First of all, not attacking you just listing counter argumnets...
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Originally posted by Happy Monkey
Here is a list of the arguments I've seen:
1) It will lead to polygamy, bestiality, and marriage to 'poltergeists' (O'Reilly today).
I do not see any link to polygamy, gays don't want to marry 20 people. No link to bestiality, sheep can't say I do. Neither can "poltergeists"
2) It is a case of judicial activism, against the wishes of 62% of the population.
I'd like a source of that statistic.
3) Marriage is defined in the dictionary as being between a man and a woman.
A dictionary isn't the book of laws.
4) It would be a "special privilege" only for gays. Currently, gays have equal rights as heterosexuals to enter heterosexual marriage.
Marriage doesn't need a "heterosexual" vs "homosexual" defintion. It's a union between two consenting adults. No more. No less.
5) It's against the Bible.
As are many things that we firmly believe to be our "god given rights". Bible isn't law.
6) It's unnatural.
There are plenty of recorded cases of homosexual behaviour in animals, even necrophilia. I can look up the sources if anyone insists. ( I would now but being at work and all..searching google for "animals necrophila homosexuality" would look odd..)
7) I don't want to tell my children about it.
Boo hoo hoo. So? How do you tell them about sex and other "tough" issues?
8) It's yucky.
Gay men often think that women are yucky and that breasts are yucky. Should breasts be made illegal?
Are there any arguments against gay marriage that weren't also used and discredited against interracial marriage, or any number of other civil rights?
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