Munchmausen
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So if you don't see the need for government involvement in marraige, what do you care what the legislation is?
Originally posted by Xev
Precisely. Anything involving (hopefully) attractive men and sodomy can't be all bad. The world can always use more of both.
Originally posted by Zero
Personally, I see nothing wrong with legalizing gay marriage.
Less sex for procreation. More sex for pleasure. Birth rates *might* go down.
More love, less kids. In this overcrowded world, I don't think we need population growth or much procreation.
But I do think the number of persons in a marriage should be restricted to two. So what's wrong with "Till Death Do Us Part"? Why can't it be applicable to gays? And why on earth would gays want less restriction on the number of people in a marriage?
Originally posted by Zero
Promote sex for pleasure rather than for procreation, perhaps?
Originally posted by Zero
And make homosexuality appear a bit more legitimate and 'natural' in the eyes of the public? There are certainly some closeted gays who are too afraid to be gay, and who just end up marrying women and having kids.
I doubt this. Infact I'm sure it will cause a backlash in the more conservative christian communities. If, however, what you say is true, then I do have a valid reason for not supporting it. Now if this kind of stuft goes into the public school textbooks, most parents will want to discourage this behavior themselves. But there's a fine line between bigotry and discouragement that I don't think kids are capable of seeing. Thus there will be more discrimination of gays.Promote sex for pleasure rather than for procreation, perhaps?
And make homosexuality appear a bit more legitimate and 'natural' in the eyes of the public? There are certainly some closeted gays who are too afraid to be gay, and who just end up marrying women and having kids.
Yes, in an absolutely fair world, benefits would only go to couples who are planing or have children. Of course this is infeasable. Imagine goverment knocking on your door asking when the kids are up.... So a small amount of money will go to couples without children. I suspect that the entire system of benefits for married couples goes back to a by gone era where the women worked at home and needed the property and health insurance rights. People are basically demanding rights from a system that are propped up by traditional views of marriage while also rejecting the traditional aspect. If you are for it, it's probably better to rebel against the entire system. At least we know then what your motives are.Do you also agree that marriage in itself should not be a basis for benefits, as both homo and hetero relationships would benefit the same?
I doubt this. Infact I'm sure it will cause a backlash in the more conservative christian communities.
People are basically demanding rights from a system that are propped up by traditional views of marriage while also rejecting the traditional aspect. If you are for it, it's probably better to rebel against the entire system.
At least we know then what your motives are.
Yes, so is stealing ships. If someone is really just giving money away to people who have agreed to sign a small piece of paper for no reason then why should they or anyone get these benefits? Now what about your "dream" of making polygamy legal. Can a man marry 10 wives and let them get insurence benefits? Rejecting of another alternative lifestyle... bigotry!Wanting one's partner to have the benefits of insurence and suchlike is hardly an act of rebellion. It is simply an act of - dare I say it? - love.
If someone is really just giving money away to people who have agreed to sign a small piece of paper for no reason then why should they or anyone get these benefits?
Unless if someone is or has been married there's almost no way to examine anything. And considering that marriage is very old and exists in many different cultures, there should be good reasons for it?Why is this not simple? Why have so few of you examined your prejudices and realized what an awfully silly thing a marriage is?
Unless if someone is or has been married there's almost no way to examine anything.
And considering that marriage is very old and exists in many different cultures, there should be good reasons for it?
I know plenty of people who are happily married. Maybe you've been burned a few times but that's no reason to rule out marriage all together. I think any type of love requires a lasting commitment. If someone agreed to love someone for a year but after that they'd hate them it's not love to begin with.That's like saying that I can't say "sticking your hand into a pot of boiling water is stupid" because I've never stuck my hand into a pot of boiling water.