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View Poll Results: Are you worried about the possibility of human-robot marriages?
Yes, I'm worried about it 11 8.53%
No, I'm not 113 87.60%
Not sure 5 3.88%
Voters: 129. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 02-20-2011, 10:06 PM
 
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Ha - I just watched Cherry 2000 last night. Go figure.
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Old 02-20-2011, 10:06 PM
 
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Cosmic Log - Just say no ... to robot marriage?

I think this means they're losing the battle.
It's the equestrian relationships that bother me.
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Old 02-20-2011, 10:07 PM
 
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Like gays/lesbians say, its all about being accepting, tolerating, open-minded, a happy family, not narrow minded, celebrating diversity, etc. So its a bit silly for them to call other so called preferences/orientations odd, perverted, dirty, etc. Go figure.
Where were they calling other preferences/orientations odd, perverted, or dirty? I must have missed that. (Or maybe you're making it up. Yeah, that's probably it.)
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Old 02-20-2011, 10:08 PM
 
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It's the equestrian relationships that bother me.
Yeah, but imagine how exciting their wedding night could be!
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Old 02-20-2011, 10:09 PM
 
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It used to be "between a WHITE man and a WHITE woman." So yes, it can be something else. Sorry.
a white MAN and a white WOMAN.
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Old 02-20-2011, 10:12 PM
 
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a white MAN and a white WOMAN.
My question is... who has the authority to solely define marriage between a man and a woman? A look at the history of mankind shows that the institution of marriage existed before the idea of organized religion or even religion in general - so religion doesn't have the right to create that definition.
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Old 02-20-2011, 10:12 PM
 
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Marriage is defined as "between and man and a woman." It can never be anything else.
Not according to the laws in a growing number of states and countries around the world.

Same-sex marriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Your definition isn't the only one that matters.
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Old 02-20-2011, 10:18 PM
 
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The homosexual radicals should love and embrace this but I’m sensing some intolerance and exclusivity from them on this. Ironic isn’t it? Whatever argument the homosexual radicals conjure up that manages to redefine marriage, if it ever comes to that, to no longer be a man and a woman, will pave the way for all manner of combinations and couplings as these groups will use the same argument for their unique agendas as well that the homosexual radicals use to destroy, er, redefine marriage. If marriage is ever redefined it will no longer be marriage anymore and as such it will be meaningless. Then again perhaps the ultimate goal is to destroy for everyone that which homosexuals cannot be a part of. If they can’t have it then they’ll see to it that nobody can!
No. You're the one who's being exclusive about this. You want only opposite-sex couples to be able to marry, and you want to exclude same-sex couples from that privilege. Opposite-sex couples get the option; same-sex couples do not. That's your version of fairness, I guess.

You have to do some real mental gymnastics in order to claim that same-sex couples are out to destroy marriage entirely. It's not logical. It's paranoid, lunatic thinking.
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Old 02-20-2011, 10:20 PM
 
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Then you have no problem redefining marriage as long as the other aforementioned coupling combinations are excluded? As long as the homosexual activists get their way who cares, right?
Most polls show 40-50% of Americans support same-sex marriage, so your assertion that only "homosexual activists" and "radicals" support it is just crazy paranoia.
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Old 02-20-2011, 10:28 PM
 
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Marrying a robot might be alright if we're talking about human-like androids... Like Darryl Hannah's character in Blade Runner:

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But marrying a R2-D2 style robot? C'mon that's just weird...

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