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Old 10-30-2006, 03:56 PM   #241 (permalink)
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But I don't see how homosexual marriage would "turn upside down the very building block of our society".

How would it?
By its very exisitence. Marriage is made primarily for raising children. Homosexual "marriage" can never do such except via extrodainary measures. Its really that simple
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:00 PM   #242 (permalink)
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By its very exisitence. Marriage is made primarily for raising children. Homosexual "marriage" can never do such except via extrodainary measures. Its really that simple
I don't see how that answers my question.

How would homosexual marriage, by its very existence, "turn upside down the very building block of our society"?

Perhaps this is a better question: what do you mean by "turn upside down the very building block of our society"? What are the tangible results of such an occurrence?
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:06 PM   #243 (permalink)
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You do have equal rights.
Repeating this doesn't make it true.

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There are sound reasons behind those laws, and each had its own debate at the time the laws came into effect and when the ages were changed. So how about we debate gay marriage here instead.

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Old 10-30-2006, 04:07 PM   #244 (permalink)
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Perhaps this is a better question: what do you mean by "turn upside down the very building block of our society"? What are the tangible results of such an occurrence?
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:07 PM   #245 (permalink)
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You argue that people are imposing their beliefs on others, yet you seemingly have no quams with the school system to have "open dialogue" about a sexual preference practiced by a small % of genpop and that goes against many parents morals and values. Most people would call that hypocritical, but I assume that you and other liberals would call it something else.
Teach morals at home. Teach facts at school.

I'm not even sure what you're worried about. Homosexuals exist. Homosexuality exists. Homosexual sex exists, as do all of the heterosexual counterparts. The school isn't telling them about some secret that no one knows about. Nor are they advocating that everyone go try having gay sex with their classmates. If the school does anything, it's a variation of, "Sex can be dangerous. This is how you can protect yourself." They are being exposed to information, which is the whole point of going to school. You learn things and hopefully remember them and make decisions about them. "Imposing beliefs" is when you force someone to or prevent someone from expressing an opinion without regard for how they feel about it. Exposing someone to information is entirely different, and is done in a value neutral context. Schools don't tell people that sex is good or bad or that homosexual sex is good or bad. They tell kids that it EXISTS and if they CHOOSE to do it, it has consequences. It is the responsibility of the PARENT to provide the moral framework for the child to interpret these facts.

Saying that schools shouldn't teach comprehensive sex ed programs because some parents dislike parts of it is as stupid as saying schools shouldn't teach the Napoleon Wars because some parents disagree with why they occurred. That's not the point of a school, it's not the point of a curriculum.

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By its very exisitence. Marriage is made primarily for raising children. Homosexual "marriage" can never do such except via extrodainary measures. Its really that simple
Please re-read my post 234. Then read what I've quoted.

You CANNOT make the argument you just made without denying lots of straight people the right to get married as well. If you're comfortable with that, fine. If you're not, then that's not really the argument you're making.

As an addendum, marriage was primarily created to transfer property, not for raising children. Marriage now has almost nothing to do with raising children. See: divorce with children, childless marriages, single parenting. You're making an anachronistic argument about an institution that really was only ever true in theory to begin with. Stop making it.

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Old 10-30-2006, 04:16 PM   #246 (permalink)
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By its very exisitence. Marriage is made primarily for raising children. Homosexual "marriage" can never do such except via extrodainary measures. Its really that simple
This is an unsupported, absolutist pronouncement with no evidence or reason to back it up. Repetition alone doesn't make it true.

This thread is dead. It just hasn't stopped twitching yet. It's possible that Tilted Politics is in the same state.
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:17 PM   #247 (permalink)
 
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IL answers it pretty well above. Its a special right because they already can get married and that they are not discriminated against.

You argue that people are imposing their beliefs on others, yet you seemingly have no quams with the school system to have "open dialogue" about a sexual preference practiced by a small % of genpop and that goes against many parents morals and values. Most people would call that hypocritical, but I assume that you and other liberals would call it something else.

