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Originally Posted by 9th Engineer
If you do not base your decisions on an evaluation of the underlying principles then you have made no thought about it at all.
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Except you have obviously not done so, as the unspecified principles you use against polygamy do not apply to gay marriage or you wouldn't have needed to mention polygamy.
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I turn the burden of proof back on you to convince me that there is a logical reason why I should agree with you without appealing to emotions or flights of fancy.
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Because there are positives for some, and negatives for none. Therefore there is net benefit.