On the subject of gay marriage

Pretty much everyone is aware that the current Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government have scrapped plans to introduce gay marriage, and Tumblr in particular is up in arms about this fact. As a matter of fact, I wholeheartedly agree with the government on this issue. It's just not an important thing to worry about compared with the rather more serious problem of the recession the country is technically in - it's a matter of priority, and right now it's far more important to pay off the country's debts and improve the financial situation. A country needs money to function, whatever that says about society. That's just the way it is, and the way it always will be. Honestly, I'm pretty fed up with the vast majority of Tumblr users (obviously in addition to a lot of other people) going on about how gays should have the "right" to get married, and to them I would point out that the United Kingdom offers civil partnerships which afford a couple the same legal rights as a married heterosexual couple, so the only difference in practice is the name. I fail to see why this isn't good enough for any of the "gay rights" activists. I daresay a response I might get to that is "but they're not being given the RIGHT to marriage!" to which I would reply that marriage isn't simply a right, it's a traditional agreement and a legal contract with very specific parameters, and by definition they are between a male and a female. There is simply no logical reason to change that fact, and it is wrong to claim that not changing things is taking away people's rights because the only thing it would change is a name. For the record, I'm not biased in any way towards either a heterosexual or homosexual argument because I don't even care about pointless things like that that only serve to waste time. I have looked at things logically and stated facts. Please do not hunt me down on Tumblr and send me Anonymous hate, I received enough the last time I pointed out that positive discrimination is just as bad as negative discrimination. I do love the website, but I hate how you'll get savaged if you're anything other than excessively liberal and atheist, neither of which I am. In other news, I have decided that I wish to turn my bedroom into a chemistry laboratory after my parents essentially chucked everything out and made it empty. I need a hobby that will challenge me intellectually and I have a lab coat sitting unused in my wardrobe. Perfect solution. -Lowri