Give Me One (JUST ONE) Reason.....

Owing to the fact that marriage is largely considered a religious event in the United States it's silly to have the discussion on this topic without discussing the religious aspects.

Children growing up might simply be told that someday they would marry another person, rather than a person of the opposite sex. I don't want to live in that society, and, therefore, I oppose every step in that direction.

<GRIN> What really surprises me, is that the only person on this thread who does not give a toss or gets offended (penis in sewer indeed) is gay....

Well, maybe that's because gays are indiscriminate, immoral, sex addicts who just screw around and never settle down.

Now are you offended? I can keep going if that's what it takes.

So, you're saying that it is a birth defect and a learned behavior?

I most certainly would not switch teams simply through the power of suggestion.
If you're stating that homosexuality is both biological and environmental, then I'd like to see some evidence backing that up.

I meant Amish, anyhow.

So, you're saying that it is a birth defect and a learned behavior?

I most certainly would not switch teams simply through the power of suggestion.
If you're stating that homosexuality is both biological and environmental, then I'd like to see some evidence backing that up.

Brandon Wrote:

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Children growing up might simply be told that someday they would marry another person, rather than a person of the opposite sex. I don't want to live in that society, and, therefore, I oppose every step in that direction.

Why don't you want to live in that society? What would the deletorious effects upon your life be?

Cycloptichorn

In my opinion, homosexuality is a birth defect

I do think it's purely physical and not learned

but there are undoubtedly people who can go either way.

Children growing up might simply be told that someday they would marry another person, rather than a person of the opposite sex.

I was just trying on some bigoted, over-generalizing rhetoric to see how it fits. It's a little snug around the ass, as usual.

Sorry, I don't accept that. There are reasons for likes or dislikes; they are not spontaneous emotions that arise from nowhere.

What specifically about a society in which gays were allowed to marry would you dislike, or not want to live in? Or is it some latent homophobia speaking, which you can't write out loud? Just wondering.

Cycloptichorn

I have read your post Brandon.
Here is what you have stated:

Brandon9000 wrote:

In my opinion, homosexuality is a birth defect

Birth Defect=a defect that is present at birth. Can occur during fetal development or through the birthing process.

Brandon9000 wrote:

I do think it's purely physical and not learned

Purely physical and not learned=there is a genetic predisposition for homosexuality completely independent from any environmental influences or individual choices.

Brandon9000 wrote:

but there are undoubtedly people who can go either way.

Go either way?
If homosexuality is, strictly speaking, a birth defect, or something innate but not learned, then how might someone go about "going either way".
If homosexuality is, as you propose, a birth defect, then there is a predisposition toward homosexuality and their orientation is predetermined, not by environmental influences, rather, by genetics.
It's analogous to arguing that someone may, at birth or afterward, become either male or female.
Brandon, you are incorrect in your thesis. If homosexuality is a "birth defect", it is not unlike an individual's gender and it will not be altered by the environment.
When dealing with genetics, all maters of choice vanish.

Brandon9000 wrote:

Children growing up might simply be told that someday they would marry another person, rather than a person of the opposite sex.

Unless you are referring to a child being instructed while in the fetus as to what their sexual orientation is, you have contradicted yourself.