Quote by ShadrinI admit I didn't read all
370 something posts. I'm just gonna throw my opinions out there and see what you
people think of em. Note, this is mostly from an American point of
view.
I am of the opinion that gay marriage should be legal. Note I said marriage, not
civil union, or anything like that. Separate but equal worked so well in the
past. You might say that marriage is a religious term, but like it or not, it
has grown to be more than that, and more importantly, is the term the government
uses to define this kind of relationship.
I don't believe that it is a sin. I don't believe in sin in the first place as
an atheist. Even if you believe it is a sin, shouldn't you "Hate the sin,
love the sinner"? Some argue that we should protect people from harming
themselves, and because they believe homosexuality is a sin, we should ban gay
marriage. Ignoring that not everyone believes it is a sin, I think that, as long
as they aren't harming someone else, people should be allowed to do whatever
they want.
One argument I hear a lot is that if we were to legalize gay marriage, where
would we draw the line? Wouldn't that open the gates to legalizing pedophilia,
bestiality, and necrophilia? Luckily for us, there is a real easy place to draw
the line. As long as all individuals involved give consent, then it should be
legal. This rules out pedophilia, bestiality, and necrophilia, as children,
animals, and corpses can't give consent.
Some people also argue that it isn't 'natural' and that homosexual couples can't
reproduce, therefore they shouldn't be allowed to get married. This makes no
sense to me. Why does marriage mean they have an obligation to produce children?
And should we be banning things just because it doesn't directly contribute to
the human races survival? I suppose we should ban mountain climbing, video
games, T.V., and soft drinks then.
Another argument I've heard is, what about the children? Wouldn't they be
disadvantaged by having two mothers or two fathers as opposed to a traditional
family? I don't think they will, men and women aren't so different that there
are things a child could only learn from one sex. The only real concern is that
they might get bullied by other children in school, which isn't a fault of the
parents, but a fault of the bullies parents for being biased.
Finally, some people say we should ban marriage because Christianity doesn't
allow it, and America is a Christian nation. This also, makes little sense.
First, which version of Christianity are we talking about? Not all of them ban
homosexuality. Second, since when was America a Christian nation? Sure, it has a
mostly Christian population (and that's not a good justification either, tyranny
of the majority and all that), but it's never had Christianity as an official
religion. Some say that it should be banned on account of that it offends there
'religious sensibilities'. Well luckily for you, you have the right to be
offended, and you also have the right to offend other people (as long as you
aren't spreading libel and/or slander).
Anyway, that's my thoughts. Sorry if it was kinda stream-of-conciousnessy, I
tried to clean it up a bit.
So, comments? Criticisms? Objections? Non sequitur
replies?
My thoughts exactly, only not so well thought-out as you have. Methinks you have
given the greatest rebuttal to date on the thread where the above was
posted.
So, my gratitudes.
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Really? Glad you think so. :]
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merged: 08-17-2008 ~ 11:12am
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My thoughts exactly, only not so well thought-out as you have. Methinks you have given the greatest rebuttal to date on the thread where the above was posted.
So, my gratitudes.