To the Editor:
Re “Ruling Upholds California’s Ban on Gay Marriage” (front page, May 27):
How distressing to hear that Proposition 8 was upheld in California! For years, I have been asking what the downside of gay marriage is, and I have yet to hear a logical response.
Most often I hear that marriage between same-sex couples demeans or destroys the sanctity of marriage and/or family. I wonder, then, why we don’t ban divorce or unhappy marriages! It seems to me that a loving marriage between any two people does more to endorse and protect the sanctity of marriage than a joyless opposite-sex marriage.
There is no downside to a love-filled union. Gay or straight, marriage should be celebrated, not banned.
Laure Dunne
Norwalk, Conn., May 27, 2009
Note from KBJ: For years, I have been asking what the downside of dog voting is, and I have yet to hear a logical response.
