New Yorkers Need More Than Religious Protections

According to reports, marriage neutering (same-sex marriage, gay marriage) has been held up in New York because of concerns over protecting religious freedom. However, marriage neutering threatens much more than religious freedom.

When state-issued marriage licenses are neutered that so it is possible to get one without a bride, or without a groom, it becomes the official state position that:

1. Bride+groom pairings, which unite the two basic elements that comprise all of society, can naturally create new citizens, and provide children with a role model, bonding partner, and guardian from each of the two sexes legally, financially, socially bound to each other and the children (and usually biologically connected to the children) – are no different than the pairing of two men or the pairing of two women, which never naturally produce new citizens, always exclude one of the sexes, and produces nothing of benefit for society that couldn't be produced through mere friendship.

2. There is no difference between homosexual sodomy, which does nothing positive for society, but in certain forms is especially condusive to spreading disease and causing injuries... and heterosexual coitus, which is how all of us got here.

If marriage is neutered, homosexuality advocates will ensure that all state institutions and programs, including schools and adoption agencies, and any institution or program that receives any state funding, will operate according to, and promote these official positions.
Further, the message is that husbands and fathers aren't important, and that wives and mothers aren't important. The message is that creating a new human being is no different and shouldn't be regarded as any more serious than massaging a prostate. The message is that marriage is not about children, so men who impregnate women should feel no obligation to marry them, nor should married parents feel obligated to put the needs of their own children ahead of their desire to divorce.


Marriage, the uniting of a bride and groom, is demonstrably different from other kinds of associations. We should be able to reserve the word marriage, and we should be able to treat marriage differently.