Gay Marriage May Not Be Such A Good Thing

I'm pretty sure no more than 3 % or so of the population are homosexual by nature. On the face of it, gay marriage doesn't seem like such a bad thing. I'm beginning to have doubts. Heterosexual marriage has been one of the bulwarks of human society for a long time. Homosexuality, while it may not be stigmatized as much in some cultures as in others, is not mainstream in too many places.

Not everybody in society is real smart or real successful. Not everyone is able to read and write well. The ability to actually evaluate large quantities of conflicting data and come up with personal opinions about individual subjects is beyond the abilities of most. A great many people simply accept the cultural norms as great truths by which to live. They find a job, go to work every day for forty five years and do what everyone else does. One of the things that most people of even marginal ability and intelligence aspire to is marriage. For many of them it's not an easy thing. Men and women are not that much alike. Unless you're dealing with an arranged marriage, getting someone of the opposite sex to agree to a life long sexual bond, requires skills that a person may never have developed or use again, unless they are interested in fornication. Of course almost everyone is interested in fornication but it is too expensive and time consuming for most.

If gay marriage was not stigmatized, it's possible that a lot of heterosexual young adults would simply settle for a life together with a same sex friend. Someone of similar interests and outlook. The sex might not be everything they ever dreamed about but it likely wouldn't be with an opposite sex spouse either and probably beats the fear and uncertainty of dating.

Another problem would be with slippery slope issues. Some young men would probably like to marry their sisters or girl cousins. These are females that they have known for a lifetime and are comfortable with. Most people have already formed an opinion about polygamy involving one man and many women. What about a group of young men who pool their resources to afford one really attractive and compliant female. After all, twenty minutes a day is really about enough quality time, isn't it? Is that something society should legally sanction? It would have sounded pretty good to me when I was twenty.

I think we may not, as a society, have evaluated all of the consequences of gay marriage. What do you think?