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He is not comparing homosexuals to incest, pedophillia, and/or polygamy. He is saying that if you change the definition of marriage to include homosexuals then you open up the ability to allow these groups to redifine marriage to fit their cause. These groups are no different than those pushing for gay marriage. They would have the same right to marry as a homosexual couple, because they are all just sub groups of the population that have sexual/love connections in an abnormal manner, meaning outside of the norm of human behavior.
This is just one more thing to tear apart the family and the country.
Originally posted by Kevin_X2
reply to post by grapesofraft
so, what your saying is... Homosexuals and Pedophiles are in the same group, so can thus use the same argument (as they are both equally sick and perverse) to meet their horrible sinful ends? because i dont know how you interpret yourself, but thats what you said. you DIRECTLY compared gay marriage to the marriage of children and adults, thus you directly compared pedophiles with gays.
When really, theres absolutely nothing to compare
Originally posted by grapesofraft
4. This is why I think the government should just have civil unions for everyone, and leave marriage to be a religious thing before marriage just becomes an abomination.
Originally posted by Kevin_X2
Originally posted by Staringintoinfinity
I never said that the ability to produce offspring has anything to do with good parenting.
What I implied is that the poster was making this argument to show that homosexuality is ok. I never said it wasn't ok, I said it wasn't natural. My basis for that opinion is that every creature on earth has the ability to reproduce itself.
I then went on to say that people shouldn't be discriminated against because of sexual preference. Meaning just because someone's gay, shouldn't keep them from having the same rights as everyone else.
[edit on 28-6-2009 by Staringintoinfinity]
[edit on 28-6-2009 by Staringintoinfinity]
1. Marriage was/is a religious institution meant for one man and one woman and has been that way forever.
2. Government decided to make marriage a legal thing.
3. If you change the legal definition of marriage even once to include anything but one man and one woman, then you open it up to be redifined based on the whims of society and/or a certain groups political clout
4. This is why I think the government should just have civil unions for everyone, and leave marriage to be a religious thing before marriage just becomes an abomination.
5. Marriage was meant to create a family unit for raising children, because it is best for a child to have a father and a mother.
yeah? do you not like democracy? because if you dont like america you can geyytoouuut
The thing that is dangerous about making marriage redifinable is that then the polygamists, pedophiles, zoophiles, etc will then use this as a stepping stone to redifine marriage to include them.
Originally posted by grapesofraft
reply to post by JaxonRoberts
Well I will reply to you since you actually make sense. Here is the logic.
1. Marriage was/is a religious institution meant for one man and one woman and has been that way forever.
Wrong, the puritans that came to North America were shocked at the "two-spirit couples in some tribes
2. Government decided to make marriage a legal thing.
Obviously
3. If you change the legal definition of marriage even once to include anything but one man and one woman, then you open it up to be redifined based on the whims of society and/or a certain groups political clout
It was redefined before to exclude "two-spirts" from the native tribes. Some tribes have re-opened marriages to two spirits abandoning their Christian brainwashing.
4. This is why I think the government should just have civil unions for everyone, and leave marriage to be a religious thing before marriage just becomes an abomination.
Great, if they allow it to be a full on benefits regardless of region etc. We call our relationship "A joining" because marriage has such a bad reputation.
5. Marriage was meant to create a family unit for raising children, because it is best for a child to have a father and a mother.
Unless the father or mother is abusive, do not want children, not capable of caring for children, they die and relatives take over responsibility. Or is it better they sit in an orphanage until 18?
[edit on 29-6-2009 by grapesofraft]