Can you find any flaw in these reasons why gay marriage should be legalized?

Question

1. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.
2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
3. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
4. Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.
5. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.
6. Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children

7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
8. 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.
9. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans

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Answer 1

i think its because then they would be able to be parents and those kids would grow up messed up and confused cause their parent are the same sex...........im just concerned on the psychological impact it will have on them......

Answer 2

1. This has not been proven, that it is "not natural" it is based on unverified speculation. Real Americans reject anything that is not fashionable in their eyes, such as peace, tolerance, etc.
2. Gay marriage will not encourage people to be gay. The statement is a fallacy. But some might find the courage to jump out of the closet.
3. This is also a fallacy. It would be the same to say, that if you eat american beef, your skin will turn green. (that could be cool though)
4. Straigh marriages are often very discriminative. It is time that the concept of marriage changes.
5. The meaning of each marriage is individual between two people. If they let their marriage become less meaningful, then the marriage was not strong in the first place.
6. The world definately doesn't need more children. The more the human species expands, the more it destroys everything around it. Less population will lead to a higher and healthier quality of living.

Answer 3

I've seen those before. They are funny and half of them have no merit at all. I love the sarcasm.

As a Christian and a libertarian who hates control and fascism and inequality, I can surely see both sides.

Religion and government should not mix. Political scenes are turning my faith into a hotbed for power-hungry debates and hatred, instead of love and forgiveness, and unconditional positive regard for others.

So here is the best solution I've ever heard: abolish marriage completely, for everybody. Remove it's legal standing. It's a religious institution anyway. Allow every citizen the same rights under a Civil Union, straight and gay alike. The rights and priviledges for marriage now could be transfered to the Civil Union and that should be the document in the US. To end this, you have to compromise some things and be fair to both sides.
Those who want to get "married" can acquire a certificate at a church ceremony that is not legally recognized. This way, Christians and Muslims will not see their sacred ceremony as defiled and all will be equal in this country. Pleases everybody! There are churches that will marry gay people. And the majority of churches will declare them married by a false church, and the marriage invalid. The church should also be happy to see atheist couples quit acting like they need a pastor to be joined.
But the point is that it ceases to be America's problem. It becomes the church's. And the church has been disagreeing on this anyway, why not leave it all to it? I don't want Christians to be known for winning this battle in the political world. We have others to fight that are more important, like loving people and ending poverty and stuff.
It may be possible that the powers that be are trying to keep us distracted with this issue that so polarizes, while when we are not looking, they steal our money, start wars, and do other stuff behind our backs. It's time to focus on our huge bullying government, rather than constantly blather on about gay marriage. It's a "principle of the thing" issue anyway.

I do agree that gays should be able to adopt. Millions of older kids need homes and no parent is perfect! I grew up in a rich, religious, stable home and my parents still managed to screew me up royally.

Answer 4

The way I see it with all the bad going on in the world if someone wants to love then they should have the right. I don't think you can MAKE someone be gay. Gay people are regular people who happen to like the same sex. Straight people get divorced so much now-a-days so evidently it's not such a cherished event anymore is it? Just because your gay shouldn't mean you should not have children. Look at Rosie O'Donnal. She has children and I think she has a screw or two loose. But not because she's gay!

Answer 5

i have to disagree with 1- 10 our orphanigizes are full number one 2. whats wrong with wearing glasses i wear glasses i think gay marriage should be allowed the way i feel is yea it may be riligiously wrong but as long as that person is happy more power to them what right do we hav to judge any one else in this world i like to see someone take another person that is exactly like them and judge them then try and say something bad about them they are hipocrites there is only one judge i am worried about and that is the man up staires dont worry about the way people think they are just jealous good luck and i wish u the best of happieness.

Answer 6

wow, you are really right i mean i dissaprove gay marriage i mean eh?
but with all your point it makes more sense and hope people start reading this!!
thanx for the info!!

Answer 7

Haha, you had me fooled for a second there, I was almost about to get all upet hehe... Very funny tho, I like that!

Answer 8

i will never condon gay marriage, regardless of ur less than stellar comments.

Answer 9

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