That "Gay" Thing

About this whole "gay marriage" thing:

I believe that homosexuality is a choice. Come to think of it, I believe that ALL sexuality is a choice. I do believe in God, and looking at the human form, I think His designs for the species' procreation are fairly obvious.

I also believe that there are variations in humans, genetically, hormonally, and socially that make some of them more prone to abnormal behaviors. Are these behaviors contrary to what the God I believe in intended? Yes. Are these people accountable for these behaviors? I don't know. That's up to Him.

But now to return to marriage. Should these people, whose love for one another is undoubtedly very genuine much of the time, be allowed to get married? Do two guys giving one another rings somehow diminish or nullify the commitment I've made to my wife? I don't think so. Will their marriages be valid in the eyes of my God? I doubt it, but I also believe that other religions aren't completely valid in the eyes of my God. That doesn't mean that people shouldn't be allowed to practice them.

I'm much more bothered by people smoking or swearing or wearing immodest clothing around me than I am by same-sex people holding hands around me.

So as I'm writing this, I'm finding myself convincing me to disagree with the vast majority of people that practice my religion. I don't care if gay people get married. I don't agree with their lifestyle, but I don't think their lifestyle should be restricted by the government. I find it interesting that the same people who are screaming that the government needs to back out of their lives in regards to taxes and healthcare are screaming for it to stick it's big foot into the lives of others.

My religion and lifestyle isn't exactly what the rest of the world calls "normal." In fact, one of its tenants is that we "claim the privilege of worshipping God according to the dictates of our own conscience. We afford all men the same privilege. Let them worship how, where, or what they may." Does that tenant extend toward letting people marry who or what they may? I don't know, but I'd rather allow other people more freedom to be different if it means that my freedom to be different will be maintained.