Why I Won't Support the Marriage Amendment

Are homosexuals really attacking the sanctity of marriage?  Are they taking something that is pure and holy and defiling it with sin?  Is it even possible to define what a marriage really is between two people since every relationship is different?

Well it's all a load of crap.  I'm a Roman Catholic so the teachings of my Church are that marriage is between one man and one woman until death do you part.  Yet the divorce rate in this country is around the 50% mark.  Even for Catholics, the divorce rate is still around 50%.  So what's the point?  Is it just a tag line to say that marriage is a holy sacrament?

And considering that most young people you meet are having casual sex long before they ever go down the aisle where is all this respect for heterosexual marriage?  Look at the statistics and you'll find that many people are waiting until they get older, out of college, and well into their career before even thinking about marriage.  It's just not as important as it used to be.

So what would an amendment do?  Make another empty declaration about how high we hold the sacrament of matrimony?  Our actions have spoken louder than that.  If we as Christians want people to respect marriage then we should start by respecting it ourselves.  Take divorce off the table as an option in your own life.  Stop fornicating and stop teaching your children to fornicate before they get married.  Marriage is a life-long, self-sacrificing commitment between a man and a woman, it's not a bumper sticker.