The contraversy over "same-sex marriage" is not about religion or politics. It has nothing to do with a person's constitutional or moral rights. What it all boils down to is people trying to re-define the term "marriage." Promotion of same-sex marriage is a ruthless attack on the institution that marriage has been in society for literally thousands of years.

By labeling the unity of two persons of the same sex as a marriage, we are diluting the meaning of marriage. Such actions would cause marriage to eventually become meaningless. Such actions also justify the practice of polygamy. For the sake of fairness, if we're going to allow same-sex marriage in society, why shouldn't we also allow a marriage of three or more persons? Why not allow people to marry their siblings or even themselves? How far must this go? The term "gay marriage" is an oxymoron.

If heterosexual people were to create another word for marriage to specifically define a straight unity of two people of the opposite sex, would gay people still continue fighting in attempt to use the exact same definition? Gay people acting toward defining their unity as marriage is just as discriminatory and offensive as straight people not wanting gay people to use the same definition. If gay people won't show respect toward straight people, how can they expect it in return?

California's Proposition 8 does not take any rights away from anyone. Regardless of one's sexual preference, everyone still has the right to marry someone of the opposite sex. The exact same applies to people who are straight. Even straight people do not have the right to unite with someone of the same sex and call it marriage. Proposition 8 simply kept things as they were, not recognizing a same sex union as marriage. It does not stop people of the same sex from forming a legally recognized union. Just don't call it something that it isn't. If same-sex couples want to form a legally recognized union, they need to come up with another definition for it, because marriage it is not!

Marriage is the unity of a husband and a wife. A female husband or a male wife is the equivalent of a female man or a male woman. All of them are oxymoronic and absurd. Calling the union of two people of the same sex a marriage is like mixing blue with blue or yellow with yellow and trying to call it green. You can call it green alright. But in reality, it's never truly going to be green regardless of how much one whines about it.