Thats a really bad argument (especially for someone as well informed as you), will, and it demonstrates the grasping of straws when it comes to this issue. Tell us then, exactly which religion is doing the persecutin'?
If they "already can get married" why are they not eligible for the same health benefits? ERISA, which regulates health insurance, allows "self-insured" health programs to exclude the coverage of a same sex partner that is guaranteed for hetero spouses. COBRA, which requires the continuation of health benefits, including spouse (even a divorced spouse) and dependent benefits to a person for a defined period after employment is terminated but employers are allowed to deny these coverages to gay couples. Not discriminated against?

If they "already can get married" why are they not eligible for the same benefits under the Family Medical Leave Act? Inheritance law? Tax law? Not discriminated against?

The examples are endless.

And finally, Sorry, but I just dont see how an open discussion of sexuality is hypocritical, any more than discussion of Huck Finn or evolution, because it offends some parents. Why are you so afraid to educate and provide factual information to kids?
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:19 PM   #248 (permalink)
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I don't see how that answers my question.

How would homosexual marriage, by its very existence, "turn upside down the very building block of our society"?

Perhaps this is a better question: what do you mean by "turn upside down the very building block of our society"? What are the tangible results of such an occurrence?
Because it goes from one man, one woman to two men or two women or three or four, or whatever. Fact is, children thrive better in a true father and mother enviroment than a two man enviroment with one top and one bottom, each putting on their faux feminity and masculinity. Of course you can tell me some story on how your sister in laws friend is raising a kid with her partner and theyre doing well, but thats just ancedotal evidence. As a general rule it absolutely holds.

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Please re-read my post 234. Then read what I've quoted.

You CANNOT make the argument you just made without denying lots of straight people the right to get married as well. If you're comfortable with that, fine. If you're not, then that's not really the argument you're making.
But at least with normal married couples, the possibilty of having a natural family is still there. It can never be there with a homosexual "marriage"
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:24 PM   #249 (permalink)
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But at least with normal married couples, the possibilty of having a natural family is still there. It can never be there with a homosexual "marriage"
If one member of the couple is infertile, there is no possibility of having a natural family. Period. End of discussion. It's exactly like a gay couple, in that sense. There is NO WAY for those two people alone to have a kid. So, according to you, depriving all infertile people of the right to get married is ok.
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:27 PM   #250 (permalink)
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If one member of the couple is infertile, there is no possibility of having a natural family. Period. End of discussion. It's exactly like a gay couple, in that sense. There is NO WAY for those two people alone to have a kid. So, according to you, depriving all infertile people of the right to get married is ok.
Now thats just taking it to the extreme isnt it? With normal couples, the possibility of taking medical procedure to help theri cause is still there. With homosexuals, sperm + sperm or ovaries + ovaries can never, ever lead to a child between the two
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:29 PM   #251 (permalink)
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Because it goes from one man, one woman to two men or two women or three or four, or whatever.
So that's what you mean by "turn upside down the very building block of our society"?

That's an odd way to phrase it, considering that your scenario doesn't mention anything about "the very building block of our society" - which I assume is procreative heterosexual marriage - being turned upside down. Seems that people who want to participate in that building block would still be able to. And the people who don't... well, they already don't have to.

Is it fair to say that, by "turned upside down", you mean "broadened with more options for only those who want them"? Or am I missing something?

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Fact is, children thrive better in a true father and mother enviroment than a two man enviroment with one top and one bottom, each putting on their faux feminity and masculinity. Of course you can tell me some story on how your sister in laws friend is raising a kid with her partner and theyre doing well, but thats just ancedotal evidence. As a general rule it absolutely holds.
"As a general rule it absolutely holds?" Heh...I don't see how that sentence is logically possible. But nevermind that...

Source for this fact?

