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CorsiHockeyLeague · 07-21-2015, 09:50 AM

Your first point states, "no, this is what marriage is FOR, because I say so", and to borrow your phrase, this is not a point.

Your second point is actually a point, though an odd one. If you make gay marriage legal, it seems to suggest, then homosexual behaviour will be heterosexualized - i.e., stressing the necessity of gay marriage in some measure implies that gay people need it to be "normal", in turn implying that they are currently abnormal. I'm pretty sure I disagree for precisely the reason stated above: this provides a choice. As you note in your third point (or diatribe, more accurately I think), many different forms of interpersonal relationship are becoming more and more accepted, so it's not like gay couples will suddenly be forced into traditional suburban nuclear family units.

The third argument is the real gem, though, about "generational replacement"... do you seriously want to tell us with a straight face that you're concerned about population decline because of gay marriage?

EDIT: Or for any reason at all?

07-21-2015, 09:50 AM	#256
CorsiHockeyLeague Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2015 Exp:	Your first point states, "no, this is what marriage is FOR, because I say so", and to borrow your phrase, this is not a point. Your second point is actually a point, though an odd one. If you make gay marriage legal, it seems to suggest, then homosexual behaviour will be heterosexualized - i.e., stressing the necessity of gay marriage in some measure implies that gay people need it to be "normal", in turn implying that they are currently abnormal. I'm pretty sure I disagree for precisely the reason stated above: this provides a choice. As you note in your third point (or diatribe, more accurately I think), many different forms of interpersonal relationship are becoming more and more accepted, so it's not like gay couples will suddenly be forced into traditional suburban nuclear family units. The third argument is the real gem, though, about "generational replacement"... do you seriously want to tell us with a straight face that you're concerned about population decline because of gay marriage? EDIT: Or for any reason at all? __________________ "The great promise of the Internet was that more information would automatically yield better decisions. The great disappointment is that more information actually yields more possibilities to confirm what you already believed anyway." - Brian Eno Last edited by CorsiHockeyLeague; 07-21-2015 at 09:55 AM.