Personally, I don't see the NEED for gay "marriage" per se. ...

... from the Church's stance, for instance, 'Holy Matrimony' is an "Institution" - a "union between a man and a woman" - and SHOULD NOT be entered into lightly.

Therefore, to do so in any OTHER respect has, since time immemorial, been regarded as being "a sin in the eyes of God". But, even casting aside the religious element, and also (without meaning to appear homophobic!) totally with Graham, in that, it is both immoral and unnatural. And while I fully recognise that it is no-one else's business as to how two individuals of the same sex conduct theimselves in private, it is up to them to ensure that their commitment to each other does not impinge on Society's values as a whole.