And assuming you provide a source... Reason for denying children same-sex parents simply because they're not optimal?
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:30 PM   #252 (permalink)
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IL answers it pretty well above. Its a special right because they already can get married and that they are not discriminated against.
It's like arguing for a Copernical solar system with a flat-earther. Argument ad nauseum doesn't hold much weight.

You argue that people are imposing their beliefs on others, yet you seemingly have no quams with the school system to have "open dialogue" about a sexual preference practiced by a small % of genpop and that goes against many parents morals and values. Most people would call that hypocritical, but I assume that you and other liberals would call it something else.

You have yet to connect this to the same-sex marriage debate, yet you keep bringing it up as if the connection were already made. I disagree with you here regarding imposing values via sex education, but that is a different debate.
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:32 PM   #253 (permalink)
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Source for this fact?
3000 years of recorded human history cant be wrong.
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:35 PM   #254 (permalink)
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:36 PM   #255 (permalink)
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It's like arguing for a Copernical solar system with a flat-earther. Argument ad nauseum doesn't hold much weight.
Actually a good analogy would be Bill Gates suing for the right to recieve welfare payments. He doesnt get them because he just doesnt qualify


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You have yet to connect this to the same-sex marriage debate, yet you keep bringing it up as if the connection were already made. I disagree with you here regarding imposing values via sex education, but that is a different debate.
No, I have. Part of the whole homosexual redefintion of marriage revolves around demnding to be accepted as legit. If we redefine marriage, then the next step is provided homosexual sex education because if the govt has already legitimized it, then why should they deny such education in the schools that have normal sex ed programs? Logically, its the next step. Sure, it doesnt help your side, but it is what it is
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:40 PM   #257 (permalink)
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If we redefine marriage, then the next step is provided homosexual sex education because if the govt has already legitimized it, then why should they deny such education in the schools that have normal sex ed programs? Logically, its the next step. Sure, it doesnt help your side, but it is what it is
Do you know that there's nothing self-evidently bad about that? You're the only one here who has a problem with that. As is often the case with people holding fringe views, you're screaming it pretty damn loud, but it's a fringe view nonetheless.
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:42 PM   #258 (permalink)
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Do you know that there's nothing self-evidently bad about that? You're the only one here who has a problem with that. As is often the case with people holding fringe views, you're screaming it pretty damn loud, but it's a fringe view nonetheless.
You should expand your universe a bit. Most people have a problem with that, even in the bluest of blue states.
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By its very exisitence. Marriage is made primarily for raising children. Homosexual "marriage" can never do such except via extrodainary measures. Its really that simple
Every time you make this argument, you are logically supporting marriage for same sex couples:

A: Marriage is for raising children (this is in part true, though this is not the only purpose or even the primary one.)

B: Homosexual marriages can have children through extraordinary measures.

The first is your assertion, the second is a fact that you concede in this post. The logical conclusion is that same-sex couples should be permitted to legally marry because they can meet the "raising children" condition.
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:53 PM   #260 (permalink)
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Were people not so narrow minded I'd suspect more gay couples would adopt children. What is extraordinary about adoption and how is it jumping through hoops?
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Old 10-30-2006, 04:55 PM   #261 (permalink)
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Every time you make this argument, you are logically supporting marriage for same sex couples:

A: Marriage is for raising children (this is in part true, though this is not the only purpose or even the primary one.)

B: Homosexual marriages can have children through extraordinary measures.

The first is your assertion, the second is a fact that you concede in this post. The logical conclusion is that same-sex couples should be permitted to legally marry because they can meet the "raising children" condition.
Great, but can and should are two very different things. Children thrive when there is one mom and one dad, not one mom or one dad, or two moms or two dads, ot one top or one bottom. Its really that simple. Can homosexuals raise children? PRobably, but its about the kids and not the parents
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Because it goes from one man, one woman to two men or two women or three or four, or whatever. Fact is, children thrive better in a true father and mother enviroment than a two man enviroment with one top and one bottom, each putting on their faux feminity and masculinity.
Cite for this "fact"?

