Rant: Thoughts on Homosexuality and Marriage

A recent "Question" on Facebook has been circulating, and that is a simple "Yes" or "No" as to whether you support equality in gay marriage:
https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=question&id=10150167914048281&qa_ref=qd

No where does it say whether they are talking about legal or ceremonial marriage. No, just marriage,that funny word combined with gay and homosexual has gained quite some controversy. I will say out right, here and now, that I support it. I support gays, lesbians, transgender peoples in their pursuit to happiness. Be it in legal regards or social constructs.

Reading through the various "Posts" back onto the Question, there is a good deal of those very religious people using the Bible to defend their argument. And that is something of both humour but also deep sadness. While it may be funny to laugh at 'those' people, it is also deeply hard to realize the social effects they have on our culture. Every hateful sermon in a Church bashing the 'institution' of homosexuality as "a mortal sin" or "utmost crime against God" further marginalizes the group who identify themselves as living that alternative gender or sexuality (how it it alternative when it is part biological? But more on that in a second). So here is my argument and reasoning for my support:

"For those ignorant pompous pricks who use religion to justify inequality, oppression and marginalization based on gender and sexuality (while not directly perhaps, but through culture of course) here is that scientific evidence you try to say does not exist:
http://bit.ly/e6IUvS
http://bit.ly/hzLZqM
http://bit.ly/i0DD5d
http://bit.ly/hwHZLA

And those are just a few articles/books in a sea of scientific research, all linking to the same thing. Homosexuality is not a choice, rather something that is caused by uncontrollable biological and social influences. That is that.

No accredited researcher or scientist in the late 20th and 21st century will discredit these facts. Any opposing articles are clearly derived from non-academic journals, deriving from institutions who have a religious bias which discredits their research.

More so, almost all mammals have been observed in engaging in homosexual relationships (http://bit.ly/hIn21M). As mammals, it is safe to assume that among our species, homosexuality will exist in its various forms. You may say that 'free will' makes us different then most animals. But, you must remember that free will does not prevail over biological construct, rather it accompanies it. A college course in Psychology, a social science, even biology major will have the "Nature vs. Nurture" argument in one class or another. That is exactly what this comes down to.

So please, think and educate yourself before making your decision.

Any comments to this that state something along the lines of, "I'm against gay marriage but my brother is gay and I love him like I love all people. He respects us like we respect him, and chooses not to show Public Displays of Affection (PDA), date, or engage in that activity" will be met with sociological and psychological constructed arguments giving insight to that "choice" deriving from oppression which in turn has caused a rooted self-loathing.

Gay marriage should be a right protected by law. The 14th Amendment protects the rights to of "life, liberty and property" in the equal protection of laws in Section 1. Who has the right to deprive homosexual the right to live? More so, liberty is defined as allowing people the freedom of free-will, the choice to make decisions and accept the consequences (good or bad, it's subjective) of their choices. Who has the right to take away the free-will of man?

All I hear is "I accept gays, but I hate who they are (obviously not their lifestyle as many homosexuals live happily as 'normal' [what's normal?] people)." Let's replace "gays" with "Blacks" or "Asians," then you're a racist jerk. Either way, you are being single minded and continuing to degrade and marginalize people based on gender and sexuality.

I rest my case."

Now this is my direct post to the question itself, my way of venting to the general public of my beliefs and justification as such.

I'm up at 12:25am writing this, a time that I am normally in deep sleep. However, this issue has arisen a lot lately and it is beginning to make me deeply angry over the hate and oppression of a people. It is sickening.

Live life; be happy. Is your sexuality or gender physically killing me? No. So why should I stop you from living your life as I live mine. 

Rant over. I'm going to sleep.