marriage debate fueled by homophobia, intolerance and ignorance?