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Originally posted by ratbastid
Now, how I'd argue this if I had to argue against gay marriage is this: cultures are based on traditional families. With some small number or exceptions, children are raised in the context of one mother and one father (even in the case of divorced families, that context still exists). To replace that with a potential context of two fathers or two mothers is to undercut the whole structure of society. We just don't know what result that would have if it took place in a significant percentage of families, but the incremental increase in individual freedom is not worth the extreme risk to our culture and society.
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Why is the risk not worth it? So society can keep pretending that normality exists only between opposite genders and not in same gender ex/inclusivity.
And what do you mean by "the incremental increase in individual freedom?" Please explain that because it sounds like a bunch of nonsense double speak that thrives on university campuses.
I think your reasoning,even if you are playing devil's advocate is weak and harkens back to the male and female stereotypes of years gone by.
And the 'extreme risk to our culture and society'? Get real. I don't think things can get much worse for the so-called family unit however dysfunctional. If anything, I think kids growing up in same sex marriages would have more tolerance than the prescribed notion put for by church and state.