Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive, is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet anyone who can explain to me what this means. In what way would allowing same-sex partners to marry diminish the marriages of heterosexual couples?
Interpretation
The quote suggests that allowing same-sex marriage has no negative impact on heterosexual marriages.
In this quote, Ted Olson challenges the argument that legalizing same-sex marriage threatens the institution of heterosexual marriage. He emphasizes the lack of clear reasoning behind this claim and questions the validity of the concerns raised against same-sex marriage, advocating for equality and highlighting the strength of love in all forms.
In practice
During a debate on marriage equality, this quote can emphasize the importance of allowing love to flourish between all individuals.
How was it that he haunted her imagination so persistently? What could it be? Why did she care for what he thought, in spite of all her pride in spite of herself? She believed that she could have borne the sense of Almighty displeasure, because He knew all, and could read her penitence, and hear her cries for help in time to come. But Mr.Thornton-why did she tremble, and hide her face in the pillow? What strong feeling had overtaking her at last?
Gay and lesbian people want to love and be loved. Some of us want to get married. Some want to have and build families. We want our kids to have their lives be a little bit better than what we've had.
As Sokrates tells it, your story begins the moment Eros enters you. That incursion is the biggest risk of your life. How you handle it is an index of the quality, wisdom, and decorum of the things inside you. As you handle it you come into contact with what is inside you, in a sudden and startling way. You perceive what you are, what you lack, what you could be.
He painted me when I was young because he was in love with me, but now that he has loved me he doesn't paint me anymore.
The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world
The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out.
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