celticlord
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The contingent of people who believe homosexuality in all its forms is immoral and unnatural are not likely to be swayed by any argument. That much is true.I don't think the "it's for the children" argument will win many hearts out there. I can totally see where you all are coming from with that and it's a good solid argument. However, the majority of people who oppose gay marriage that I've come across do so because the idea of same-sex relationships repulses them on an instinctual level. They see it as abnormal, unnatural, sinful and disgusting. The idea that these people they look upon with such scorn are actually raising children is even more shocking to them. I've even heard the argument that the best thing for these children would be to take them away from this "damaging" environment. Solid as the argument may be, I highly doubt it will sway any significant number of gay-marriage opponents.
The contingent of people who feel strongly in this way are also very much a minority.
A pro-family rhetoric in support of same sex marriage is the rhetoric that would accentuate and isolate that minority. That argument compels such opponents of same sex relationships to argue against a significant body of research data that demonstrates the fitness of same sex couples to be fit parents, or to quit the debate altogether--their choices are relegation to the fringes of society for their hatred and prejudice, or quiet acquiescence.