Stephen Roberts' letter comparing gay marriage to interracial marriage misses the boat ["The warnings were dire before, too--and just as wrong," Sept. 6].
This nation was deeply divided over slavery and African-American civil rights, and many people were wrong to believe interracial marriage would weaken the fabric of society.
Same-sex "marriage" is in another category entirely, however.
It is getting tiresome to have to repeat the obvious, but there are no replicable studies that show sexual behaviors are inherited like eye color or skin pigment. None whatsoever.
The AMA, both APAs, and all the rest of the medical establishment know this, yet they have spinelessly allowed politics to shape policy.
I personally know a good number of "ex-gays." There are no ex-African-Americans or other ethnicities I am aware of.
Marriage between one man and one woman always has been the necessary norm for all civilizations, even those that tolerated homosexuality to some extent.
God designed marriage to be a perfectly fitted union of "one flesh" for the benefit of all society.
Both mothers and fathers are needed to build solid family units. They are not interchangeable. The genders are complementary in essential ways by design, and this knowledge is instinctive.
That is not to say that gay men and women can't have loving, committed relationships or cannot be good parents. They just lack the equipment to do the whole job.
Even many gay people realize this and oppose marriage rights.
Check out the high percentages of domestic violence among same-sex couples if you need additional, sobering evidence.
Debbie Thurman
Madison Heights
Debbie Thurman is founder of Family Mental Health Advocacy.