The Sky Did Not Fall

Do you think gay marriage will ever be federally recognized?

I don't understand why people want to deny people the right to marry. The love Gay people have is just as valid as the love straight people have.

This was a wonderful pod. It shows exactly what needs to be shown: the real lives of gay couples. The son featured in the pod has a very interesting perspective on the whole issue.

phenomenal piece!


thanks for doing this

I saw this on tv a few days ago and am so glad I could watch it again online. Just beautiful.

I’ve seen this Pod several times over the last year or so, and each time I see it, it makes me very proud to be a Massachusetts resident. It’s great to see CA follow our lead. Let’s hope they hold steady and overcome any challenges that may be coming their way.

The divorce rate in Massachusetts is low, explained in large part by their very low marriage rate. In 2002 only three states had a lower marriage rate, which should trouble people. Birth rates in MA are also very low; in 2004 only 7 states had lower birth rates. Over 1 in 4 births are out-of-wedlock, explained partly by the much lower minority population of the state.

The truth about same-sex marriage is it degrades our family foundation, where children are acknowledged to do best in families with a mother and father in a loving and stable environment. Same-sex marriage PRECLUDES a mother and father! Why is that a good thing to do to children? Why do you need to preclude this foundation for children, just out of empathy for about 2 maybe 3 percent of the population?

How can all the media, news, tv shows and commercials, magazine racks, music, plus what is exposed to children in schools, all at the tender ages of 4-6-8-10 be "normal" for their minds to deal with? And top that off with confusing them with same-sex thoughts and issues, now related to marriage? Do you understand how confusing and WRONG it is to expose children to sexual issues? Why is it "right" to have them decide these issues as equal to a mother/father?

We talk about raising children and protecting their innocence. I don't see that as very important anymore to the proponents of same-sex marriage. How is it a better thing for little girls to question and think about if they will grow up to the lifestyle? Even many people who have left the lifestyle have admitted to the harm that was done to them as children and why they believe it is wrong to do this to our own children.

How many proponents of same-sex marriage have their own young children? I wonder? So you do not know what it is like to raise our own in this climate. It is not something you can relate to, not really, to say to other children something you would NEVER raise your own children to say to them, not at the ages of innocence, when they minds are still forming.

Either children deserve a mother and father, as a *standard* for society, or a mother and father are no longer relevant. We cannot stand for both principles as a society. Our greater principles for children can not be subordinated by compassion and dealing with homosexuals who only comprise a tiny fraction of our population.

Finally, most people do not want marriage redefined. It is only in this decade, even in Europe, in the history of thousands of years, that this is being done. And it is being done against the will of the people, by the courts. How is that right? Either democracy is defined by the will of the people of defined by courts ruling against our will. We cannot have both. We treat everyone with compassion and dignity. But redefining marriage is not what we want. And our children are being harmed by confusion. It is not fair.

Children deserve a mother and father. Why are you taking that away?? Why are children no longer the greatest good? Why must the courts decide what marriage must be, for the first time in history, against our will?