Culture warriors and pundits have used up a lot of ink and pixels this year discussing the nature (and the sanctity) of marriage. We as a nation, as a culture, have to face head-on the issue of who should be allowed to marry, and to marry whom. Call me intolerant, but there's a point where we have to stop and say, "Enough is enough. Marriage is not appropriate for everyone. There are principles we have to uphold."

There is no question about it: we're talking about a small fraction of the population... about 5% by most estimates. There is also no question that we're talking about people who are engaging in behaviors deviating from the norm. Their practices are completely backwards from what most people consider proper. We, as a culture, are not under any obligation to condone, support, or promote their lifestyle. To let them marry is to do just that.

It's culture, indeed, that's at the heart of it. For millennia, these people were considered evil, sinful, deviant. (The Latin word to describe them nowdays means "evil", and for good reason.) And there was no shame in doing so! It is only within the last few decades, these over-permissive years of "anything goes", that liberal activists would have us believe that they are just as human, and that these behaviors are innate, biological, unavoidable. I don't buy it. For centuries our culture encouraged these people – often successfully – to instead behave within the guidelines of accepted norms, behave like the rest of us. We should not let a handful of activists now stop us from doing so.

Marriage, after all, is about creating a stable home in which to perpetuate the species. Do we really want these people raising children? Teaching them that what they do is "normal", permissible? Or, God forbid, passing on their behaviors to the next generation?

Now, don't accuse me of being closed-minded. True to the cliche, "many of my good friends" and family members fall into this circle. But I recognize that loving about someone means wanting the best for them. Wanting them to be on the right track. I want them to be happy, to be in the right.

It is for these reasons that I oppose any law allowing marriages for left-handed people. Yes, perhaps we can allow some kind of state-recognized union for southpaws, but one that recognizes that their behavior is deviant and backwards, and outside the boundaries of the common. That the Latin word "sinister" means "left-handed" for a reason: our culture has long maintained that these people are in the wrong.

Now is the time for us to say, "Enough is enough." They can take someone's hand in marriage, but only if it's the right hand.