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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
"Why can't I drink legally but someone over the age of 21 can?"
"Why can't I vote? It's discriminatory?"
"Why can't I <Insert action here> while <Insert group name> can?"
An argument shouldn't rely on the "They can so why can't I?" premise for strength, as it usually crumbles under scrutiny.
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You can't just say "it usually crumbles". That's not argumentation, that's just pulling stuff out of your ass. You actually have to
crumble it for us.
This is my whole experience of talking to anti-gay people. They pronounce these... pronouncements as if they were ironclad fact and patently obvious. There's never any defense of their position. I believe it's because they know that the only possible defense is moral/religious in nature, and they know better than to go there.
In the cases you've cited (drinking under 21, voting when it's not legal to), there are very good reasons why those laws are in effect. In the case of allowing gays to marriage, it's pure prejudice.