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I think we can all agree that fags are a problem. Lung cancer is not to be taken lightly.
All joking aside, homosexuality is ancient - much older than Christianity - and has generally been accepted in certain ancient cultures (Greek and Roman i.e.). Ever read the Iliad (which, by the way, predates the bible)? Even Achilles, the manliest man of them all, had a male lover.
Saying that homosexual marriage is wrong based on what a book is saying about it, is just ridiculous. A book, which, I might add, was meant to reflect the society of the time in which it was written.
The only counter argument that could truly be made against homosexual marriage, is the one of reproduction. Some might say that the purpose of life is to reproduce and ensure that your genetics live on. This is general for all animals, and is based on the roots of our instincts. This is, I guess, and interpretation of the concept of survival, but over the course of countless generations instead of a single lifespan.
HOWEVER! I would hardly say any of this applies to modern society. Thanks to technology, we live in a world where reproduction is possible without the need of sexual interaction between a man and a woman, and at some point in the future, there won't even be a need for both parties for the reproduction to take place (cloning etc). Not to mention that we live in an already over-populated world.
Finally, I think someone said his problem with gay marriage was the fact that laws would have to be changed. Laws change all the gosh dang time. At some point most of them become irrelevant. Could you imagine if laws never changed? Some laws just belong to the past. Forbidding homosexual marriage is amongst those.
All joking aside, homosexuality is ancient - much older than Christianity - and has generally been accepted in certain ancient cultures (Greek and Roman i.e.). Ever read the Iliad (which, by the way, predates the bible)? Even Achilles, the manliest man of them all, had a male lover.
Saying that homosexual marriage is wrong based on what a book is saying about it, is just ridiculous. A book, which, I might add, was meant to reflect the society of the time in which it was written.
The only counter argument that could truly be made against homosexual marriage, is the one of reproduction. Some might say that the purpose of life is to reproduce and ensure that your genetics live on. This is general for all animals, and is based on the roots of our instincts. This is, I guess, and interpretation of the concept of survival, but over the course of countless generations instead of a single lifespan.
HOWEVER! I would hardly say any of this applies to modern society. Thanks to technology, we live in a world where reproduction is possible without the need of sexual interaction between a man and a woman, and at some point in the future, there won't even be a need for both parties for the reproduction to take place (cloning etc). Not to mention that we live in an already over-populated world.
Finally, I think someone said his problem with gay marriage was the fact that laws would have to be changed. Laws change all the gosh dang time. At some point most of them become irrelevant. Could you imagine if laws never changed? Some laws just belong to the past. Forbidding homosexual marriage is amongst those.