What's the big deal with gay marriage anyway? By George Cook AAreports.com

Now let me start off by letting it be known that I am no gay rights activist, far from it. I have been in the military and played sports all my life so trust me I have dropped the f-word so many times that I would be a millionaire if a got a nickel every time I used it. I'm not justifying it at all that's just the culture in those two worlds.

I do not equate the gay rights struggle to the civil rights struggle.

My friends and I make gay jokes about each other and I in no way understand a man having a sexual attraction to another man. ( although I am willing to understand a woman being attracted to another woman....lol ).

Now that we have established that I probably have a lot of maturing to do let me also state that I have several gay friends. Some have come out and some think they are hiding it (....badly I might say ).

But I am mature enough to understand that these are the same people they were before they came out. If they were nice and giving they still are if they were an ***hole they still are. Their sexuality does not define them , well at least not in my humble opinion. They are still my friends and will remain so unless they bring Mesiter Brau beer to one of my cookouts or Super Bowl parties.

Now to the subject at hand, gay marriage. Why the opposition?

If these fools want to share all the "joys" of matrimony who the hell are we to stop them? If they like arguing, no sex, criticism, someone being bossy, etc, etc then let them join the club. ( I'm joking sweetheart. I have been married HAPPILY for over 15 years.)

People can stop it with the sanctity of marriage bull**** because if we really cared we would be doing something about all the $150 divorce mills popping up and we would be doing more to promote marriage. We would stop trying to make women think that single parenting is just fine and that they don't need a man.

If one of my gay friends wants to get married I'm all for it as long as they have an open bar. (...that doesn't serve Mesiter Brau.

No but seriously if consenting adults want to get married then we should let them. Same sex married couples will not destroy the United States or somehow hurt our society. People said the same things about interracial marriage and none of those people were right.

So I'm going to ask everyone to try to do what I'm trying to do when it comes to gay rights.

Grow Up!

George Cook AAreports.com