In Scandanavia, we see the result of the liberal view winning out. The number of out-of wedlock births, single parent families, and broken homes is on the rise. Denmark legalized gay marriage in 1989, Norway inn 1993, and Sweden in 1994. The result has been a near total collapse of marriage in Scandinavia. A majority of children born in Denmark have unmarried parents, including 60% of first-born children. During the nineties, the decade when gay marriage was accepted in Norway and Sweden, the rates for out of wedlock birth rose from 39% to 50% and 49% to 54% respectively. This all happened during a decade when American out of wedlock birth rates leveled off. In fact, Sweden (54%), Norway (49%), and Denmark (46%) represent the second, third, and fourth highest rates of illegitimacy in the industrialized world. Only Iceland is higher. For the record, the US has a rate of 32%. It can be said that in Scandanavia, the definition of what is a family no longer focuses on marraige, but on parenthood. Usually single parenthood, since without marraige the traditional legal bonds that keep father from walking away from their responsibilities are gone.
In other words, gay marriage has destroyed real marriage in Scandinavia in less than a decade. If this is what you want for America, by all means, suport gay marriage.
Huh? This is ridiculously funny. First of all, we don't have gay marriage in Sweden - yet. We will probably have it soon since all political parties except for the Christian Democrats are for it, as is 65% of the population, but right now we have civil unions.
Secondly, as to "out-of wedlock births, single parent families, and broken homes", it has nothing to do at all with gay marriage. It's about modern lifestyle - people change partners more often and don't want to tie themselves to somebody for the rest of their lifes.
