There was an article recently in USA Today titled "Maine governor signs gay marriage bill." He had stated that, in the past, he opposed gay marriage but now "believes it is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law."

The governor of Maine, along with advocates of same-sex "marriage," scoff at the idea that it could harm anyone. Yet there are ways in which society could be harmed by legalizing same-sex "marriage."

For instance, fewer people would marry or remain sexually faithful. More children would be raised without married mothers and fathers. Taxpayers, consumers and businesses would be forced to subsidize homosexual relationships. And freedom of conscience and religious liberty would be threatened.

I think Jesus summed it up best when he replied "that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female," and said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." (Matthew 19:4-5)

Brad Messer, Augusta