The Secular Case Against Gay Marriage

Today we have a well written piece supporting traditional marriage. It is often charged that prop. 8 is all about religious people trying to force their religion on people. This might be true if traditional marriage was some peculiarity of a single religion. But the issue is one that spans not only my religion and christianity in general, but judaism and islam and others. As well those without religious sentiment still find compelling reason to maintain marriage between a man and a woman. I'll let the article speak for itself

Homosexual relationships do nothing to serve the state interest of propagating society, so there is no reason for the state to grant them the costly benefits of marriage, unless they serve some other state interest. The burden of proof, therefore, is on the advocates of gay marriage to show what state interest these marriages serve. Thus far, this burden has not been met.

full article here.