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Originally Posted by Emma
Against Same Sex Marriage - The Six Point Case
1.Natural marriage is the foundation of a civilized society.
2.Homosexual behavior is inherently destructive.
3.The law is a great teacher, and it encourages or discourages behavior.
4.Government-backed same-sex marriage would encourage and normalize homosexual behavior, and it would harm natural marriage, children, adults, and homosexuals themselves.
5.The law should promote behaviors that are beneficial and prohibit (or at least not endorse) those that are destructive.
6.Therefore, the law should promote natural marriage, and it should provide no option for government-backed same-sex marriage or civil unions.
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I've read this before, or at least something very similar, and find it to be incredibly off base on so many points it's beyond stupid. Collectively the six points imply that "normal" people would be more tempted to "go gay" if the law were to legitimize gay behaviour by allowing same sex marriages. That's of course utterly boneheaded. It also, in point 4, basically says denying them a basic human right is for their own good. Again, pure bunk born of ignorance.
Allowing same sex marriage would not increase the gay population in any way. It wouldn't entice anyone to "go gay" who doesn't already have such tendencies. In fact to go with the above six is to basically say you believe gay people to be of a lesser quality human than yourself. Call me crazy but it sounds kind of bigoted to me.
Being gay is destructive to society? I don't see how. They've been around for thousands of years, pretty much as long as heteros have, give or take. I don't recall any societal collapse in history that was directly related to gays or their so-called destructive effect on humanity. In light of all that the six points come off as paranoid propaganda.
Therefore I must conclude the author of "the six" to be a narrrow-minded homophobe in the truest sense of the term. His or her reasoning is about as far from sound as it gets.