In Defense of Marriage

Cardinal Keith O’Brien, President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, wrote a powerful and devastatingly logical defense of the institution of marriage, just as Prime Minister David Cameron gears up to pave the way for the legalization of same-sex "marriage" in the U.K. Here's a snippet, but it's definitely worth reading in its entirety. From the Telegraph:

As an institution, marriage long predates the existence of any state or government. It was not created by governments and should not be changed by them. Instead, recognising the innumerable benefits which marriage brings to society, they should act to protect and uphold marriage, not attack or dismantle it. ...

This brings us to the one perspective which seems to be completely lost or ignored: the point of view of the child. All children deserve to begin life with a mother and father; the evidence in favour of the stability and well-being which this provides is overwhelming and unequivocal. It cannot be provided by a same-sex couple, however well-intentioned they may be.

Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create a society which deliberately chooses to deprive a child of either a mother or a father.