Wow. Two big opinion pieces in support of gay marriage side by side in the Sunday Sun Journal “Perspective” section (Feb. 22).

Another great job of presenting only one side of an issue!

Had we only the Sun Journal’s Perspective, we may not realize that recent polls by CBS News/New York Times, CNN/USA Today/Gallup and others show that over 60 percent of Americans oppose making gay marriage legal, while slightly over 30 percent are in favor.

At this point, 38 states have passed laws protecting the sanctity of marriage, and in 1996 the Congress overwhelmingly passed the Defense of Marriage Act which, among other things, defines marriage as being between one man and one woman. Only a handful of senators voted against the act, one of them John Kerry.

I would like to know from the editors and columnists who would make gay marriage legal exactly how they would write the new law? Should marriage be legal between any two adults? Since such a law wouldn’t, according to the executive editor, affect his marriage or any other of his rights, how about we include more than two adults? Why not let animals in on the act too?

Sure, it sounds ridiculous, but extending marriage beyond its traditional, procreative origins sounds just as ridiculous to many others.

At some point, you have to draw a line between what is legally recognized and what is not. And when you draw that line, you will be discriminating against someone.

Scott Gardner, Auburn