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AAAARGH.
Why do people keep starting these threads? Hasn't this been done to death? We just keep going over the same old arguments:
Anti-gay-marriage:
It's immoral because the Bible says so
Pro-gay-marriage:
1. The biblical justification against homosexuality is shaky at best
2. since when do we allow scripture to dictate policy in the U.S.? The religious definition of marriage should have nothing to do with the civil definition of marriage.
Anti-gay-marriage:
Well, it ain't natural.
Pro-gay-marriage:
The hell it ain't. Sexual preference is biologically-based, and homosexuality occurs in other species besides humans.
Anti-gay-marriage:
They're sickos and shouldn't be given rights because they're all perverts.
Pro-gay-marriage:
There's a difference between "preference" and "behavior" and not all gays are "perverts" any more than all heteros are perverts. There's no evidence that being gay harms gay peoples' children or makes them more likely to be gay.
Anti-gay-marriage:
I don't care what they do behind closed doors but I don't want to have to see it.
Pro-gay-marriage:
Sounds like "separate but equal" or "don't ask don't tell" to me. Since when is offensiveness to some people a reason to deny legal rights to an entire group of people?
And on and on and on and on it goes. I don't see either side being convinced one way or another, and I don't think most people (here or otherwise) are willing to engage in true dialogue about this. Mostly we all just want to spout off our own opinions. I'm probably as guilty as the next person about this.
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