I know that you are young, and I really appreciate your boldness in putting forth your opinions. I do have a question for you, though. If you think that it’s clear that there is no way for a man to be “completely in love” with several women, can you see how it could be clear that two men or two women can’t form the same type of union that a man and a woman can?
Your friends at NAMBLA would beg to differ. They firmly believe that they are doing a WONDERFUL thing, not preying upon a child. Who are you to say otherwise? After all if they LOOOOOVE each other that’s all that matters right?
The same could be said for two homosexuals… who would want to DO that??? EWWWWWW! You think bestiality is disgusting? THere are plenty of people who think homosexual activity is pretty icky too. So the bestiality fans are perverts and the homosexuals are just people who 'care about each other?" Homosexuals also say that their marriage doesn’t ‘hurt anyone.’ Again, they are tearing the fabric of society and trying to change norms to suit their perverted tastes.
What’s love gotta do with it? Society is not supporting marriage because two people LOVE each other. Society doesn’t care who you love or who loves you. That is a relatively modern notion and not even an issue in all marriages. The point of marriage is that the nuclear family has traditionally been the backbone of society. Married people are more stable, more healthy, less likely to be involved in the justice system or need social services. There is no corresponding data that say homosexual unions have similar results. Further there is much data that demonstrates a two parent family of opposite sex provides the best environment for children. Society wants to promote what gives it a stable future. Traditional marriage and raising children is the ideal.
THAT is a MYTH. I think people have watched too many reruns of Deliverance. There are a number of closed societies and I assure you they do not produce a plethora of three headed babies.
You have absolutely no evidence to support that statement do you?
I guess it’s a possibility that they wouldnt be able to but I still don’t see why 2 men or 2 women can’t fall in love? Why would they want to get married if they werent really in love? And what proof is there that they cant fall in love?
Marriage is a whole lot more than ‘falling in love’. Read the short flier:
You have the sadly common misperception that love is all about sex, and sex is all about love. True love wants what’s best for the other person. I love my husband, my children, my brothers and sisters, my nieces and nephews, my parents, my neighbors and friends.
Please define ‘in love’? Do you mean sexually attracted? I am quite sure that there is sexual attraction between certain homosexuals. Why else would they engage in that behavior if there wasn’t that “Eros” love? Yes, that is one kind of love but it doesn’t last. The average length of time for that 'my heart flutters every time I think of him" kind of love is l8 months. Not the length of time we want marriages to last.
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Yeah what is love? I think its a mixture of deep caring and sexual attraction. Thats what separates your love from your brother from the love for your husband…the sexual part of it…although love is the main reason. So wouldnt gay peoples feelings qualify as love? And no Im not suggesting gay people marry the first person they love Im saying they go about is as straight people do, marrying because they are in love and want to marry the person! And while I realize love isnt historically part of marriage it should be…would you want to marry someone you didnt love?
A child cannot make many decisions legally for his or herself so why should he/she be able to enter into a marriage despite what the disgusting organization of NAMBLA thinks. Love should be a part of marriage. Ive seen on Oprah cases of incest where the woman was born with a bone deficiency disorder etc and if babies arent born with birth defects that whats wrong with incest? I wouldnt want to marry my dad but whats wrong with a distant counsin? No I dont have evidence but there is evidence that gay peoples kids arent born gay.
I am not even talking about marriage here, I am talking about how, if you don’t have a frame of reference, anyone could justify any kind of relationship if it suits their fancy. You seem to believe that “love” is the reason for marriage. I disagree. Certainly that is a component but again, define what kind of ‘love’ is acceptable? The NAMBLA people think they are fully justified in sexual exploitation of children. Go to their website. It’s full of testimonials from l3 year old boys who said 48 year old Bill was “the best thing that happened to them.” IOW not all sexual relationships are equally normal or valid.
Well I don’t think the Oprah show is considered a valid scientific study. I am sure there is anecdotal support for not allowing incestuous relationships. My point is that it’s our societal disgust at the thought of marrying a sibling or parent that is the REAL reason for the prohibition. For a long time the thought of homosexual relationships created a large measure of disgust but homosexuals are making every attempt to normalize THEIR brand of perversion. Just think if there were as many people engaged in necrophelia or bestiality as are engaged in sodomy, we’d probably have people promoting this behavior as normal. After all it’s normal for THEM since they have no real frame of reference.
Or what the people have voted. Judicial activists have broken the law by violating the seperation of powers act, yet politicians do not arrest judges. Why?
Once again…I am talking about consenting adults and not children!
Specifically with respect to what issue? Do you think that consenting adults can engage in any behavior they wish? How about prostitution?
In regards to marriage. We are talking about marriage which is not prostitution and of course adults cant engage in any behavior they wish but can legally make many more decisions than children who should not be allowed to marry an adult. They are legally too immature to make that sort of decision.
Says who? Polygamists believe that they are in a committed relationship. Further, gays may be “committed” but they certainly don’t have a reputation for monogamy. That’s the point. When you start redefining something that has existed since the beginning of time, it is done subjectively. Let’s change this definition to suit my needs but not yours.
So what? What if they choose not to have children. Besides, non related people have children with birth defects.
It’s still discrimination when 100% of homosexuals are are barred from marrying who they want and heterosexuals are generally allowed to marry whoever they want.