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Posted 21 November 2008 12:38 PM Hide Post
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Originally posted by Extra260:
Logical,
Gay people can live together just like married people. In the 80's when i lived in Huntsville, in the apartment complex i lived in, there were three gay couples in the two buildings, eight units in each.
Gay people can live together just like unmarried straight people can live together. Your argument is simply not true. There are numerous things that being married confers to a couple that has a definite effect on their lives. Things such as taxes, insurance, business, inheritance, health care, Social Security benefits, child care (sorry to tell you, but gay people actually can and do procreate) are just some of the things.
Yes like the adoption of children.
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Now since gay people can live together just like anyone else, please pray tell me the rationale for them getting married.
Men and women get married to declare their allegiance to each other till death they do part, forsaking all others, then they begin building a life together, which includes in most cases the spawning of children and the establishment of a family environment.
And exactly why would you think a gay couple who wished to be married would be different? Do you think gay people think of marriage differently than straight people do?
Yes they have to. As i have stated, homosexuals have hundreds of partners, so what again is the purpose of them marrying?
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The gay couple i saw in the 80's were neither dedicated to each other for life nor were they monogomous. As i have stated before, the average gay male by the near end of life has had 100's of different lovers. This does not fit the profile of marriage.
You do realize that gay people are not just males, don't you? There are also quite a few gay women too. And they are quite capable of bearing children. And you make my case for me. They would have to break their marriage vow and go oiutside their relationship to have these children. So by definition this would cause infidelity.
I've known couples, both gay and straight, who were committed and monogamous. I've also know both kinds of couples who weren't. If that were the criteria for marriage, then straight people shouldn't be allowed to get married either. That is not a reason to deny gay folks who are committed and monogamous the right to marry.
It's not your life. Why do wish to make the lives of people you don't even know so much harder?
This is not about making lives harder as it is about putting our nations children as risk of sexual victimization by people who are unstable.
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