No Gay Marriage? ¿Por Qué No? (Why Not?)

Okay I had to write about this topic after a "disscussion" i had today in Digital Photo.
Well lets start at the beginning. My friend Mel told me today that some kid made random, stupid comments about why its wrong for gay people to get married
("because the Bible says so thats why")

Okay first of all, people need to remember that the Bible was written by (not God or Jesus), but by old MEN who believed that:

I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness - Lev.15: 19-24. The problem is how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.

Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighbouring nations. If someone claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians, then surely I would be a slave and yet, Justin Morneau wouldnt be. Why is that?

I have a neighbour who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2. The passage clearly states he should be put to death. So tell me....Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?

A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. Are there ‘degrees’ of abomination?

Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I wear glasses because I'm near-sighted. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here? [Dwarfs and people with bad backs are also forbidden to approach.]

Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev.19:27, and it says they sould be put to death.
How should they die?

Leviticus 18:22 reads: "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; such thing is an abomination."

What if my father was interested in selling his daughter into slavery as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. What would a good price for her be?

Here's one that's really important cause we've got a lot of sports fans in this country: touching the skin of a dead pig makes one unclean. Leviticus 11:7 If they promise to wear gloves can the Minnesota Vikings still play football? Can USC? Can my hometown Albert Lea Tigers?

Does the whole town really have to be together to stone my uncle, Miah, for planting different crops side by side?

Can I burn my mother in a small family gathering for wearing garments made from two different threads?

Okay I stole some of these questions from (The Greatest TV Show EVER Made) the West Wing, but theyre all valid points.

As for Gay Marraige not being allowed, its not the governments place to tell people that they can't be married together because they are of the same gender. And as for saying they'd allow the people to decide.... it's not anyone elses place to not allow it either.

(If you ask me, this whole "ordeal" of the government not recognizing gay marriage borders on a dictatorship.)
(Seriously! Dictators say 'Well you can't wear green on tuesday, or blue on monday, and you can't eat fish every third wednesday." Thats exactly what government officials sound like!"

Think about that....