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Congrats ... you got quoted.Just think about how many parents children will be able to have Or... the fact that your stepmom can be your sister... or grandmother... Or fathers can marry their daughters and mothers can marry their sons... Can't help who you love
EDIT: And it all be recognized by the federal government... for tax purposes
Just think about how many parents children will be able to have Or... the fact that your stepmom can be your sister... or grandmother... Or fathers can marry their daughters and mothers can marry their sons... Can't help who you love
EDIT: And it all be recognized by the federal government... for tax purposes
There are certain arguments that people make that instantly lets me know someone is stupid.
Im shocked you didnt bring up animals
There are certain arguments that people make that instantly lets me know someone is stupid.
Im shocked you didnt bring up animals
I didn't bring up animals because they aren't consenting adults... Are you equating polygamy and incest to beastiality? bigot
Congrats ... you got quoted.
Rest easy famb.
sarcasm meter was broken...Clearly you missed the point I have no problem with gay or lesbian marriage. You should be able to love and be with whoever you want to. My issue is this need to basically redefine marriage through the government. When this is done it opens the flood gates to incest and polygamy, due to the fact that it is the "right" of consenting adults. Let's be honest... the only reason to get the government involved is for tax purposes because being gay isn't illegal... So polygamist would have a field day with tax incentives. That's what I mean by slippery slope... We all pay taxes... that's the issue... in case y'all missed it
FACT: There have been numerous peer reviewed scientific studies that have proven that incestual and polygamous parental relationships are harmful psychologically to children's well-beings.
FACT: No peer reviewed scientific studies conducted have shown that homosexual parental relationships have had a negative psychological effect on their children.
FACT: The judicial system has taken all the data into consideration and ruled that incestual, bestiality, or polygamous relationships are not equal to homosexual relationships with regards to adopting or raising children and that they should not be available for creating a civil union because of their harmful effects.
Go take your sarcasm elsewhere.
FACT: There have been numerous peer reviewed scientific studies that have proven that incestual and polygamous parental relationships are harmful psychologically to children's well-beings.
FACT: No peer reviewed scientific studies conducted have shown that homosexual parental relationships have had a negative psychological effect on their children.
FACT: The judicial system has taken all the data into consideration and ruled that incestual, bestiality, or polygamous relationships are not equal to homosexual relationships with regards to adopting or raising children and that they should not be available for creating a civil union because of their harmful effects.
Go take your sarcasm elsewhere.
Why are you involving children?... what in the world does that have to do with two or more consenting adults that love each other getting married Tons of married couples don't have children...
Because that's what the courts have used to rule that polygamists, bestiality lovers, and incestual relationships can't enter into a civil union.
If you want to open the debate up to "they should be able to get married but they can't adopt or have kids" that's a whole other can of worms. The judicial system took it at the higher level of "we're protecting the family structure" and stopped it right then and there rather than having to deal with regulating the criteria of who and can't have kids.
You can rail on that aspect of the debate all you want but to say this will open the flood-gates for tax purposes is just ludicrous since there's already legal precedent for it not being able to occur. One of the main debates that conservative religious people used to try to strike down gay marriage is that it was detrimental to the psychological development of children.
It's truly sad that you don't see that one is legal and the other isn't. Prostitution is between two consenting adults and it's not legal. I don't see your point.
Prostitution is illegal due to public health and safety concerns and the fact that the government can't tax it. Not the same thing at all.
I understand what you're saying hybrid and I don't know enough of what studies were done, funded by what groups for what purposes etc to say which about gay or polygamy parents. I do know that the "structure" of a family would have a male and female parental figure. The results of this are tbd. But it has already been seen that the lack of a mother or father can affect a child. So the effects of gay parents on children will be seen over time. Either way, it's done and the country needs to move on to more important things.
http://www.cwla.org/programs/culture/glbtqposition.htm
The number of children in America currently being raised by gay, lesbian, or bisexual parents is unknown. Resistance to lesbian and gay rights continues to force many lesbian and gay people to remain silent about their sexual orientation and relationships. But several studies indicate the numbers of children with same-sex parents in America are significant. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, there are approximately 600,000 same-sex couples in the United States (Simmons & O'Connell, 2003). More than 30% of these couples have at least one child, and over half of that 30% have two or more children. Therefore, parents of the same sex are raising at least 200,000 children--possibly more than 400,000--in America (these numbers do not include single lesbian or single gay parents). The 2000 U.S. Census also reported that lesbian and gay families live in 99.3% of all U.S. counties (Smith & Gates, 2001). A 1995 National Health and Social Life Survey by E.O. Lauman found that up to nine million children in America have gay or lesbian parents (Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health, 2002).
Based on more than three decades of social science research and our 85 years of service to millions of families, CWLA believes that families with LGBTQ members deserve the same levels of support afforded other families. Any attempt to preclude or prevent gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals or couples from parenting, based solely on their sexual orientation, is not in the best interest of children.
CWLA, therefore, affirms that gay, lesbian, and bisexual parents are as well suited to raise children as their heterosexual counterparts.
Its legal in a few countries.
i've said it once, and i'll continue to say it in every thread like this...
LET THEM GAY DUDES COOK...
cuz in actuality... nobody really has a problem with men/women, women/women, women/ostrich, men/women/women/women marriage...
people just dont like the thought of two burley gay dudes locking lips. it creeps folks out, makes them flaccid, and is the MAIN propenent of why people dont want gay folks getting marriad.
srsly.
Actually it's not!
But hey you can ignore facts and go with the Religious dogma!
I'm sure there are people that respectfully disagree, but they still fight for the freedom and equality of others.I am a strong believer that a person can disagree with what happened today and still not hate homosexuals. Just because somebody doesn't share the same viewpoint as you doesn't mean that they have hate in their hearts or wish ill-will against those who disagree with them.
I respect everybody's opinion and my hope is that my opinion is likewise respected.
Actually it's not!
But hey you can ignore facts and go with the Religious dogma!
I'm sure there are people that respectfully disagree, but they still fight for the freedom and equality of others.
However, there are people that actively fight against marriage equality while simultaneously trying to argue that they aren't bigots. They're going out of their way to oppose something that will have next to no impact on their lives while trying to say that they have nothing against the people they oppose. That makes very little sense.
I hope yall homophones are blessed with a family full of male cheerleader turned transgender stripper children.