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Gay marriage supporters, protestors converge on Capitol

Stephen_BostonMA

Well, she needn't worry. Same-sex marriage will not stop heterosexuals from having sex.

The other night on the radio, a woman from Focus on the Family was interviewed regarding same-sex marriage. She said that the separation of church and state is not mentioned in the Constitution. That statement went unchallenged.

Of course, the words do not appear literally. Yet, I wonder how people like her interpret "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." What would her agrument be?

crazyfingers

I often wonder if people who say that are wilfully ignorant or simply liars. I imagine it goes both ways. Neither one is a moral virtue.

The Defenestrator

Not quite: It's also based on "EWW, YUCKY!"

RufusAtticus

The conservative "woman's issues" columnist for the AJC remarked a few months ago that gays don't want equal rights; they want special rights. They currently have the equal right to marry someone of the opposite sex. They want the special right to marry someone of the same sex. Of course the tart never considered the fact that heterosexuals would also get the "special" right to marry someone of the same sex.

BruceWane

That should read "entirely" based on religion.

Try to think of one - just one - argument opposing gay marriage that does not boil down to religious doctrine.

BRO3886

Increased tax burden.

Obviously , this depends on whether or not your state/country offers tax breaks to married couple , or just to those with children.

Even if it is universal , the defence 'Well, it's to help with children , gays can't have children' is wrong on two counts : Couples which can't have children (age or infertility) still get the breaks and gay couples can have children - just not without a third party.

Even then the tax system could easily be changed.

Basically , the only non-religious arguement against gay marriage is :

Circumstancial
Inaccurate
Surmountable

DMB

What I can't understand is the ones who claim that gay marriage would in some way undermine straight marriage. I can't see how it would affect it in any way.

Shake

Well, this probably isn't the case, but I'd like to think it went unchallenged as tribute to the stupidity of that statement.

simian

Are you not aware that many Christian men have the "hots" for each other, and were it not for the fact they can only marry (and therefore have sex with) women, they would be acting in droves to marry each other. Don't believe me: ask them if sex should be pleasurable, or only for procreation....

Simian