[Vision2020] Re: Gay marriage...... an oxymoron......

[Donovan Arnold]

Joe,
  
 Very well said. There is also the flip side of the  unnatural argument too. There are many things that are very natural  that I do not want being done in public and in many cases should not be  legal to do in public. 
  
 Gays and Lesbians, or shall I say,  single and childless individuals, do contribute to the welfare and  upbringing of children through taxes and work. If everyone married and  had eight children surely the quality of life would be diminished in  our modern society. 
  
  Take Care,
  
  Donovan J Arnold

joekc at adelphia.net wrote:  Donovan,

Good  point. But the consequences of forbidding same-sex marriage go even  further still. My wife and I, Christian as we be, have no intention of  having children any longer. We have one wonderful son and that is all  we'd like to have. If you follow the anti-same-sex marriage arguments,  the web or irrationality is suddenly thrust on us, as well. 

At  best, folks like Tony can only appeal to the Argument from Nature:  ‘Homosexuality’ is unnatural; therefore, it is immoral, or laws  against it are justified. 

This is as bad of an argument as  there is. First, there is little reason to accept the premise, given  the prevalence of gays and lesbians in society. Second, even if you  accept the premise, there is little reason to accept either conclusion.  Flying in an airplane is unnatural. Is it immoral? Should it be  illegal? Again, once we begin to accept such irrational arguments a  rather wide net is cast, one that catches far more than those  originally intended.

I’m against laws limiting marriage, for  most of them are based on general principles that would, if carried out  to their full extent, compromise my own choices and actions. I don't  have to be gay to be against them. The lesson to learn is that  injustice anywhere is a threat to freedom everywhere.

--
Joe Campbell

---- Donovan Arnold  wrote: 

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“It  is my understanding that the entire purpose behind the institution of  marriage was to facilitate the raising of offspring.”-ToeKnee
  
  So you are advocating a man divorce his wife after menopause Tony? How bizarre.
    
  _DJA
  




		
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