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Old 11-18-2008, 07:53 AM   #33
Trercakaressy

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I'm not gay or anything, not prejudiced by any way whatsoever, but I'd like to concur on that. 'Traditional' people claim 'values' will be lost when gay people will be lost. But seriously, those 'values' are all very recent if you care to take a detailed look, and are constantly changing anyway. Marriage is a new concept? The thing about values is that they are transcendent in that they apply to everyone across all cultures.

Marriage is a very old concept, and I'm not sure why you say it is 'constantly changing' when the truth is that it doesn't change very much at all.

You don't see a problem with a radical change that means throwing out over 2000 years of tradition for a benefit that is dubious at best?

Gays can marry in our country, and really. Really. Reaaaally: straight couples don't wed any less. They still marry for the very same reasons the people 100 years ago did. Again, it's not going to change the world immediately. Try 20 years from now, and see whether you are seeing the same thing.

It's all about giving other people more rights. So if we gave everybody the right to parade naked, that would be a good thing? How about to drive drunk or to do narcotics?

In fact: gays win, but straight people don't lose. All rights come with responsibility. Rights aren't free. That the state is providing benefits to gay marriage is taking from the state, and weakening the benefits associated with marriage.

If every relationship is recognised as marriage, then none will be.
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