Replies to 'Gay Marriage Debate'

Now that the recent bill was passed here, it is legal for gay couples to marry anywhere in Canada. The law allows any minister to follow their own heart about this issue. No one is forced to perform a marriage they don't believe in but, fortunately, there are a great many ministers who are pleased to marry a happy couple. 

I've always believed in equity when it comes to the right of consenting adults marrying and as a happily married heterosexual, I don't see the sanctity of my wonderful marriage being sullied by any two happily married adults no matter their sexual preferences.  

Currently, a friend of mine is helping out a senior couple who have been separated by illness. They are a couple who have been together for over 30 years but, because they are both women and from a time when there was a stigma against gay relationships, they have always claimed to be "just friends". Sadly, one member of the couple became ill and had to be placed in a full care nursing home and it was then that her partner realized she would have to "come out". As a married couple, they would be able to automatically be placed in the same facility with the healthy partner helping with care but as "friends", the partner doesn't qualify to live there. My friend is helping them establish their relationship in order to ensure they can continue to be together well into old age.  

As far as the bible and homosexuality, I'm amazed that anyone could read the book of Ruth without realizing that she and Naomi were involved in a loving relationship. In the first book of Samuel, the relationship between David and Jonathan also appears to be a loving one.