absolute lie. you brought it up, i then showed that denying marriage simply because of sexual deviancy makes you a hypocrite and then you dropped your point about homosexuality and deviance. you don't need to lie to debate this dixie.
I didn't drop ANY point! I don't know what the fuck you are talking about. I didn't EVER argue that I wanted to redefine marriage and base it on a sexual lifestyle preference, that is YOU who wants to do that... NOT ME! YOU are the one introducing a sexual deviant lifestyle into the equation, NOT ME! YOU are the one wanting to change the law and base it on SEX, NOT ME! All I did, was told you why I am opposed to doing that!
so then are you opposed to ANY change? any change in the definition of something? do you then oppose all the amendments to the constitution? you use the word "gay" to describe homosexuals, yet that is not what the word used to mean.
it is hypocritical to accept some change and not other changes.
No, I am okay with some change... Like saying Pluto is no longer a planet, I am cool with that. Marriage is an 8,000 year-old tradition, and it is (and always has been) the union of a MAN and a WOMAN, not anything else! THAT is what it IS!
you are the one that keeps bringing up sexual behavior, not me. if it is legal today, then they should be allowed to marry. that is the bottom line, not your slippery slope of what may be. because let's face it, if it is in fact legal, then obviously society has accepted it as somewhat normative and you have no right to deny them full privileges of the law because you don't approve of their lifestyle.
As I pointed out before, they ARE allowed to "marry" or do whatever the fuck they want to do! No one is denying ANY gay person the right to marry, they are perfectly entitled to find themselves a partner of the opposite sex and get married if they are of legal age! Even if they want to pretend they are getting married, and hook up with someone of their own sex, there is no law on the books to prevent them from having a ceremony and pretending they are married. No stereotypical fat southern sheriff is going to throw you in jail for having a gay wedding ceremony, they are perfectly free to do this all over the country. The ONLY thing they don't get, is an official sanctioning by the state, because marriage is the union of a MAN and a WOMAN, nothing else!
civil unions is NOT equal. the courts stopped the ban on interracial, they went against the will of the people. do you then support the ban on interracial marriage? you should, because using your logic, the people wanted the ban on interracial marriage, it was only the court that overturned it. thats what the court is for dixie.
Interracial marriage bans were based on COLOR OF SKIN, you moron! It's NOT the same thing! We have a Civil Rights Act which guarantees your rights regardless of the color of your skin, we don't have anything to guarantee your rights based on your sexually perverted preferences.
And yes, if Civil Unions legislation grants gay couples every benefit of traditional married couples, it is indeed equal, and you can't establish why it isn't. The ONLY thing you don't get, is to spit in the face of religious traditions, but that won't make it any more equal.
you do care. if it is not about sex what the fuck do you care if a man enters into a contractual marriage with another man?
I have no problem with contracts, a Civil Union contract is fine with me, I have advocated for that in this thread and others. I do not support changing the definition of traditional marriage or legalizing marriage based on sexual preference. Sorry!