pizzahut451 on 08 May 2010
| FaRmLaNd said: The assumption that adoption and marriage are only between man and woman is actually a very narrow and ill-researched assumption because several societies have allowed gay marriage (of some form) in the past (read Ancient Greece and Rome the two countries that essentailly created the western world, some native American Indian tribes had religious same sex unions) and several within the world do today (Belgium I believe). It may not be the widest held view, but the whole poing of most western systems of rights is to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority. Direct democracy is simply not what we live in and thus the assumption that the majority view it as wrong and thus it should be illegal because of majority opinion simply isn't a valid reason to stop it and its an increadibly logically hypocritical viewpoint. |
So west is the one who should decide if the gays should get married or not? If west think its ok, than thats the way it is,right? Is that what you're trying to say????
As for the Ancient Greece go on youtube and type ''Ancient Greeks Homosexuality Myth'' and watch it. It clearly says that city-states in Greece had strict laws against homosexualty. I would post the video here myself, but it wont allow me to copy and past links.
EDIT: Also type ''Homosexuality in ancient Greece'' and watch it
