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reggin_bolas said:
Living under Islamic rule wouldn't be so bad. There would be sacrifices but at least there would be a new social order based on the natural state of things. Feminism would return to the principles of naturalism as intended. You would still be able to practice homosexuality but in the privacy of the home the way it was intended to all along. Don't ask, don't tell.


Well you're welcome to go live in Saudi Arabia or Iran. Tell us how you like it. 

Nothing more natural than a women covered head to toe in burqa. Boy us guys in the West sure do have it rough, lol. 



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padib said:
hsrob said:

Frank, Frank, Frank.......

The capacity to have children is not a requisite for heterosexual marriage so suggesting it should be for homosexual marriage is a blatant double standard. The incidence of homosexuality is strikingly similar across all cultures which is a strong argument for it being part of human nature. Something does not have to be the majority attribute in order to be part of human nature. Furthermore, what marriage has to do with nature, when it's a relatively modern construct, is beyond me.

Hygiene and safety have no part in this discussion, homosexuals don't to my knowledge have a plan to destroy the human race (of which they are a part) and the 'principles' which brought around the origins of the universe had little 'thought' for humans, let alone gender orientation.

You really need to think long and hard about this train wreck of a post, particularly before calling others out for nonsense. Your position has everything to do with your prejudice, pure and simple, and nothing to do with nature or human nature, which you evidently have little understanding of.

Don't judge him, because I don't think you are perfectly right either.

A heterosexual couple, in general, has the potential for children to form a family in the model father, mother, children. Though some couples can't have children, they are a minority. In the case of homosexual couples, without external aid (the aid of technology or some form of adoption or surrogate parent), there is no potential for that family model father, father, children or mother, mother, children.

Therefore naturally speaking he is mostly right in that aspect.

What's unnatural about adoption? 

And if the "aid of technology" is so inherently evil, why are you using a computer, a thoroughly unnatural device? Besides which, you do realize the aid of technology is also crucial in helping many straight couple have kids, right?



padib said:

I'm not particularly happy about this because I believe that homosexuality is wrong.

The good side I see is that people understand the needs of others in society. But we all have needs, some good and some not so good, imho. So the world needs to be careful about some of these legalizations going forward. Being progressive has its good sides, and its bad sides.

hsrob said:

Frank, Frank, Frank.......

The capacity to have children is not a requisite for heterosexual marriage so suggesting it should be for homosexual marriage is a blatant double standard. The incidence of homosexuality is strikingly similar across all cultures which is a strong argument for it being part of human nature. Something does not have to be the majority attribute in order to be part of human nature. Furthermore, what marriage has to do with nature, when it's a relatively modern construct, is beyond me.

Hygiene and safety have no part in this discussion, homosexuals don't to my knowledge have a plan to destroy the human race (of which they are a part) and the 'principles' which brought around the origins of the universe had little 'thought' for humans, let alone gender orientation.

You really need to think long and hard about this train wreck of a post, particularly before calling others out for nonsense. Your position has everything to do with your prejudice, pure and simple, and nothing to do with nature or human nature, which you evidently have little understanding of.

Don't judge him, because I don't think you are perfectly right either.

A heterosexual couple, in general, has the potential for children to form a family in the model father, mother, children. Though some couples can't have children, they are a minority. In the case of homosexual couples, without external aid (the aid of technology or some form of adoption or surrogate parent), there is no potential for that family model father, father, children or mother, mother, children.

Therefore naturally speaking he is mostly right in that aspect.

I don't take exception with his position as much as the manner in which he stated it and for that, I do judge him.

Even excluding same sex families, 'that family model' is only one model that can result in the upbringing of perfectly happy, well adjusted children. Single mothers, single fathers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, foster parents, adoptive parents, there are many flavours.

Denying same sex couples, the right to marry and have family is anti-family (my initial point) because it's denying this right to approximately 1/20 people in the world, due to an innate attribute. There are many in the world who have the capacity to and are automatically afforded the right to family when they are neither capable of nor suitable for fulfilling the role.



When religion has to adjust to what people want rather than what God wants. Then you know you are not in the right one.



padib said:
curl-6 said:

What's unnatural about adoption? 

And if the "aid of technology" is so inherently evil, why are you using a computer, a thoroughly unnatural device? Besides which, you do realize the aid of technology is also crucial in helping many straight couple have kids, right?

