Redcliff, homosexuality is a GENETIC thing. This has already been proven by psychologists, scientists, and gay people (Okay, they're not really objective in their views, but I have a lot of gay friends and they've just...always been gay. ::Shrugs:
. Incest and Polygamy are not. They are choices (Not like love is really a concious choice, but you know what I mean ^_^). Homosexuality is not a choice. Gay people can't help being attracted to the same sex just like straight people can't help being attracted to the opposite sex.
Oh, and some people are disgusted because they are ignorant and know nothing about homosexuality (Some also want to combine state and church and teach I.D. in schools as a "science" -_-). Some idiots still think it is a choice (Why you would CHOOSE to be denied jobs, beating to death, and generally hated by half the population is beyond me). That's THEIR problem. There is a reason homophobia is called homoPHOBIA.
People were also disgusted by interracial marriage (Pretty sure they brought up the crap about beastiality and such too.). People are always going to be disgusted by something. Since homosexuality is genetic and is exactly like heterosexuality except there are two people of the same sex, I think gay people should be allowed to get married. Now, we could change the polygamy or incest thing one day, but these people don't have the "genetic" argument. Oh, and other countries have already implented gay marriage and they're doing just fine. I just destroyed your argument.
Oh, and one more thing: Intersexed people (People with ambiguous genitalia, chromosomes, hormones etc.). If marriage is supposed to be between a MAN and a WOMAN, where do
they fit in? Something to think about.
People are always going to bring up the crap that if gay marriage is allowed people can marry their sisters, or dogs or anything. Right...In all actuality, I wouldn't mind if incest couples got married...as long as they didn't have children. And I think the ban on polygamy is stupid. If you want to have more than one spouse, I don't care. ^_^ Bestiality is fine with me (Whatever floats your boat, I guess. Might wanna schedule an appointment with a psychologist, though...), but the marriage thing won't work because A.) Two completely different species and B.) One half cannot consent b/c we can't understand animal language.
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Originally Posted by redcliff  first, a brother and a sister are also 2 consenting adults; second what is so holy about the number 2? so when the religious right say that being of opposite sex is holy that's nonsense. but that number 2 is holy is not. o.k.
It is possible to be in love with more than one person (happened to me). There are many couples where one of them has a lover and the other spouse doesn't care, so de facto it's a polygamous relationship. who are you (the collective you) to tell such a triangle that they don't love each other? actually the religious right says the same thing about gays: they don't love each other, they are perverts and they are bunch of hedonists. Beware lest you become like them.
If the same reasons given for gay marriage apply to those then it does.
Thank you for DEFINING polygamy and incest.
According to your logic I can say : "heterosexual marriage has nothing to do with gay marriage (same-sex relations). A man and a women are a man and a women"
I've just given, in my original post, some of the reasons I hear all the time for gay marriage, and it's quite clear that those can be used, as is or with minor modification, to allow the other kinds of marriages.
However, if you can supply other reasons do share. |