I'm not writing this as a debate on gay marriage, that is, I don't want to challenge anyone's opinions since this isn't the right place.
But I was at my mother's house last week, and one of my cousins started talking about how she was opposed to gay marriage. She is a 36 year old female, divorced at 33 by her husband after he starting dating a much younger woman. As she was talking about the reasons that she was opposed to it, she brought up that she thinks that legalizing gay marriage will just lead to more people getting divorced since they aren't following the rules of God, etc etc. She kept saying that same sex marriage was a threat to straight marriage.
She's the kind of person who is just going to dwell on a topic until she's said her piece, so my mom and I just let her ramble.
But I was thinking about it and my own situation and those of others who are having relationship problems. No matter how I think about it - and I am a religious person - I can't see how two women or two men would have had any influence on my pending divorce.
If anything it's really almost 50/50. I know straight and same sex couples who are still committed to each other, and I know straight and same sex couples who have been unfaithful and divorced/separated. In all of the cases, I can't say that any of my friends - gay or straight - really would have affected what is happening to me.
Like I said, I don't want this thread to turn into if gay marriage should be legalized or not, but that if gay people could get married - like in California this summer - do you think it would have affecting your specific situation?
