The marriage crisis is not caused by gay and lesbian couples. It's just not wise, it's not kind or compassionate to be conducting this kind of social experiment.

It is not discrimination to treat different things differently.

Same-sex marriage is not the future.

lifelong experience in marriage research, public education and advocacy.

And let's not make any mistake, or gloss over that fact: Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are at risk every day of their lives. Not only are we the group most at risk of violence, we are most at risk of job discrimination, losing our families; homophobia retains its title as the last socially acceptable form of bigotry.

Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent below replacement.