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Originally Posted by _paralyzed_
just some food for thought on the marriage topic: I grew up in small town minnesota, I have inherited racist and homophobic traits due to my upbringing; laughing at off color jokes and using terminology that isn't politically correct. However, anybody should be able to do whatever they want as long as no one is physically hurt, and I see everyone as equal. That being said, here is my thought: people talk of the sanctity of marriage, the fact that family and procreation is the building block of society. Thats all fine and dandy, in a perfect world, which we are not in. We are in a world where those of us "allowed" to marry (straight people) abuse the family principle by having bastard children, ruin the sanctity of marriage with extra marital affairs and scoff at the idea of commitment as they are on their 5th marriage and know if it doesn't work this time they can always get divorced. So why is it okay for straight people to get married a dozen times and screw it up and gays can't even get married once? They should make divorce illegal, not gay marriage.
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If I'm reading you right, you're saying that since a certain percentage of people don't treat marriage in it's intended context we should just bag the whole thing? Not sure what to say there. What ever happened to principles? Just because people are flawed and fail doesn't mean you stop trying.
And I totally disagree with your argument that people should be able to do whatever they want as long as nobody is physically hurt. In my opinion emotional abuse can be more damaging than physical. And no, I'm not saying homosexual marriage is emotional abuse per se.
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