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In reply to the discussion: Have you ever heard anyone ever give a single 'coherent' reason to be against marriage equality? [View all]malthaussen
(17,065 posts)25. It's not that hard to parse
Gays may marry -- persons of the opposite sex. Not of their own. Given this restriction, many choose not to marry.
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Have you ever heard anyone ever give a single 'coherent' reason to be against marriage equality? [View all]
NNN0LHI
May 2012
OP
No, Sir: And If they Meant It About 'Preserving Marriage' They Would Be Crusading Against Divorce...
The Magistrate
May 2012
#1
And many a battle against those -- divorce and adultery -- has been fought and lost.
JDPriestly
May 2012
#36
Hell, I have a pretty good imagination and I can't even THINK of one. I've certainly ...
11 Bravo
May 2012
#2
Of Course. Any person that owns a co. that will have to pony up health care, retirement, etc.
WingDinger
May 2012
#3
Not so with Social Security, which is all the retirement $ most folks will ever see.
kestrel91316
May 2012
#16
that's not a "cogent" argument (as the OP asked)...it's an argument that denying civil rights saves
CreekDog
May 2012
#28
I've never heard a single rational argument about why marriage equality may be detrimental to ANYONE
kestrel91316
May 2012
#17
In fact, as I have posted in the past, the word "marriage" has two meanings.
JDPriestly
May 2012
#38
No. All the arguments start from the false premise that homosexuality is an abomination.
aikoaiko
May 2012
#24
That is because in primitive societies and earlier ages, society feared underpopulation.
JDPriestly
May 2012
#40
I heard Rush Limbaugh talking about it interfering with his ability to get married every couple of
madinmaryland
May 2012
#32
yes " I don't want to do ritual you straight people do" said one of my childhood friends, He said it
mulsh
May 2012
#34