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Not only am I looking for your opinion im looking for your reasoning if your answer is yes.
I have discussed gay marriage many many times and have yet to hear ONE sound, reasonable, logical, non-bias, non-selfish, non-arrogant, non-hypercritical, non anti-american reason to "Stop" gay marriage. Almost every reason I have ever heard was also used about women’s rights, equal rights, interracial marriage etc. the reason were dumb illogical then and the most certainly still are today, even more so since not only common sense and facts proves them wrong but history.
Really? Not a single one?
Reasonable? By what you only will call reasonable?
Logical? The law is often not logical.
Non-biased? Every one has a bias even those who are "right" have a bias.
Non-selfish? What does selfishness have to do whether it is right to have SSM or not?
Non-arrogant? While arrogance may blind one to reality it does not necessitate it nor if you are "right" doesn't mean you are not arrogant. Hint. Hint.
Non-hypercritical? While having a contrary point of view would have an appearance of being critical, it doesn't follow that having a contrary point of view being hypercritical nor would having a agreement to SSM would not mean that they would not be hypercritical or just critical.
Non-anti American? So if someone has a particular view and it opposes something that you believe it then becomes anti-American?
now mind you, pay attention to my verbiage, I said reason to STOP it.
That means in America I think its fine for anybody to:
THINK its wrong, gross or offensive etc
TEACH its wrong gross or offensive etc
PREACH its wrong gross or offensive etc
BELIEVE its wrong gross or offensive etc
FEEL its wrong gross or offensive etc
etc
This is called setting up straw man arguments. I do not expect that the majority of people who are opposed to SSM would necessarily fall under these.
and i also believe and support in your rights to do so but once you try to stop it I think you wrong on so many levels.
I can’t imagine how AMERICANS think they have the right to tell two CONSENTING ADULTS who and who they cant marry lmao
Marriages exist for certain reasons some of which do not involve the couple directly. They would include making an environment be more to care for offspring (which benefits society as a whole) Allowing society to define limits and rights and responsibilities on conduct of persons in a family group. This again benefits society.
Irregardless how you can put it, having SSM requires the change of the definition of marriage and since marriage is very much a societal institution it would require an agreement thought society to agree to the change. It cannot be imposed by courts or just legislation since you want to override the States that would oppose SSM. This will require an Amendment to the Constitution.
Does it get anymore pompous, arrogant, selfish, hypercritical and anti american than that. How anybody thinks they have the right to tell a consenting adult they cant marry another consenting adult is beyond me.
Individually people can have sex with any willing partner that can give consent, they can go to orgies, or engage in any weird activity if it suits their purposes. People can live together if they want. However, marriage is an institution and is not something that one should engage in just because that would be convenient. It has a definition of being between one man and one woman and if you want to expand that between any two people (who are not 1st degree relatives) then it is incumbent for you and those who favor SSM to put up arguments to expand that definition and just saying it is your "Right" to do so or that since that people of diffrent races were banned and now is wrong means that we should just accept it will not pass muster. You need to show that it should be changed an you must understand that you cannot just go thru the courts to do so.
Also to be clear Im also not saying its wrong for you to VOTE on the subject everybody has that right of course.
Thank you for your consideration.
I myself am not gay so I REALLY feel its non of my business but has an american I have to call BS on the other so called americans that do think its there business some how.
Perhaps you should consider to what extent just about everything has become everyone's business and how and thru what processes it became that way.
Anyway maybe this time will be different, it’ll actually be VERY interesting if it is different. So does anybody have ONE sound, reasonable, logical, non-bais, non-selfish, non-arrogant, non-hypercritical, non anti-american reason to "Stop" gay marriage.
It is a change in the definition on what marriage means. For more than a thousand years it has meant such there needs to be considerable discussion and argument to change it. Perhaps a Constitutional Amendment if you want all States being forced to accept it.
Who thinks they have a sound reason why they should get to tell one American consenting adults they cant marry another consenting American adult.
Let any couple do as they will; but you are requiring acceptance that is against the understanding of what marriage is by forcing the issue and there is a lot of legal force with the status of being married.
Also for some reference Ill try to list the general reasons people thought of that have been thoroughly debunked.
Religion/god/bible – Meaningless and debunked
As so long as churches are not being forced to do marriages then this is not an issue.
Slipper slope argument: I should be able to marry my dog, pedophiles marring children etc. – Ludicrous and debunked
This is an issue to an extent since once the door is open to gay marriage the proponents to the others will try. not succeed but try, to promote and validate their ideals.
Marriage is between a man and woman – this is a lie/opinion. Meaningless and debunked
WRONG. From the point of Western culture this is the definition. And if there is anything that can be agree ed upon is the US is Western in its views.
Morals – your morals are subjective, shouldn’t be forced on others and your morals aren’t effected one bit, you still get to believe in them as you see fit. Meaningless and debunked
Morals are meaningless with respect to marriage since it is an institution that has strict parameters for what it entails. In this morality has no say. Violations are a matter of law and not morals.
Gay Parents will “turn” their kids gay – LMAO this is also a uneducated fantasy. It has been proven that that children raised by gay parents are no more likely to be or not be gay. It has also been proven that children raised in a multi-parent home on average do better than a single parent home no matter the sex. Ignorant and debunked
You can have this one.
Churches will lose their rights – another silly argument that appeals to emotion and could probably be added under the “slipper slope” argument as well. Churches are already protected and will never lose their rights, they discriminate RIGHT NOW against who they want including STRAIGHT couples and will be able to continue to do so under the first amendment. Ludicrous and debunked
The problem is that there are people who belive that Churches should have no rights and be merely hollow extensions of the society in general or that of the State. And they too like to use the Courts to bypass the problems that would occur with trying to legislate.
[/QUOTE]Alright heres the most current update and lets have fun!
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how many sound, reasonable, logical, non-bias, non-selfish, non-arrogant, non-hypercritical, non anti-american reason are there to "Stop" gay marriage
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