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1) We should abolish all marriage instead (sour grapes)
2) My religious beliefs say no (Congrats, we aren't a theocracy)
3) They're icky and should stay out of view (And I feel the same about 300lb persons. So what?)
4) There's no discrimination as everyone can marry someone of the opposite gender. (Intellectual dishonesty)
5) We can't redefine marriage (Merriam-Webster and Oxford dictionaries say otherwise)
6) Same-sex couples are killed in muslim countries (So we're comparing America to countries who kill, murder, and maim anything they don't like...?)
7) Beastiality is next! (Since animals can't sign contracts, this is no good...)
8) 70-year old grandmas and their 10 year old boyfriends are next (Age of consent... can't sign contracts, this is no good...)
9) Polygamy is next! (As long as they're consenting adults, who cares?)
10) They can get everything with a POA (Nope. They can't.)
11) They can't have children through "normal" means (Yet sterile hetero couples are fine.)
Any others?
Does it really matter? We get to vote however we want. That's what's great about this country...we get to vote...at least until some activist judge overrules the people.
That is a bit of a problem. One thing I do find interesting in the discussion with the whole marriage issue, is divorce. And guess where the lowest divorce rate in the U.S is?? Hint, its some liberal blue state in the northeast that was the first to grant Gay Marriage.....
This means nothing. MA had the lowest divorce rate in the country even before gay marriage was legalized there.
Does it really matter? We get to vote however we want. That's what's great about this country...we get to vote...at least until some activist judge overrules the people.
Couldn't rep you again, but I think that's all of 'em.
I totally did forget one!
12) Marriage has always been 1man/1woman (Factually incorrect)
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Originally Posted by Calvinist
Does it really matter? We get to vote however we want. That's what's great about this country...we get to vote...at least until some activist judge overrules the people.
Thanks for reminding me!
13) The majority is against homosexual marriage (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
This means nothing. MA had the lowest divorce rate in the country even before gay marriage was legalized there.
I'm not saying gay marriage in itself had anything to do with the lower divorce rate. I'm simply pointing out that the areas where gay marriage is legal and has the most acceptance tend to have lower divorce rates than the areas that are most hostile towards it. Its just an interesting sidenote to the whole sanctity of marriage debate.
Does it really matter? We get to vote however we want. That's what's great about this country...we get to vote...at least until some activist judge overrules the people.
Constitutional protections are not subject to a popular vote. Sorry.
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