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Old 29th April 2007, 09:35 AM
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13 Reasons Why Gay Marriage is a bad idea

1.Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control are not natural.
2.Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Infertile couples and old people cannot get legally married because the world needs more children.
3.Obviously gay parents will raise gay children because straight parents only raise straight children.
4.Straight marriage will be less meaningful, since Britney Spears's 55-hour just-for-fun marriage was meaningful.
5.Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and it hasn't changed at all: women are property, Blacks can't marry Whites, and divorce is illegal.
6.Gay marriage should be decided by the people, not the courts, because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have historically protected the rights of minorities.
7.Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are always imposed on the entire country. That's why we only have one religion in America.
8.Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people makes you tall.
9.Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage license.
10.Children can never succeed without both male and female role models at home. That's why single parents are forbidden to raise children.
11.Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and we could never adapt to new social norms because we haven't adapted to cars or longer lifespans.
12.Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because a "separate but equal" institution is always constitutional. Separate schools for African-Americans worked just as well as separate marriages will for gays & lesbians.
13. Homosexuality is disgusting; another reason why live-saving surgery and high-school anatomy classes should be banned: they're disgusting.
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Old 29th April 2007, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by EnemyPartyII View Post
1.Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control are not natural.
2.Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Infertile couples and old people cannot get legally married because the world needs more children.
3.Obviously gay parents will raise gay children because straight parents only raise straight children.
4.Straight marriage will be less meaningful, since Britney Spears's 55-hour just-for-fun marriage was meaningful.
5.Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and it hasn't changed at all: women are property, Blacks can't marry Whites, and divorce is illegal.
6.Gay marriage should be decided by the people, not the courts, because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have historically protected the rights of minorities.
7.Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are always imposed on the entire country. That's why we only have one religion in America.
8.Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people makes you tall.
9.Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage license.
10.Children can never succeed without both male and female role models at home. That's why single parents are forbidden to raise children.
11.Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and we could never adapt to new social norms because we haven't adapted to cars or longer lifespans.
12.Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because a "separate but equal" institution is always constitutional. Separate schools for African-Americans worked just as well as separate marriages will for gays & lesbians.
13. Homosexuality is disgusting; another reason why live-saving surgery and high-school anatomy classes should be banned: they're disgusting.
So is this what the homo supporters think fundies think? Wow youre way off.
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That's cute. Hey, I've seen this before. How about coming up with your own arguments instead of a parroted list of mean-spirited, sarcastic assumptions about the way other people think?
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Originally Posted by colormebeautiful View Post
That's cute. Hey, I've seen this before. How about coming up with your own arguments instead of a parroted list of mean-spirited, sarcastic assumptions about the way other people think?
But fundies are just crazy religious idiots. Those statements MUST be true.
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Originally Posted by NewGuy101 View Post
But fundies are just crazy religious idiots. Those statements MUST be true.
Well, a lot of the time — that's been the direct experience of me and many other people, both on this board and in real life.

That is, when fundies haven't been telling me I'm going to Hell for being a non-fundy; or telling me that since I don't believe the Bible is infallible or inerrant or supposed to be read literally, therefore I don't believe in God.
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Originally Posted by NewGuy101 View Post
So is this what the homo supporters think fundies think? Wow youre way off.
Really? Have you fundies told us anything different?

I don't think so.

And are these the very same arguments fundies have used in this forum (and others) to argue why homosexuality is "immoral" and gay marriage will destroy society?

Yup.

So what's the problem? I don't think it's "mean-spirited": I think it's right on the money (and probably a little difficult for some people to see, especially when it's condensed into 13 main points).
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LOL! Change a few words and Poe's law is right there!
1.Homosexuality is not natural.
2.Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children.
3.Obviously gay parents will raise gay children.
4.Straight marriage will be less meaningful.
5.Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and it hasn't changed at all.
6.Gay marriage should be decided by the people, not the courts.
7.Gay marriage is not supported by religion.
8.Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay.
9.Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior.
10.Children can never succeed without both male and female role models at home.
11.Gay marriage will change the foundation of society.
12.Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name.
13. Homosexuality is disgusting. (some words deleated from original post)
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I think the only real reason I could think of for opposing gay marriage is the possibility that churches that oppose it would be forced to perform them by the state.
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