Veggie Eater wrote:
Mushroom Queen, I found what you had to say to be quite ignorant.
I know several *** couples that have been dating and stayed faithful for longer than you have been alive.
I'd like to know how you got your information that many *** people do not want to stay in a monogamous relationship. That's just very stereotypical. Like people who get on a runescape forum do not have a life. Or that black people enjoy kool aid and fried chicken more than anyone else.
Your naivety, though charming, prevents you from disassociating personal prejudices from reality. I can counter this first argument by telling you that my homosexual neighbours (who have been together longer than I've been alive) don't mind publicly sucking face with the companions they invite over to their home. If we were carrying out this debate based on our own personal experiences, then I can counter your initial argument with some of my own. However, I prefer to use
factual information when alleging that homosexuals, as a majority, are less likely to remain loyal in steady relationships.
Veggie Eater wrote:
And based on your argument that couples get married to have children:
If you would please reread what I wrote: "Why do we get married? Well, marriage is the act of choosing your partner for life and possibly having children with them." I'm pretty certain that the word "possibly" is more than enough of an indication that I didn't argue that people "get married to have children". In the United States, a little less than half of married couples have a child under the age of 18 living at home. While there's no way to actually quantify people's intentions in marriage, it's safe to say that giving birth is an eventual consequence for many.
It's also important to note that governments encourage marriage in expectation that the couples will reproduce. In Germany, there were adverts of mums holding adorable little babies to encourage women to settle down and mate. Tax breaks for married couples, certain benefits, etc exist to create a conducive situation for creating a child. As homosexuals have 0% chance of impregnating a partner of the same ***, it's absolute nonsense that they should receive the benefit of legal marriage that is given to heterosexuals.
Veggie Eater wrote:
What about women that are barren? Should they never get married because they cannot bear children? What about men that are sterile?
As I stated above, I never said that couples married with the sole intention of bearing children. People who cannot have children often choose to provide loving homes to children without parents of their own. Or they seek scientific help for infertility.
Veggie Eater wrote:
It is obvious that you are basing your views on 'statistics' and not real life experiences and we all know how everyone can warp statistics to prove their point.
In the beginning of your message, you ask me to provide statistics to back up my claims--which I did. Now, by the end, you're refuting the value of any such statistics. Please rethink your argument. What sense is there in carrying out a debate whose foundation lies on personal experience? What if I had bad personal experiences with blonde-haired people, would I (by your logic) be correct in saying something like, "Because all the blonde people I've known are *******, cheaters, and fakes, they are--without question--bad individuals"?
Hint: Then answer is no.
Veggie Eater wrote:
The same arguments were raised while interracial marriage was being protested.
I'm not really sure which arguments you mean. Most white supremacists alleged that interracial marriages "muddied" one's gene pool. At our essence, we are all man or woman--regardless of race. Reproduction is a biological imperative no matter what skin colour you are. No matter how hard you try, homosexuality is an anomaly where one not only chooses not to have children, but is physically attracted to those of their own ***.
Veggie Eater wrote:
I'm pretty sure years down the road people will look back on *** discrimination and view it as very odd. It's just like when people thought black's should be "separate but equal". I'm appalled by the thought of such discrimination but many people thought that it was acceptable.
Sadly, your 'one size fits all' comparison to racial discrimination isn't relevant. Societies define themselves by their culture which, among several things includes: religion, language, customs, literature, music, et cetera. Without a united identity, nations tend to fall apart. Americans have spoken out against *** marriage, as blatantly seen in California. Are you saying that governments should go against the wishes of the greater population to pander toward a minority of individuals who lead an unnatural lifestyle? By all means, I don't believe that homosexuals should be jailed or physically harmed, but the legislation they're demanding is not rightly theirs to have.
Veggie Eater wrote:
I'm all for people having their own beliefs, but it really makes me angry when your beliefs affect strangers in a negative way.
That's humourous, considering you prefaced your reply with calling me ignorant. I'm all for strangers having the right to be happy, yet I'm not the type of person to indulge every minority of a population with their own definition of "happy".