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    For Those Against Gay Marriage...

    Please explain, in quantifiable terms, how a homosexual marriage affects heterosexual marriages in any way. Where's the threat?

    Or better yet, explain why "traditional" one woman-one man marriages are so sacred and ethically superior. 'Cause I just don't see it.
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    Ok, for the sake of argument. For 1 marriage is a religious thing hence why its sacred. I'm not saying gays can't be religious, but it kinda does contradict itself, seeing as how most major religious(if not all) see it as a sin. And if you go right down to the bottom of our and all animals most basic instinct is to survive and procreate, to carry on the species.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DansDarkSide View Post
    Ok, for the sake of argument. For 1 marriage is a religious thing hence why its sacred. I'm not saying gays can't be religious, but it kinda does contradict itself, seeing as how most major religious(if not all) see it as a sin. And if you go right down to the bottom of our and all animals most basic instinct is to survive and procreate, to carry on the species.
    Exactly. Gay marriage serves no purpose. The bottom line is that people need to procreate to carry on the species, and two men or two women simply fail to do this naturally.
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    Since when did it require a marriage to procreate?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yankeefan2009 View Post
    Exactly. Gay marriage serves no purpose. The bottom line is that people need to procreate to carry on the species, and two men or two women simply fail to do this naturally.
    But one man and 12 women would be even better for procreation - so if that was the object of marriage, then polygamy would be the norm and marriage would be outlawed for people who are sterile or who don't intend to have children.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DansDarkSide View Post
    Ok, for the sake of argument. For 1 marriage is a religious thing hence why its sacred. I'm not saying gays can't be religious, but it kinda does contradict itself, seeing as how most major religious(if not all) see it as a sin. And if you go right down to the bottom of our and all animals most basic instinct is to survive and procreate, to carry on the species.
    First, the one true Christian religion, The Episcopal Church, has no qualms with homosexuals.

    Second, we don't need every man and woman to procreate to continue our species. In fact, if every man and woman did procreate our species would probably soon eliminate itself.

    Third, for those who don't follow the one true Christian religion, well, (a) you'll be sorry when you find yourself spending eternity in hell, and (b) religion does not rule our laws.

    Now excuse me, I have to go get some throwing stones.

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    To an earllier point, marriage for 3000+ years has been a religious sacrament and govt is supposed to sperate church and state!

    Currently, I'm 100% against gay "marriage", but am 100% for gay unions which carry EVERY right a marriage does, just a different title... Like being gay or straight! I mean this is something the left shouldn't have a problem with because they seem to have the need to label everyone as party of some group!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dougles View Post
    To an earllier point, marriage for 3000+ years has been a religious sacrament and govt is supposed to sperate church and state!

    Currently, I'm 100% against gay "marriage", but am 100% for gay unions which carry EVERY right a marriage does, just a different title... Like being gay or straight! I mean this is something the left shouldn't have a problem with because they seem to have the need to label everyone as party of some group!
    Many gays also feel the same way as you. This is why Elton John doesn't think being gay warrants "marriage".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dougles View Post
    To an earllier point, marriage for 3000+ years has been a religious sacrament and govt is supposed to sperate church and state!

    Currently, I'm 100% against gay "marriage", but am 100% for gay unions which carry EVERY right a marriage does, just a different title... Like being gay or straight! I mean this is something the left shouldn't have a problem with because they seem to have the need to label everyone as party of some group!
    Because 'Separate But Equal' always works so well...

    I'm happy to turn this around on you and have the government sanction no marriage, but rather universal "civil unions", and let the churches who bless them call them a "marriage" if they so choose.
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    Quote Originally Posted by run4it View Post
    Because 'Separate But Equal' always works so well...

    I'm happy to turn this around on you and have the government sanction no marriage, but rather universal "civil unions", and let the churches who bless them call them a "marriage" if they so choose.
    Why change something that has worked for thousands of years?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dougles View Post
    Currently, I'm 100% against gay "marriage", but am 100% for gay unions which carry EVERY right a marriage does, just a different title... Like being gay or straight! I mean this is something the left shouldn't have a problem with because they seem to have the need to label everyone as party of some group!
    I agree. As others have stated "marriage" is a religious sacrament (sacrement?) which is concurrently sanctioned by the state as a "contract." Which is why we must "sue" for divorce with the state and why some religions (Catholics) don't accept divorce at all.

    We speak of "slippery slope" arguments often in these cases. Let's look at some of the slippery slopes we have slipped down so far.

    Gay and Lesbian "couples" can currently adopt children. Children are a doctrine in most religious marriages, the very reason for sex in the Catholic faith, no? Gay and Lesbian couples can even make babies of their own, certainly not by each other, but by "other means."

    But they have no rights to the benefits that the STATE provides to married men and women, tax benefits, health insurance family coverage. In many places a hospital cannot legally provide information on your health status to your partner. (yes, some of these have change, some have not and many could be the "slippery slope." and some have the the subject of lawsuits and public rhetoric)

    I am against gay marriage as well because even as a lapsed Catholic (the indoctrination is strong), I still have enough respect for the faith that I would oppose the day when a gay couple would want to, no, force their way into a Catholic Church to say their vows, when the faith still opposes the relationship (well the "act.") as sin.

    Civil unions? A relationship sanctioned by the state as a contract with the same benefits afforded to men and women sanctioned by the state. I have no problem with that either.





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    Quote Originally Posted by Yankeefan2009 View Post
    Why change something that has worked for thousands of years?
    So we should go back to polygamy...and why not slavery while we're at it? It worked well for thousands of years, right...at least in Biblical lore?
    But your being a dick
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    Quote Originally Posted by run4it View Post
    So we should go back to polygamy...and why not slavery while we're at it? It worked well for thousands of years, right...at least in Biblical lore?
    We currently have it with illegal immigrants doing our cheap work for us.

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    Quote Originally Posted by run4it View Post
    Because 'Separate But Equal' always works so well...

    I'm happy to turn this around on you and have the government sanction no marriage, but rather universal "civil unions", and let the churches who bless them call them a "marriage" if they so choose.
    I think that's exactly what i was trying to say!

    As for "separate but equal", If i beat a gay man because he's gay, i get 5 years extra in jail, but if he beats me because i'm straight, he get's nothing extra...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dougles View Post
    To an earllier point, marriage for 3000+ years has been a religious sacrament and govt is supposed to sperate church and state!
    No, it hasn't, so stop making up bull manure based on your ignorance of history.

    In the ancient world, marriage was a societal institution that provided for familial supports and inheritance. Marriage for the Greeks and Romans was frequently a political and economic union. The ancient Hebrews introduced the idea of Yaweh blessing marriages, but marriage remained a civil institution to guarantee societal order, child rearing, inheritance, etc. Marriage as a "sacrament" only involved the Christian religion, but like the Hebrews, Christians didn't ignore the civil implications of marriage. The religous aspects were just added on, especially in Medieval Europe where the Church was the only institution equipped to produce and maintain records.

    Did Henry the Second of England marry Eleanor of Aquitaine because he was madly in love with her -- or because her wealth made him the most formidable ruler in Europe?

    Did Henry the Eighth of England break with the Catholic Church and divorce his first Queen, Catharine of Aragon, because he tired of her -- or because he needed a male heir to the throne?

    Marriage has always been about societal or civil order. If marriage was so much about religion, why did even peasant women have to have dowries to marry in almost all European societies well into the 19th century? Among the ruling classes, marriage has always been about dynasties, politics, and economics going back to ancient Egypt. The religious aspect of marriage has overlaid that in some societies, but the civil aspect remains.

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