But a license to practice law or medicine is not a “ban” on those without law or medical degrees. It is recognition of the qualifications. A state’s requirements for a driver’s license are not a “ban” on the under-aged or the untrained. A college degree is not a “ban” on anyone who did not matriculate.
Marriage as the union of a man and a woman predates all other human institutions. It was not created to annoy homosexuals. Marriage laws exclude all but one man and one unrelated woman. Yet, I have not seen any media report the demise of the “incest ban,” or the “polygamy ban” or the “bestiality ban.” Just because homosexual activists have led the assault is not an excuse to pretend that marriage has only the purpose of excluding them.
Language is important. It’s why abortion proponents use “choice” instead of the name of the odious practice, and why “homosexual” morphed into “gay.” It’s why “smut” has become the friendlier-sounding “porn” or “erotica.” These terms mislead people away from considering the behavior and deliver them safely into the abstract. That’s where volitional, immoral practices can be falsely equated with God-given, unalienable rights protected in the U.S. Constitution.
The next time you see someone cite the “ban on gay marriage,” it’s the work of radical cultural activists – or someone dancing to their tune.