October 14, 2008  | | Comments (1)     I was visiting family in
the Bay Area when the mayor of San Francisco started this whole
gay marriage thing. Gavin Newsom declared it unfair and
discriminatory that gays can't get married and opened City Hall
to anyone who wanted to get a marriage license. I still have no
objection.  Gay marriage takes nothing away from my marriage.
Marriage to me means a life together, to stick it out and be
faithful to one another. Religion has nothing to do with it.
Marriage is a spiritual union and spirituality has little to do
with religion. Look at the divorce statistics.  This is my
second marriage, so I'm an expert on wedded bliss. If my gay
neighbors want to get married, so what? What's the big deal? I
don't love my wife less, she's still my best friend, our vows
remain meaningful to us and our commitment to one another is
still intact.  Arguing against gay marriage is irrational, but I
would never try to talk a person out of their prejudices. I
understand the argument against a