By the way, what's with the "faux femininity and masculinity" bit? Do you know anything about gay people? Making reference to ignorant stereotypes doesn't really support your argument well.

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Of course you can tell me some story on how your sister in laws friend is raising a kid with her partner and theyre doing well, but thats just ancedotal evidence. As a general rule it absolutely holds.
In addition to the anecdotal evidence I have every American medical and psychological organization that has a policy on the issue on my side.

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But at least with normal married couples, the possibilty of having a natural family is still there. It can never be there with a homosexual "marriage"
Not all heterosexual couples can have children together. The infertile, the elderly, CFBC, those who have a genetic disease they'd prefer not to pass on, yet all can get married even in the absence of any intent or ability to have children.
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By its very exisitence. Marriage is made primarily for raising children. Homosexual "marriage" can never do such except via extrodainary measures. Its really that simple
Come on now NCB, did you miss my post on page 6 where I pasted the 10 definitions of marriage from dictionary dot com? None of them mentioned anything about children.
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You should expand your universe a bit. Most people have a problem with that, even in the bluest of blue states.
And you should try reading. I said you're the only one here who has a problem with it. You even put that in bold when you quoted me. Nobody else on this thread has complained about responsible teaching of acceptance toward homosexuality in schools--and all the reasoned arguments why it's not a problem are met with, "But they'll teach our kids gay!"

In the face of superior argumentation, your only tool is repetition. Propaganda that is based in repetition rather than reason is called indoctrination. I submit that you have been indoctrinated; that you no longer think your own thoughts.

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In the face of superior argumentation, your only tool is repetition. Propaganda that is based in repetition rather than reason is called indoctrination. I submit that you have been indoctrinated; that you no longer think your own thoughts.
Dude, it goes both ways, doesnt it? In could very well post that same argument. At least be honest here
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Actually a good analogy would be Bill Gates suing for the right to recieve welfare payments. He doesnt get them because he just doesnt qualify
More argument ad nauseum.

What, specifically, are the special rights that would come with same-sex couples marrying? Name them. Name some rights that a same-sex married couple would get that a heterosexual married couple would not.

Answer: There aren't any. We don't want anything but to be treated equally, the same rights and responsibilities. Heck, if my wife and I were legally married, we'd actually be paying a good deal more in federal income tax.

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No, I have. Part of the whole homosexual redefintion of marriage revolves around demnding to be accepted as legit. If we redefine marriage, then the next step is provided homosexual sex education because if the govt has already legitimized it, then why should they deny such education in the schools that have normal sex ed programs? Logically, its the next step. Sure, it doesnt help your side, but it is what it is
More argument ad nauseum. You have yet to provide a clear connection.
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3000 years of recorded human history cant be wrong.
What does this even mean?

You assert that a mother and a father are optimal and then point to 3000 years of mother-father child rearing to support it?

This would surely show that mother-father is the traditional method of child rearing, but how in the hell does it show that it's better than father-father or mother-mother?
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3000 years of recorded human history cant be wrong.
Can and often has been.
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Old 10-30-2006, 05:14 PM   #270 (permalink)
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We're just going around in circles here. We just need to agree to disagree. I'm done with this thread. Well, at least for today
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Old 10-30-2006, 05:16 PM   #271 (permalink)
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Gods I love being ignored. At least I debunked the "children" thing.

Gilda, once again I am very happy for you and yours. It is about time!
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Old 10-30-2006, 05:16 PM   #272 (permalink)
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Thats a really bad argument (especially for someone as well informed as you), will, and it demonstrates the grasping of straws when it comes to this issue. Tell us then, exactly which religion is doing the persecutin'?
You say it's a bad argument......then you don't argue with it. Does that mean your argument is even weaker than you suggest mine is?

