Akenaten: I apologise for snapping at you so severely in my last post. In my defense, your arguments cut close: I have dear lifelong friends who are the target of what I see (as in, it is my opinion) as your homophobic nonsense (as in 'having no sense'): it is hurtful to me to see their families compared with 'marrying dogs, cows', etc.

You still have not provided an actual reason why their marriages in any way harm or devalue the marriage of a man and woman, other than that the man and woman might not like the idea, or have religious objections. I didn't like the idea that a friend of mine planned to marry a known abusive alcoholic, but her marriage in no way 'devalued' mine.