Dixie - In Memoriam
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but dixie....you are basing it on sexual lifestyle. if you weren't, it wouldn't matter someone's sexual preference, eg., man/man to marry.
hetrosexual marriage is hardly a "harmless confine". tell that to the 10's of thousands of abused wives, sexually abused children....that is absolute nonsense to pretence that hetro marriage means harmless.
if homosexual is already legal, and you have no problem with it and as you say, gays "already marry", what exactly is the harm by giving them LEGAL status of marriage? the tradition? well, you blew that tradition out of the water by saying they already get married. if they are already engaging in homosexual behavior, how in the world is allowing them the LEGAL benefits of marriage going to spell our doom? seriously, think about what you're saying.
of course this is based on your morals and personal feelings, hence your slippery slope argument and sexual deviant behavior comments. letting them LEGALLY marry isn't going to harm you. what do you think its going to do? make the divorce rate worse than the 50% it is now? have more people abused?
get real, hetros have already destroyed the institution of marriage, all you're doing is denying them the LEGAL rights of marriage. that is discriminatory.
I am not basing ANYTHING on a sexual lifestyle or sex at all, and neither does current law. Marriage is a union of a man and woman.. has nothing to do with what kind of sex they practice or if they even practice sex.
When I used the word "harmless" understand that I meant it doesn't introduce sexual behavior into the issue. I already gave you the harm in giving them LEGAL marriage, I described it very articulately, and it is based on the Constitution and our guarantee of equal protection under the law. Once we have a law based on sexual behavior, it must be applied to anyone on the exact same basis. If gays can legally marry, then so can pedophiles, necrophiliacs, people who fuck sheep... it never ends! You've established in LAW that marriage can be defined by sexuality, not simply MAN/WOMAN as it traditionally has been.
As for "rights" of marriage I have already addressed this as well, I favor giving gay couples every right afforded to traditional married couples. The repeated assertions that I want to deny them these rights is a flat out bald faced lie, because I have repeatedly said I would support comprehensive civil union legislation to ensure gay couples have every right of a traditional married couple. Is any of that getting through your thick skull, or do you still believe I am a homophobe who doesn't want people to have butt sex?