[punky]

A couple of points I didn't make earlier.

Firstly, a marriage is a purely religious thing, which as most religions prohibit gay relations, I can't see how any gay marriage can ever be legal in the eyes of God. What we know to be marriage, like signing the license, the tax benefits, and spousal rights, is a purely civil aspect we humans created away from marriage, but happen to allocate at the same time. It is, and should be, sexuality independent.

With regards to the adopting children:

Bit different with the adopting children. There's nothing wrong with gay people adopting children, but there is often a lack of gender balance, with 2 males, 2 females, as in the traditional family set, mothers and fathers have unique opposite, but complimentry roles. It's exactly the same with a single mother adopting, I think. People really do need positive role models on both sides.

I don't think gays and single mothers/fathers should be excluded from adopting, but I think there needs to be an extra check on that to make sure adopters are aware of the lack of gender balance and can allow for it. For example, in the case of 2 gay men, to have a strong maternal influence in there, such as one of the parent's sisters, or a brother of the single mother. If the gay people are both only children, then I still think they should be able to adopt (single mothers and fathers bring kids up alright), but I think they should be taught how to emulate the two traditional parental positions.