Posted by AuntieMel on December 14, 2004, at 11:53:45
In reply to Re: The other side, posted by MKB on December 14, 2004, at 11:14:47
I've read the article. In my opinion it doesn't even pretend to address a full understanding of the issue - the rights and obligations proferred by marriage (or whatever you call it.)
I don't see where it offers any facts on the topic either. It certainly reads like an opinion piece to me. And none of it even addresses the gay marriage issue itself - it makes a leap to polygamy up front and the rest of the article is about non-monogamous relationships. Nobody has mentioned an ammendment against polygamy yet, that I know of.
To date I haven't seen a logical argument against gay marriage, or even one that includes any science. I would be very interested in one, myself.
I also haven't heard of anyone trying to save "family values" by doing anything to support the traditional family. Poor people don't get married because they might lose welfare, elders shack up to save their retirement benefits. I've thought of getting a divorce myself - just to reduce my income tax bill!
Why always a stick, never a carrot? (That's a rhetorical question. It would require a wholesale group attitude shift to fix this.)
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