Originally Posted by Boredpayne
Jim: certain individual state laws hold that marriage can be between homosexuals, hence why it is included as a valid definition in the dictionary.
But I digress, the debate is more over what the definition should be than what it is.
Federal law overrules state laws where the two are in conflict (Prigg v Pennsylvania).
As for the topic, agreed, but the way you handled arguing with Hyde like that was objectively, factually, incorrect, thus why I intervened.
Anyways, I cbf'ed gathering from your wall of texts what you believe should happen to the law. So what's your opinion?
Originally Posted by EpicFailDude
This made me lol a bit.
He's allowed to have his own opinion, even if he doesn't have a more in-depth reason.
Also, even though he doesn't like them, it's good to see he believes they should be treated the same.
Last edited by zejbz; Apr 20, 2011 at 04:56 PM.
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Originally Posted by zejbz
He's allowed to have his own opinion, even if he doesn't have a more in-depth reason.
Also, even though he doesn't like them, it's good to see he believes they should be treated the same.
Regardless, it's best if you post with more than just an opinion. Give reasoning, facts, personal experiences, etc. etc. so that it doesn't degrade into just an exchange of opinion. Debates are infinitely more fun and long lasting.
And Boredpayne, little interjection here, but scientific studies actually show homosexuality is closer to 2 - 3% amongst males and around 1% of females, not 10% of the population. Just a little statistics correction.
But for this debate to really continue, we should probably clarify which form of marriage we're debating over. Are we discussing legal marriage, or religious marriage? Because the definition of both have been used interchangably in this debate and are two totally different things.
If we're discussing legal marriage, then the church and religious views can have nothing to do with this debate, as politics and law should, and are in most cases, devoid of overt religious influence. This is about whether or not the legal benefits given to couples are extended to cover both homosexual and heterosexual couples, not whether or not God will shit down their throats in the afterlife.
If we're discussing religious marriage, then religious views are applicable, but this doesn't deny homosexuals the right to tax benefits and other perks offered to heterosexual couples. This is the right of a religious body to provide or deny a service to an individual or group, in this case blessing a marriage.
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