Ben Sheppard ([info]chcknpie04) wrote,
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Taken from Hermioneanne's livejournal.

12 reasons why gay people should not be allowed to get married.

1. Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control.

2. Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Infertile couples and old people can't legally get married because the world needs more children.

3. Obviously, gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

4. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if Gay marriage is allowed, since Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage was meaningful.

5. Heterosexual marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are property, blacks can't marry whites, and divorce is illegal.

6. Gay marriage should be decided by people, not the courts, because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have historically protected the rights of the minorities.

7. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

8. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make 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 contract.

10. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model 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 things like cars or a longer lifespan.

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 for gays and lesbians will.

-IF YOU BELIEVE SAME SEX MARRIAGE SHOULD BE LEGAL COPY THIS AND REPOST!!!!!!!

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[info]nateoatari

July 28 2005, 05:10:57 UTC 6 years ago

Hey, I'm still banking on the fact that hanging out with tall people will make me tall!

Good stuff. #$(@ing "One Man One Woman" types. I don't want kids, but I'm still getting married, so you can scratch that.

Same sex marriage all the way! Whoopah!

[info]ladedodadae

August 2 2005, 00:06:39 UTC 6 years ago

Lauren, you are not short.

[info]nateoatari

August 2 2005, 00:39:18 UTC 6 years ago

That depends on who you see me with ;P
I'm the shortest member of my immediate family.

[info]ladedodadae

August 2 2005, 00:42:36 UTC 6 years ago

Well, yes, but John is tall. And I'm assuming your parents are as well. You are at least 4 inches taller than me, so don't worry ;-p

[info]nateoatari

August 2 2005, 01:02:15 UTC 6 years ago

Yeah, he's gotta be six feet now. :P
Mom is five foot ten-ish, and dad is six feet or so. My brother calls me shrimp. XP
I know, and I'm actually getting kind of content with my height...

[info]px2

July 28 2005, 07:18:26 UTC 6 years ago

Well, obviously I agree with this. I've read it somewhere before.

[info]hermioneann

July 28 2005, 14:42:58 UTC 6 years ago

Good. I was hoping somebody else would post this.

[info]the_bagpiper

July 28 2005, 17:06:51 UTC 6 years ago

Hmm...

Ben, that entire thing is filled with Red Herrings and Straw Man fallacies. It doesn't actually address any of the arguments-- it just tries to make them look as stupid as possible while avoiding any point that they might have.

If you want me to, I'll post the fallacies used in the arguments.

--Kristoff, who is very much Hans' brother

Anonymous

July 28 2005, 22:48:11 UTC 6 years ago

Re: Hmm...

Um, I don't think the point was to be logical.

[info]filiadei

July 28 2005, 22:49:00 UTC 6 years ago

Re: Hmm...

Oh, that was me, sorry.

[info]chcknpie04

July 29 2005, 07:01:34 UTC 6 years ago

Re: Hmm...

Well, I posted the list because I thought it was funny, not because it was accurate :) But I do support gay's right to get married.

[info]filiadei

July 29 2005, 21:28:05 UTC 6 years ago

Re: Hmm...

I figured as much. :-)

[info]hermioneann

July 29 2005, 02:10:17 UTC 6 years ago

Re: Hmm...

Please do, it's always interesting to here the debate from both sides.

But this list was meant to be sarcastic.

[info]hr_philosopher

July 30 2005, 07:08:40 UTC 6 years ago

Re: Hmm...

But I daresay that the list was supposed to make an argument, even by often stating apparent opposites in sarcasm, no?

[info]hermioneann

July 30 2005, 15:18:55 UTC 6 years ago

Re: Hmm...

True, and it does bring up alot of the arguments you hear, especially the religion. That's the big one where I'm at. Stupid bible belt.

[info]hr_philosopher

July 30 2005, 18:17:45 UTC 6 years ago

Re: Hmm...

Feeling intolerant of religion at the moment? ;-)

What about religion bothers you?

[info]hermioneann

July 31 2005, 00:42:00 UTC 6 years ago

Re: Hmm...

The people who tell me that I'm going to burn in hell because I don't believe what they do. I've nothing against anybody's religion until they start trying convert me, then it bothers me. A lot.
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