Reasons why I think gay marriage should be banned.

[WitchSabrina]

There's only one reason to get all caught up in someone else's decision to marry and that's CONTROLLING other people. And wanting to control other people (other than unlawful/harmful acts) is straight up bullshit and what has ruined this planet from beginning of time.  It's called:   (wait for it)................   religion.

[Aupmanyav]

Will gay and lesbian relationships reduce the number of children born? Demographic concern.

[Plu]

Will gay and lesbian relationships reduce the number of children born? Demographic concern.

I'd consider that a valid argument if the "population of the earth graphs" didn't look like this:

[SGOS]

There's only one reason to get all caught up in someone else's decision to marry and that's CONTROLLING other people.  

And making sure they clearly understand that they are "less than".

[stromboli]

There's only one reason to get all caught up in someone else's decision to marry and that's CONTROLLING other people.  

And making sure they clearly understand that they are "less than".

This. Prop 8 was nothing but an effort to reduce gays to 2nd class citizens, at best.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Yes, "protection of marriage" acts are essentially an effort to enforce another form of Jim Crow.

[Colanth]

Will gay and lesbian relationships reduce the number of children born? Demographic concern.

Relationships may have an effect on the number of children born, but whether those relationships are marriages or just people living together won't have much of an effect.  It's no longer the stigma it used to be to be living with someone without being married.

[The Skeletal Atheist]

Will gay and lesbian relationships reduce the number of children born? Demographic concern.

Not in a significant amount. Considering that gay and lesbian people don't tend to have children anyways unless forced to as a way to hide their sexuality, I don't think the demographics would change if we just let them be.

[FrankDK]

> Marriage is a personal relationship between two people. The government should have nothing to do with it.

It's mostly politicians who claim to be conservative, that is, who say they want the least government interference in private affairs, who advocate this government interference in private affairs.

Frak

[Jason Harvestdancer]

What, nobody has any comments on my anti-gay-marriage argument?  I worked real hard on it.

[GSOgymrat]

What, nobody has any comments on my anti-gay-marriage argument?  I worked real hard on it.

Teh gays are threatening to do just what you suggest://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-YCdcnf_P8

[Mermaid]

Will gay and lesbian relationships reduce the number of children born? Demographic concern.

I'd consider that a valid argument if the "population of the earth graphs" didn't look like this:

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Or if gayness were hereditary.

Gay marriage should be banned because it makes a mockery of the sanctity of marriage! The two mommies next door directly affect MY life and MY marriage because....


Um.

Because....


Er.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Teh gays are threatening to do just what you suggest://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-YCdcnf_P8

Oh I remember this. :rollin: Brilliant.

yes indeed!

[surly74]

I think marriage should be a legal contract designed by the participants with a limited duration, an option to renew and a built in pre-nup. The participants get married for, let's say, 3 years and see how it goes. If either decides not to renew they follow the rules for ending the contract regarding property and move on. There would be a section specifying whether children are expected and what the course of action will be if an unexpected child is produced. Any number of adults of any gender could enter a contractual marriage.

this already exists...it's called not getting married.

[Colanth]

I dont care if they get married, but isnt gay marriage a sort of oxymoron, since it's a religious institution, the same religion that basically bans homosexuality?

If that's all marriage were, a religious thing, there couldn't be any legal ban on gay marriage.  (The Constitution bans the government from regulating internal church matters.)  But marriage is a civil (legal) thing.  Married spouses have rights vis-a-vis the other spouse, children and the government that unmarried people, even people faithfully living together for decades, but without a marriage contract, don't have.

If the government got completely out of the marriage business, the entire gay marriage question would disappear.  Then if a gay couple wanted to get married (it would be solely a church function), they'd find a church that would marry them and get married.  But the government (read: people) will never give up the "right" to issue marriage licenses and certificates, so gay marriage remains an issue until people realize that, unless it's them who's getting married, it's none of their concern.