HappySqurriel said:
WessleWoggle said:
HappySqurriel said:
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Well thought out arguments? I'd like to hear one please. I've never heard an argument that wasn't based on cultural or religious bias.
It's intolerant because, well, let me just parody you.
"Personally, I'm neither for or against the abolition of slavery, but I have noticed a pattern that people who abolition of slavery can typically forumlate well thought out arguments and abolition supporters reply by calling them intollerant. I have never even seen an argument that explains why slavery is wrong, and I have yet to see anyone explain how having a different point of view was immediately intollerant."
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The fact that you associate full rights protected under the law with the exception of the word "Marriage" being undefined and unused by the government with Slavery is actually quite frightening ...
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The fact that you responded to my parody, rather than the important part of my post, is lame.
"Well thought out arguments? I'd like to hear one please. I've never heard an argument that wasn't based on cultural or religious bias."
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Well, one of the more classical arguments is that the formalization of the relationship between a man and a woman we call marriage is a means to ensure that the paternity of these children is acknowledged, and that they are accepted and supported by the extended family on both sides. While this may seem somewhat outdated today because of DNA testing and child support, no legal entity can force grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins to accept these children; and children who are born outside of a marriage are still (generally speaking) ostracised from one side (typically paternal) of their family.
There is a risk that by introducing homosexual marriage that people will become confused about its initial purpose, more people will have children in more unstable relationships outside of marriage, and within a couple of generations the majority of children will have little support from (at least) one half of their extended family.
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Wtf does that mean? How does that make sense?
