Gay Marriage thread

[Chairboy]

Using StumbleUpon, I found this on Craigslist:

10 Reasons Why Gay Marriage is Wrong

01) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

02) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

03) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

04) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

05) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

06) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

07) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

08) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

09) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

Pretty funny, and it seems to address most of the points I've seen brought up on the subject.

Personally, I say let 'em have the same misery the rest of us have, but I know that there are diverging opinions here.  Thought I'd share the above quote for y'alls entertainment.

[Debonair]

i'm in favor of legalizeing bigamy for hermaphrodites

[RAIDER14]

Gay Marriage = AIDS

[Debonair]

hey, do you know anything about getting on of those state ballot measures going?
i think i need about 50,000 signatures to get a really really funny joke on the ballot & need some help...

[Vudak]

Hadn't seen that yet, thanks for sharing

[lasersailor184]

"If you tolerate something, you allow it to exist."


While I personally don't care whether or not gays are allowed to marry, I will not for one second admit that there is nothing wrong with it.  And because of this, I will always vote against it.

[Chairboy]

Specifics?

[Vudak]

Originally posted by RAIDER14
Gay Marriage = AIDS

That's just, well, won't take that as a serious comment.  

And, yet, your (presumed) heterosexuality would certainly prevent you from catching the virus from a homosexual who was happily involved in an monogamous marriage, would it not?

[Vudak]

Originally posted by lasersailor184

While I personally don't care whether or not gays are allowed to marry, I will not for one second admit that there is nothing wrong with it.  And because of this, I will always vote against it.

I'm also curious as to what you think might be wrong with it.  Your entitled to your opinion of course, but I was wondering if you would say that the thing(s) you think are wrong with it also directly negatively affect you?

I'm just thinking there are alot of legal things out there that people could find wrong with, and yet they are still legal, at least in part because they don't *really* hurt anyone.

[lasersailor184]

Because I was just taught that way.  I was taught that Homosexuality is a choice, not something that happens by birth.

[Sandman]

NM

[Debonair]

Public flatulence death penalty.

[straffo]

Originally posted by Debonair
Public flatulence death penalty.

RAIDER14 post just fit in this category.

[moot]

So you're life's just some happy coincidence?

[deSelys]

Homosexuality is a choice ROFLMAO!!

According to this reasoning, heterosexuality is a choice too. Then you must be equally attracted by men and women.

I don't know what floats your boat, but I can tell you that the choice was a no-brainer in my case

Btw, I'm pro gay-marriage and I'm since recently pro-adoption by gays. I've seen too much hetero parents who should have been sterilized. At least, in the case of adoption by gays, there will be a serious inquiry to see if they can be trusted with a child's future.