Justsomeguy

Okay, first, I'm not really concerned about gay marriage. I'm more concerned with the state of health care at the moment and eliminating limiting the rights of lawyers in court. I was just commenting you need a strong argument because you have to convince people that currently disagree with you that your belief is the best. A couple of counter responses on it's potential to hurt:

First, if a law is to be passed it must undoubtedly be within the best interest of the nation. That includes that all criteria associated with the law must be progressive and in no case regressive.

A few regressive arguments I have heard:

1. Gay marriage would be regressive in concerns to natural humanity. It is slander to humanity because it does not follow suit with typical means of evolution. An example is to take two populations each having 100 people. Both have 50 men and 50 women. One consists totally of heterosexuals. One consists totally of homosexuals. If each represented all of humanity then the population of homosexuals would soon die out. Therefore, heterosexuality has the potential to greatly regress humanity because it fails to meet a key characteristic of survival: Sustaining existence. This characteristic is not limited to homosexuals, but it is further regressed through gay behavior.

2. It has potential to have negative influence on the future of America. First and primarily because it opens up the ability of choice. Gay marriage would be more appealing to people if they could normally only marry someone of the opposite sex. If this were the case influx of population may exist in certain areas that could have potentially devastating results on but not limited to county and state industry and education.

3.If being gay is genetic as many argue, then it scientifically, it is a mutation. It is something that would need correction and require billions of dollars in research. Genetic mutations are referred to as something negative in relation to the human body. We would have to approach it in such a way. If gay marriage was the end point of the argument, then research and understanding wouldn't be such an immediate requirement. Therefore, it may not be within the best interest of gay Americans. Furthermore, the genetic argument must be rejected. Many disturbing problems in America is believed to resolve around genetic issues. It would not be within the best interest to condone something based on genetics alone. Issues of interest: Drug abuse and Child Pornography. I mean in no way to compare being gay with child pornography. It's just an example used to dictate to futile "Genetic Argument."

4.Gay marriage is harmful to society because of it does not promote democracy. This is because Americans future retains the hope of equality of all citizens. However, if one married couple could produce offspring, but one cannot, preference must be shown to those that can both financially and scientifically. This would eliminate the American notion of "Equal Opportunity."

For clarity, this relates to argument one. If gay people cannot have offspring, then they would depend upon heterosexuals to provide future offspring.

5.Tradition is not always the correct approach to political issues. This argument is not intended to disprove gay marriage, but it is intended to set prerequisities. It's important to educate Americans on the importance of the issue to a level of understanding which will be more perceivable. If this were not the case then it may be met with negative reactions and results such as that of the civil rights movement and the strong racism that still exists today.

These beliefs are not my own. Some are more extreme then others. Some are very nice arguments. Again, gay marriage is not a big deal to me. However, I think you should take a stand for abusive treatment towards gay Americans if you feel compelled. Gay people are greatly discriminated against in the medical field and in health care. Furthermore, the ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights webpage have a site with quite abit of info. And while I disagree with many of their stances, I agree with many issues they stand for.