Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
Because that's what laws and governance do? We decide that some things are better than other things, that some acts are unaceptable, and we enforce them through coercion and controlled violence in the form of a state? But surely you know all of this, so I'm probably misunderstanding your point.
Surely our laws are based on consent? C'mon, things are the wrong way round here. I'm supposed to say we get our laws from the Ten Commandments, before someone more sensible points out our laws are derived from the idea of consent.

Gay people have every right to their life and their property, and to do what they want in their bedroom. But why would you give them legal privileges for it?

It is not the business of the state to be granting legal contracts to people in order to encourage a certain sort of lifestyle, be it a monogamous relationship between a man and a woman, or two men.