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1. Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control.
2. Marriage is valuable because it produces children, which is why we deny marriage rights to infertile couples and old people.
3. Obviously, gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
4. Straight marriage, such as Britney Spears' 55-hour escapade, will be less meaningful if gay marriage is allowed.
5. Marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all: women are property, matches are arranged in childhood, blacks can't marry whites, Catholics can't marry Jews, divorce is illegal, and adultery is punishable by death.
6. Gay marriage should be decided by people, not the courts, because majority-elected legislatures have historically protected the rights of minorities.
7. 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.
8. There is no separation between religious marriage and legal marriage, because there is no separation of church and state.
9. Devout, faithful Anglicans should never accept same-sex marriage, because it is an affront to the traditional family values upheld by Henry VIII and his wife, Catherine of Aragon, and his wife, Anne Boleyn, and his wife, Jane Seymour, and his wife, Anne of Cleves, and his wife, Catherine Howard, and his wife, Catherine Parr. They all knew the meaning of marriage and none of them lost their heads over the matter.
10. Married gay people will encourage others to be gay, in a way that unmarried gay people do not.
11. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because dogs have legal standing and can sign marriage contracts.
12. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to legislative change in general, which could possibly include the legalization of polygamy and incest. Because we don't know what comes next, we should never change our laws.
13. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why single parents are forbidden to raise children.
14. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and we could never adapt to new social norms because we haven't adapted to things like suburban malls and tupperware parties.
15. Legal marriage will inspire gays to mimic the straight traditions of spiritual commitment ceremonies and celebratory parties, which is currently impermissible for them to do and which they have never done before.
16. Marriage is designed to protect the well-being of children. Gay people do not need marriage because they never have children from prior relationships, artificial insemination or surrogacy, or adoption.
17. Civil unions are a good option because "separate but equal" institutions are always constitutional. In fact, compared with marriage, civil unions are so attractive that straight people are calling dibs on them.
18. A man should not be able to marry whomever a woman can marry, and a woman should not be able to marry whomever a man can marry, because in this country we do not believe in gender equality.
19. If gays marry, some of straight people's tax dollars would end up going to families whose structure they may find morally objectionable. Clearly, it is more just to continue taking gay people's tax dollars to support straight families, who are going to heaven regardless of what anyone else thinks of them.
20. Gays should hold off on the marriage question until society is more accepting of them, because they are not part of society.
21. The people's voice must be heard on this issue. Therefore, we must have a referendum on a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, because we can't think of any other way to discuss the issue.
22. Each state should decide for itself whether gay marriage will be recognized, because there is no "full faith and credit" clause that requires states to recognize each other's institutions.
23. Gay marriage attempts to replace natural heterosexual instinct with a cultural institution. Morality demands that we subordinate institutionalized commitment to raw, unfettered, biological impulse.
24. Gay marriages could very well suffer maladies like domestic violence and substance abuse. That's why we invented the Quality Control department to pre-approve the righteousness of all marriage applicants, such as convicted serial killer Richard Ramirez who married a woman while on Death Row.
25. Those who support gay marriage aim to overthrow the dominant culture, as evidenced by their enthusiasm to participate in it.
26. The country can't afford to provide benefits for married gay couples. That's why Bush would never consider spending $150 million on programs that encourage more straight people to get married.
27. Gay couples do not deserve marriage because, if everyone on earth limited themselves to same-sex sexual behavior, humanity would soon be extinct. Based on the same concern, we also deny marriage rights to the biologically childless and to those who have borne only one child. (We are also considering denying marriage rights to those who have borne three or more children, because if everyone copied them, the world population would shoot through the roof.)
28. Marriage was created in the Bible as a bond between a man and a woman. The people who lived prior to the writing of the Bible, such as the Chinese, sat around in confusion for many years until the Mesopotamians finally came around and invented the family unit.
One reason to not support gay marriage bans is the constitution. I challenge any person who is against gay marriage to use the constitution to support their argument as opposed to religion. Also, I wish you luck.
Why should I accept gay marriage being shoved down my throat? As a society, we are against polygamy, marriage with children, marriage among siblings and gay marriage. I'm against imprisoning homosexuals, but I'm also against giving homosexuals the same status as a traditional marriage.
I'm against teaching kids that homosexuality is a healthy alternative to the heterosexual life style.
And that's a good reason for me to vote against it. That is, as long as I have a voice.
I'm also against requiring churches to marry gay couples, or face discrimination lawsuits.
It's true that single parents can raise and do raise productive members of society. But those are not ideal situation and neither is gay marriage.
One reason to not support gay marriage bans is the constitution. I challenge any person who is against gay marriage to use the constitution to support their argument as opposed to religion. Also, I wish you luck.
Right, and the challenge also applies to marriage between siblings, between humans and their pets, etc... etc...
since straight parents only raise straight children.
Say what?
I know of str8 parents whose child, and the parents I might add, discovered their child was gay at age 13-14. go figure
So, that shoots a hole in your boat on that statement. sorry I had to be the one to tell you that. I'll bet you're now.
Why should I accept gay marriage being shoved down my throat? As a society, we are against polygamy, marriage with children, marriage among siblings and gay marriage. I'm against imprisoning homosexuals, but I'm also against giving homosexuals the same status as a traditional marriage.
I'm against teaching kids that homosexuality is a healthy alternative to the heterosexual life style.
And that's a good reason for me to vote against it. That is, as long as I have a voice.
I'm also against requiring churches to marry gay couples, or face discrimination lawsuits.
It's true that single parents can raise and do raise productive members of society. But those are not ideal situation and neither is gay marriage.
Why why why???? Do anti equality people ALWAYS use the "shoved down my throat" phrase when referring to gay marriage etc.????
Is it some sort of subconscious Freudian thing?????
Say what?
I know of str8 parents whose child, and the parents I might add, discovered their child was gay at age 13-14. go figure
So, that shoots a hole in your boat on that statement. sorry I had to be the one to tell you that. I'll bet you're now.
HOLY MOLEY do people REALLY not get the JOKE?
Hellloooooo?????? People, seriously, use your brains please would ya?
Gay marriage is also a threat to heterosexual marriage because the thought of homosexual marriages, condoned under law, could mean that some straight marriages would dissolve in the presence of a "switch hitter" partner. Larry Craig might even be tempted to also get a divorce, which I think also results in a public lashing in his state. So make that #29 please
Right, and the challenge also applies to marriage between siblings, between humans and their pets, etc... etc...
All constitutional.
I'm sorry, you would be incorrect. You can not compare incestous relationships to relationships between two unrelated adults. Furthermore, are you saying homosexuals are the same as pets? Do you truly believe homosexuals are the equivalent of animals?
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