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the flaw i find in this is: shouldn't the burden of proof be on those who encourage a change in a culture's mores?
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Maybe by culture, but in this society, the burden of proof ought to be placed on those who encourage limiting freedoms.
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Early people did not know about genetics but they didn't think you should marry your sister either.
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European royalty thought incest was a good idea. Ancient greek soldiers thought homosexuality was a good idea. Just how "early" do you want to go? Say, before records about these things were kept? What evidence is there that prehistoric humans didn't have a small homosexual segment of their population?
If I understand you right, you're trying to say that gay marriages should not be allowed because a majority (read: 51% or +. note: 54% +/- of heterosexual marriages end in divorce) of people have what amounts to a gut instinct about these things. I'm not about to base the beliefs that drive my actions on something unless it is "something that can be articulated."