As I've stated before, it's the Abrahamic religons: Judism, Chsitianity, and Islam. That's where the idea of homosexuality being bad comes from in our society (that, and maybe from the evolution of stoic ethics in late Rome, but stoic ethics were obviously effected and formed greatly by the spread of Chsitainity...).

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Homosexuals have been around for thousands of years. Only the Puritanesque seem to have a problem with it.
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Old 10-30-2006, 05:24 PM   #274 (permalink)
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Great, but can and should are two very different things. Children thrive when there is one mom and one dad, not one mom or one dad, or two moms or two dads, ot one top or one bottom.
You undermine your own argument every time you post based on ignorant stereotypes.

Cite me a study that concludes that children raised by same-sex couples are harmed by that in comparison to either heterosexual couples, single parents, or especially to the foster care system.


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Its really that simple. Can homosexuals raise children? PRobably, but its about the kids and not the parents
Not "probably," the answer is an unequivocal "Yes." Also, you're repeating an argument you haven't supported. More argument ad nauseum.

However, let's assume that marriage is to provide a stable environment for children--don't the children of homosexuals and being raised by homosexual couples deserve the same protections as those being raised by heterosexuals? Why punish the children for their parents' orientation? Every argument regarding the rearing of children logically supports same-sex marriage.
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Old 10-30-2006, 05:25 PM   #275 (permalink)
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Repeating this doesn't make it true.
Yet, it is true. You're not being treated as unequals. If you get right down to it, you're not any more "discriminated" against than your average teenager is.

I laugh when people try to compare homosexuals not being allowed to marry to such things as the abolishment of slavery, women's suffrage or even the civil right's movement. Unlike slaves, you're not being subjugated and forced to live your life as inferiors nor are you considered the property of someone else; Unlike women before 1920's, you're not going to be jailed if you choose to vote (Or, in your case, have sex with a member of the same sex) ; And unlike minorities before the civil right's movement, you're not forced into government sanctioned isolation nor are you subject to public humiliation.

In fact, you enjoy many protections which the latter groups simply did not have, yet you would rather scream discrimination because you're not allowed to marry?

The fact is that you're trying to force others to accept your definition of marriage; The exact same thing you accuse those people who are anti-gay of doing. That's the fundamental difference between any movement of the past and the homosexual movement-- The desire to make people accept the way you choose to live your life.

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There are sound reasons behind those laws, and each had it's own debate at the time the laws came into effect and when the ages were changed. So how about we debate gay marriage here instead.
See? You feel it's okay to discriminate against people based on age. Therefore, it perplexes me as to how you can think it unfair to discriminate against people based on sexual orientation. Just as you think there's a good reason to discriminate based on age I think there's a good reason to discriminate based on sexual orientation. Seems fair, huh?
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Old 10-30-2006, 05:29 PM   #276 (permalink)
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We're just going around in circles here. We just need to agree to disagree. I'm done with this thread...
This would be a good thing.

Gilda, once again, thank you for posting the good news. May other states follow soon in providing just legislation.

