012 Gay Marriage

This is episode twelve of the Baehr and Curadh podcast. We're going to talk about gay marriage.

What is marriage?
How long have we been married?
Why did we have such a small wedding ceremony?
How have people reacted when they find out you are married to a man?
Before we met, legal marriage wasn't possible for us. Was it something you would have wanted back then?
If gay marriage was not available to us, how would that have affected our relationship?
How do you respond to those who said gay marriage would weaken the institution of marriage?
Polls show that Americans overwhelmingly support gay marriage now. What do you think led to that change?
What do you say to those who think marriage should be "a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife"?
Do you think love is the primary reason gay people get married?
Are there alternatives to gay marriage?
Do you think that marriage will destroy gay culture?
Research has shown that lesbians are twice as likely to divorce than gay men.
Why do you think this is the case?
Most states still have gay marriage bans on the books, even though they are unconstitutional. What do you think about that?
Do you think extreme religions will use "religious liberty" (the Religious Freedom Restoration Act) as a weapon against gay marriage?