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Originally Posted by Knalus
I also don't understand how it's an extraordinary claim - I would have thought (perhaps hoped?) that it would be more of an ordinary claim. I guess people don't really put that much importance in their own marriage anymore, which is a shame.
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Oh, please. The definition of marriage isn't what gives it importance; how you behave in and value your own marriage is what gives it importance. If two gays gets married it holds absolutely no bearing on whether you value your own marriage or not. The same rings true for any type of marriage, whether gay, incestuous, whatever. In Canada, an uncle can marry his nephew. Whether you realized that before or not, it doesn't change how you behave or act in your own marriage. Making the claim that the
definition is too important a thing to change is an extraordinary claim, and you still haven't justified it, other than to say because you don't want it to change (which in itself is akin to simply answering a questioning child with "because").