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Re: Politically Incorrect: Gay Marriage
Old 08-08-2003, 06:40 AM   #50
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Ok, so now it looks like we've got two questions being asked here.

1. Are you, personally and individually, biased against homosexuals?

2. Should the government deny marriage rights to homosexuals?

Justin seems to be answering only the first question (I haven't seen him say anything about government policy). So he doesn't like gay marriage, and if he were some person able to marry two people together like a priest or mayor of a town or something, he wouldn't do it for homosexuals. All right then. It's a stance I don't agree with, but that's nothing new. And besides that, it's not what I would call a stupid argument because it's a simple personal belief.

And to Justin's credit, he hasn't tried to equate homosexuality to pedophilia as some other fundamentalists do. That would have been a really stupid argument, and I'm not sorry for saying so in my previous post.

Now, as has been pointed out numerous times before, it's one thing to say you have a particular opinion and another to say that the government should act on that opinion. I've yet to see a convincing argument that gay marriage should not be allowed by the government. You can say that you personally don't accept it. But what reason can you give for the government not to do so?
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