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Originally Posted by Galakanokis
I have a few old friends on Facebook that are ultra religious and I am not surprised they are posting crap on facebook. One, of course, is using the slippery slope argument that now pedophiles will and in fact are seeking equal rights now that guys have. I responded with sure, if two pedophiles want to get married who are we to stop them. But if you are referring to children than as soon as we (the law/moral compass/whatever) recognize kids as consenting adults we can open the conversation back up.
I also don't really like the argument/excuse of it has no impact on me so do whatever you want. I'm not gay but I have a few gay friends and been to a couple of gay weddings. Seeing people happier, relieved, more excepted, what have you definitely has an impact on my life. More positivity is definitely better than negativity or not caring at all. It's true I don't care what people do in the bedroom but that's not what we are talking about it here. We are or should be talking about treating people as people regardless.
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I have those equating the genetics vs. choice argument to that of pedophiles, murderers, and rapists. Basically, it boils down to the asinine statement that if homosexuals are a product of genetics and are OK in society then so should the aforementioned group of criminals.
I am fully willing to hear arguments from the opposition regarding their stance, but it is head-bashing-against-the-wall frustrating when simple logic escapes these people. The best they can muster is that it harms families, but they are either unwilling or unable to provide any reasoning.
I have yet to hear a valid argument against it other than it is buried in ancient scripture, is a matter of semantics, or is vaguely harmful to families.