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Same Sex Marriage Ban

After reading the article by the guest columnist in the April 23 issue of the Three Penny Press I felt compelled to give a rebuttal to his arguments for gay marriage. I realize that many of those who read this, including students, teachers, administrators, and parents, do not agree with me on this issue; but please do not skip this article because you may not agree with the position I support. Please hear me out, and let me explain why I believe what I do. I have no false illusions of bringing a mass change of opinion about gay marriage with this article. However, distressed by the flagrant misrepresentation of the issues by the previous guest communist I would like to bring some light to the situation.
Marriage as defined by American Heritage Dictionary is the legal union of man and woman as husband and wife.   Civilization has evolved around this union of man and woman since the beginning of humanity. The two sexes naturally evolved to produce children and to raise them properly. The concept of gay marriage undermines what marriage has stood for and is objectively unnatural.
The previous column claims that organizations like The Coalition for Marriage and Defend the Family are using propaganda to hook people who don't know how to think for themselves. I find it appalling that such rash and harsh generalizations can be made about organizations who all have very clear and logical explanations for where and why they oppose gay marriage posted on their website. These organizations, very rightly, believe that legalizing gay marriage will cause a vast array of social and economic problems, not to mention the moral and ethical problems.
One of the most poorly founded arguments from the previous article is that our president, George W. Bush, is using gay marriage as some sort of polarizer so he doesn't have to face up to all of his supposed screw ups with the economy and the war in Iraq.   I would love to address both of these issues in great detail but due to space...