Gay Marriage in Maine

It's amazing to me to find out,usually on a daily basis,how much I don't know about what is going on around me in the world.I feel like I keep up with current events pretty regular from the news on tv and radio as well as listening to talk radio,the occasional newspaper and of course the Internet.

Last night was one of those occasions.Denise and I attended a get together to get some info on the petition drive for the Peoples Veto Referendum on the gay marriage law that just passed in our state.Sheldon Kinsel was the invited guest with the information we were looking for.Sheldon was obviously an expert on why we need to protect marriage between one man and one woman.

The simple answer for why this is so important is our children.I think there are allot of things that deep down we know to be right or true and sometimes have know idea why we feel that way.Part of why we feel that way is because of the way we were raised,the social structure that we grew up with.Last night we were told that studies have shown,not to mention common sense,that the best environment for a child to grow up in is in a household with their biological mother and father.This information was no surprise to me.I'm going to see if I can find the actually data just to see it for myself.

The institution of marriage has always been about children and creating a family,one of those things that I never really gave much thought to,I always thought of it as a man and a woman that love each other get married.An example of that not being the case is the practice of arranged marriages that has gone on for hundreds and hundreds of years and still today all around the world.These people don't get married because of love they get married to have children and carry on the values of there family's and society's.A logical eye opener for me that's for sure.

Another thing that stuck out in last nights discussion that REALLY,REALLY,REALLY hit home. After the point was made that the best place for a child to grow up was with their biological mother and father.As a father I know there is a connection deep inside you with your children.Its more then just a sense of responsibility or caring it seems to be like an instinct or something that god and nature plants into us to try to do the right thing for our children no matter the pain or sacrifice.Maybe its what we need to do for survival.I know for a fact that mothers have exactly the same thing going on inside,I've personally seen it for close to 20 years now on a daily basis with Denise.

There is no replacing a mother and a father raising their child.From what I've experienced and have seen men are better at being fathers than at mothers and the same for woman being fathers.Men and women are different,simple fact.

The results of this fight are going to determine a big part of our social structure in this state,country and planet.

Joel