There is a cadre of social experimenters out to redefine traditional marriage. They must be stopped. These people, mostly evangelicals, want to redefine traditional marriage as being between one man and one woman. It's a big lie.
I respect the right of others to disagree on gay marriage itself. But traditional marriage has never been defined as between one man and one woman. It simply isn’t true. The claim that it has been defined this way “for hundreds of years” or “since creation” is simply false.
Don’t believe me? Ask Henry VIII.
Want more reasons? Here’s a few:
1. This idea ignores non-Western civilizations
Some cultures had multiple spouses, harems, etc. I fully admit I'm no anthropologist, and I'm sure lots of caveats apply. In some cases there was one wife superior to the others, or the practice might be limited to royalty… whatever. The point is, there are cultures that survived generations without ever giving a damn about the edicts of Leviticus, or being destroyed in a hail of sulfur.
2. This idea ignores the Greeks
I know it makes you feel icky to think about it, but Plato wrote quite a bit on the subject of love between a man and a young boy. It’s icky, but it’s true. And these guys were the founders of modern thought! Don’t forget, the New Testament was originally written in Greek.
3. It's not that way in the Bible
God didn’t create Adam and Steve. Then again, he may not have created Adam and Eve at first either. Okay, I fully admit I'm no Bible, Talmud, Koran, or Dianetics scholar. I also get that some folks ignore anything King James didn’t see fit to print. That doesn’t change the fact that some believe Adam had more than one wife. (Hairy chicks with guitars and angry lyrics about men, I'm looking at you). If true, one has to wonder if Adam served the divorce papers on Lillith while she was drugged up in a hospital bed. But let's forget the theoretical -- there are concrete incidents as well: When Abraham's wife couldn't get pregnant, he traded her in for a newer model. Solomon had more wives than Russel Simmons has sneakers. The point is that traditional marriage, as these folks want to define it, may never have existed; not even at the beginning of all creation.
4. Divorce/Remarriage
Newt Gingrich, Ronald Reagan, John McCain, Elizabeth Taylor, Britney Spears, Kim Kardashian... and the list goes on and on.
So, by now it should be abundantly clear: Marriage has never been defined as being between one man and one woman.
“Traditional marriage” has always meant: one man and one woman AT A TIME. No humping someone new until the church says it's okay, or the coroner pronounces the last one dead.
That is how Jesus intended it. To say any less is one big lie.