First off marriage in itself started off as a religious sacrament in the book of Genesis LONG before it was a government issue.
And we can find historical records that show marriage predate the Bible. As for Christianity, it did not become a "sacrament" until at least
1545; this is the time that Catholics started requiring priests to perform marriage ceremonies. For the first millennium of Christianity marriages were not even allowed to be performed in church.
The prerequisites for marriage is always between a man and a woman.
Actually, the prerequisites for marriage have changed throughout history. Even the Bible has plenty of examples of one man and multiple women. History also provides us records of same sex marriages.
Those prerequisites of marriage define what it is in the first place. Change it and it ceases to be marriage because it deviates from its original meaning and definition.
In that case, I suppose marriage already has no meaning. As mentioned above, the prerequisites for marriage have changed multiple times throughout history. Even how we view marriage has changed drastically, since not so long ago women were considered the property of their husbands.
A man cannot love another man the way a man loves a woman.
Let me add my voice to others here who disagree with you, at least from the relationships of gay friends. Though you are more than welcome to provide evidence in an attempt to prove your claim.
There is no chivalry in same sex unions. Yes the couple may greatly like each other in what they consider to be love, but there is no chivalry and feminine nature that the male clings to when he marrys his wife.
Again, what I have personally seen between gay couples contradicts your claim. While anecdotal evidence is typically not enough, in this case it does appear to disprove your claim since you are claiming it can't exist at all. Therefore, any evidence to the contrary proves you wrong. Again, can you provide any evidence at all?
There is a certain essence that only a woman has that a man responds to in a special way, and visa-versa.
Yes, that "essence" is called pheromones. Problem is,
studies show that gay men respond to the pheromones of other men in the same way women respond to the same pheromones. Consider yourself proven wrong on this count.
The chivalry of the man finding the woman he loves and the woman finding the man of her dreams. Without that chivalry between man and woman in marriage it pretty much dosen't work.
Sorry, you'll have to prove your outrageous statements. Especially given the evidence to the contrary.