When did I say unnatural was evil, and when did I say technology was evil?

Then on what grounds are you dismissing the aid of technology in helping same sex couples have kids? What's wrong with that?



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padib said:
curl-6 said:

Then on what grounds are you dismissing the aid of technology in helping same sex couples have kids? What's wrong with that?

When did I dismiss it and when exactly did I say it was wrong to use technology to help people have kids?

"In the case of homosexual couples, without external aid (the aid of technology or some form of adoption or surrogate parent), there is no potential for that family model father, father, children or mother, mother, children."

Why rule out external aid? Same sex couples can adopt, or use a surrogate, so there is potential for a family. 



padib said:
curl-6 said:

"In the case of homosexual couples, without external aid (the aid of technology or some form of adoption or surrogate parent), there is no potential for that family model father, father, children or mother, mother, children."

Why rule out external aid? Same sex couples can adopt, or use a surrogate, so there is potential for a family. 

I meant biologically speaking. I was making a point. Biologically speaking, you can't have, without the aid of technology: father, father, children or mother, mother, children.

Can I get off the inquisitor's chair now?

Ok, so you were speaking biologically, but Frank didn't make that distinction, he just said gay couples "can't have children", which incorrectly assumes that the only way to have kids is for a heterosexual couple to breed.



padib said:
curl-6 said:

Ok, so you were speaking biologically, but Frank didn't make that distinction, he just said gay couples "can't have children", which incorrectly assumes that the only way to have kids is for a heterosexual couple to breed.

I wasn't saying that Frank was perfectly right, I was just saying that hsrob was not perfectly right either and that Frank had a point, albeit improperly formulated, that could be elaborated with a bit of thought.

I'm curious about which bit you believe was not perfectly correct because I suspect you may still be slightly missing my point, although this disconnect may simply be down to semantics and use of the word natural. I'm afraid I still have to disagree and say that Frank didn't have a point.

"How could gay couples form a family when they can’t have children?" - fostering, adoption and surrogacy, obviously

"Being gay is against human nature and this is reality." - No it's not against human nature, it simply isn't the majority state, unless you are going to suggest it's a choice....we would have to agree to disagree on that

"Men and women together is the natural instinct of human beings,"- Unless you are gay....(see above point)

"while Gay marriage is an atrocious and obscene act which belongs to unsound nature."- Objection your honour, inflammatory

"Marriage does not mean sexual enjoyment only but also the establishment of a family on hygienic and safe foundations." - Hygiene does not belong in this conversation, safety less so.  This comment is ignorant at best and grossly discriminatory at worst

"Human rights should not be extended to include human destruction"- What, how, where, who, why?

"and diverting from the human nature and the principles on which this universe was created." - Fine, just fundamental difference in beliefs.

Bottom line, the common position does not make the alternative unnatural or against nature, that's not what those words mean. His use of the words nature/natural is completely different from what you described, which was to say that natural conception (unassisted) is only possible with a heterosexual couple, which is a completely fair statement. I think you were giving him too much credit.



ganoncrotch said:
Mr.Playstation said:
Great for Ireland, wasn't such a surprising result though. Any Irish celebrity was in favour and Pro-equality.


Every youtube vid watched in Ireland for the past month has come with a 3min long add about how you should vote no for the good of the gays.... must have been a massive amount of money poured into that advertising campaign if anything it was so obnoxious the way it was put forwards that I think it would have turned No voters into a yes just out of annoyance at the advert.

Ah, those are the same 'Prop 8' people we had in California.  They are really terrible people that spend millions of dollars trying to destroy the legal recogtion of families.  They are bitter miserable people that would rather harasse gay people than help feed starving children.  

Glad they keep losing.



 

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Maximus2013 said:

When religion has to adjust to what people want rather than what God wants. Then you know you are not in the right one.

So, you think it is terrible that people ended Slaverly? because it is so well supported and documented in the Bible.  That humans should own other human beings a property.  To do what they wish, feed or not, starve, clothe, rape, force them to breed and sell their children.  But God says it's ok.

If you think that slaverly is a good thing because it's in the Bible, than we are just fundamentally different people and will never agree on a number of things.



 

Really not sure I see any point of Consol over PC's since Kinect, Wii and other alternative ways to play have been abandoned. 

Top 50 'most fun' game list coming soon!

 

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