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Old 10-30-2006, 05:53 PM   #277 (permalink)
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Homosexuals have been around for thousands of years. Only the Puritanesque seem to have a problem with it.
Erm... Ignoring the fact that nearly all religions condemn homosexuality, are we?
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Old 10-30-2006, 05:59 PM   #278 (permalink)
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Yet, it is true. You're not being treated as unequals. If you get right down to it, you're not any more "discriminated" against than your average teenager is.
Teenagers are allowed to get married.
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I laugh when people try to compare homosexuals not being allowed to marry to such things as the abolishment of slavery, women's suffrage or even the civil right's movement. Unlike slaves, you're not being subjugated and forced to live your life as inferiors nor are you considered the property of someone else; Unlike women before 1920's, you're not going to be jailed if you choose to vote (Or, in your case, have sex with a member of the same sex) ; And unlike minorities before the civil right's movement, you're not forced into government sanctioned isolation nor are you subject to public humiliation.
I laugh when people try to compare homosexuals to polygamists and incestors(?). Unlike polygomists, you're not doing anyting illegal, and unlike those who practice incest, homosexual pairings won't result in severly disabled children (or me throwing up all over). Once upon a time, homosexuals were forced into isolation, jailed, hanged, etc. It's a slow process that started with bigotry and that will end with real equal rights, just like it did with women and minorities.
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The fact is that you're trying to force others to accept your definition of marriage; The exact same thing you accuse those people who are anti-gay of doing. That's the fundamental difference between any movement of the past and the homosexual movement-- The desire to make people accept the way you choose to live your life.
...that way they chose to live their life doesn't effect you. We're not forcing anyone to accept anything. You're trying to pretend like marriage means something, and you're bravely defending marriage from the gays (how brave of you). In reality, marriage doesn't mean jack shit. When the divorce rate is well over 50%, what are you defending? Just becuase you forced gay out of marriage first doesn't mean that you're right.
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See? You feel it's okay to discriminate against people based on age. Therefore, it perplexes me as to how you can think it unfair to discriminate against people based on sexual orientation. Just as you think there's a good reason to discriminate based on age I think there's a good reason to discriminate based on sexual orientation. Seems fair, huh?
It's not okay to discriminate. If I discriminate, does that make it okay for you to discriminate? Shit no.

Also, on a side note, there should be no voting age or drinking age. They're useless, and are ageist.
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Erm... Ignoring the fact that nearly all religions condemn homosexuality, are we?
See reference to Puritanesque and add to it the fact that sadly most people cant see past the end of their noses and yes.
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Old 10-30-2006, 06:23 PM   #280 (permalink)
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Yet, it is true. You're not being treated as unequals.
No matter how many times you repeat this, it doesn't become true. You've been arguing that discriminating against homosexuals is justified this whole thread.

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I laugh when people try to compare homosexuals not being allowed to marry to such things as the abolishment of slavery, women's suffrage or even the civil right's movement.
This is, literally, a civil rights issue.

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And unlike minorities before the civil right's movement
Let's compare this to minorities and marriage rights. I can't have my marriage legally recognized, and the Lovings, and a great many interracial couples like them, couldn't have theirs recognized either.

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you're not forced into government sanctioned isolation nor are you subject to public humiliation.
You're kidding, right?

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In fact, you enjoy many protections which the latter groups simply did not have, yet you would rather scream discrimination because you're not allowed to marry?
I'm funny that way. Being treated equally in some ways isn't enough. I'd like to have all the same rights, privileges, and legal protections as everyone else, not just some of them.

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The fact is that you're trying to force others to accept your definition of marriage; The exact same thing you accuse those people who are anti-gay of doing.
Nope. I don't want to make marriage solely between gay people and prevent heterosexuals from marrying. I want an even playing field where you can act on your definition and I can act on mine and neither of us dictating to the other what she should be allowed to do.

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That's the fundamental difference between any movement of the past and the homosexual movement-- The desire to make people accept the way you choose to live your life.
Well of course. Blacks fought to be accepted as equal to whites, women fought to be accepted as equal to men. A desire for acceptance isn't new, it's been a part of every human and civil rights movement in history.

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See? You feel it's okay to discriminate against people based on age.
Well, I believe I said that those are separate issues, but sure I accept that legal restrictions on minors are reasonable as a means of preventing them from engaging in dangerous behavior until they reach the age of maturity at which they can handle those issues is reasonable. I don't think anybody is going to say that drawing a line somewhere is unreasonable, even if we might disagree on where to draw that line.

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Therefore, it perplexes me as to how you can think it unfair to discriminate against people based on sexual orientation. Just as you think there's a good reason to discriminate based on age I think there's a good reason to discriminate based on sexual orientation. Seems fair, huh?
One is based on practical considerations and the other on prejudice.
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