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    Default Re: Another State Legalizes gay Marriage

    Quote Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff View Post
    You are asking a cyclical question. Marriage is a union between one man and one woman and is special. Two men should not be able to get married because there is not one man and one woman. A man marrying a toaster wouldn't overtly affect me in any way either.

    What is marriage? Why do we have it? What are your reasons why a man shouldn't marry a toaster? Because it is ludicrous and is obviously not a marriage. I stand by the right of the people to enact ludicrous laws, but not to have them imposed on us.

    I believe that society should be able to decide which types of relationships it admires most. Neither men nor women are excluded from the practice, only fetishists. There is no discrimination - marriage in the State is open to all and is a privilege - not a right.
    You didn't answer the question. You hinted around that there is some "reason" we want marriage to only be between a man and a woman, but you didn't make it explicit. What is it, childrearing? That argument has been brought up many times and retired. If childbearing is the only reason we affirm man-woman marriage, then should we revoke the "privilege" of marriage for barren couples, or couples which choose not to have children? IF childbearing is your hidden reason, then perhaps the marriage "privilege" should be revoked, as it's giving unfair tax advantages and rights to a couple which doesn't need them with regards to raising children.
    Last edited by Koga No Goshi; 10-11-2008 at 07:58.
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