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mo42 · 09-25-2004, 10:12 PM

Alright, here's a brand new argument for anti-gay marriage: I wish to have grandchildren. I want my genetic material passed on, to have a nice big extended family, and I want that as likely as possible to happen.

Now, given that homosexual couples cannot have children on their own, if one of my children were to be a homosexual, I would not get any grandchildren from that child. (on a side note, I wouldn't disown a homosexual child or anything, but I *would* prefer that they were heterosexual).

I know that not all homosexuals are born that way. Sure, I bet at least some are, but some also aren't. Case in point: my girlfriend has several aunts. Two of them are identical twins. One of these twins is happily married and has three kids, and occasionally flirts with other men (jokingly, of course). The other twin is a lesbian, who usually brings whichever woman she is dating at the moment to family gatherings. So not all homosexuality is genetic or hormones in the womb or whatever.

This implies that social and environmental factors can affect sexual orientation. I feel that one of these factors would be gay marriage. It would be a sign that homosexuality is perfectly equal to heterosexuality in every way, and I could definitely see a lot of written material about that tossed into the school system. Books about how Bobby doesn't like Cindy and so he marries Michael instead, or how Prince Charming didn't like any of the girls at the mall and so he marries Prince Dashing instead. This would be at an age where the opposite sex still has cooties and the idea of marrying your best friend might seem like a good idea. (btw, that Prince + Prince book was already written, and put in an elementary school, until the school realized what they had and then removed it from their collection)

So I think that gay marriage will promote homosexuality (or remove a negative social stigma from it, same effect) and thus lower my chances of having grandchildren.

I think this is more of a personal argument, rather than a legally defendable one, but it is one reason why I oppose gay marriage which has not yet been brought up.

09-25-2004, 10:12 PM	#139 (permalink)
mo42 Insane Location: California	Alright, here's a brand new argument for anti-gay marriage: I wish to have grandchildren. I want my genetic material passed on, to have a nice big extended family, and I want that as likely as possible to happen. Now, given that homosexual couples cannot have children on their own, if one of my children were to be a homosexual, I would not get any grandchildren from that child. (on a side note, I wouldn't disown a homosexual child or anything, but I would prefer that they were heterosexual). I know that not all homosexuals are born that way. Sure, I bet at least some are, but some also aren't. Case in point: my girlfriend has several aunts. Two of them are identical twins. One of these twins is happily married and has three kids, and occasionally flirts with other men (jokingly, of course). The other twin is a lesbian, who usually brings whichever woman she is dating at the moment to family gatherings. So not all homosexuality is genetic or hormones in the womb or whatever. This implies that social and environmental factors can affect sexual orientation. I feel that one of these factors would be gay marriage. It would be a sign that homosexuality is perfectly equal to heterosexuality in every way, and I could definitely see a lot of written material about that tossed into the school system. Books about how Bobby doesn't like Cindy and so he marries Michael instead, or how Prince Charming didn't like any of the girls at the mall and so he marries Prince Dashing instead. This would be at an age where the opposite sex still has cooties and the idea of marrying your best friend might seem like a good idea. (btw, that Prince + Prince book was already written, and put in an elementary school, until the school realized what they had and then removed it from their collection) So I think that gay marriage will promote homosexuality (or remove a negative social stigma from it, same effect) and thus lower my chances of having grandchildren. I think this is more of a personal argument, rather than a legally defendable one, but it is one reason why I oppose gay marriage which has not yet been brought up.