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Originally Posted by MattyC
I know this is the problem. But I've never heard one of them actually explain it.
Why do you feel that your way is the only way? And why does it make a difference to you if someone disagrees? You may say its for the better, but better for who? For you? How does someone marrying someone else affect you in any way?
I'm not trying to be condescending, I really want to know.
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Based on what I've seen and been told (indoctrinated with) from those opposed to the "homosexual agenda", I think the "it's harmful to families/society" meme is basically a safe rationalization for an unsafe position.
They don't like it, and God says its wrong (amazing how God always shares their opinions!), so they oppose it, for that reason alone. So they know they are Correct(tm) because that's the Truth(tm).
That doesn't carry any weight outside their own circles though so any and all data that can be found that supports the desired conclusion that can be found/created is collected and used, safe in the knowledge that that data must be right because it supports the desired conclusion. All opposing data or claims of lack of relevance of data must be wrong because they don't support the position that's the right one (because God said so).
Ultimately discussing data or statistics with such a one is useless, because the data could be staggeringly against their position and they won't change their minds (see young earth creationism), because the position isn't something based on reason, it's based on belief.
The ones I know anyway.