Uh, being gay is not a good idea....
"Whenever I explain to him why gay marriage isn't a good idea he never seems to understand."
Well, what are you saying?
Sorry, but first "gay" means happy. Did you mean homosexual?
And secondly, they can't get married because marriage is only between a man and a woman no matter how you slice it. Since the homosexual community has so much contempt for marriage that they'd rather have "sex" with another homosexual, it gauls me whenever I hear about the "gay marriages." If they had any respect for marriage, they'd get psychological help and try to break their rotten behavior patterns. It can be done. And since they have NO respect for the sanctity of marriage, they want to trash it under the banner of "well, we're just like you, only we're a little different."
Well, as long as it does not extend to adopting children, and thus includes only the willing principals above the age of reason - I'd say it would serve them right [I mean the divorce proceedings, custody of a cat disputes, and the rest of it]. And why shouldn't they be hit in the nose with marriage tax penalty?
Mormons will want change. Muslims who marry girls under our legal age will want change. And what will we say? "Sorry, gays can but you can't."
This won't satisfy your friends, by the way. They'll squeal "You're comparing me with bigamists and pedophiles??" All you can do is give them an affronted look and gasp, "Are you calling Muslims pedophiles???"
Mormons will want change. Muslims who marry girls under our legal age will want change. And what will we say? "Sorry, gays can but you can't."
This won't satisfy your friends, by the way. They'll squeal "You're comparing me with bigamists and pedophiles??" All you can do is give them an affronted look and gasp, "Are you calling Muslims pedophiles???"
He doesn't understand because he doesn't want to understand.
You cannot reason with a man whose sexual preference is as much politically as psychologically motivated.
Try the reverse tactice. Tell him you don't understand why he thinks there should be gay marriage.
Lets see......Its disgusting, immoral and what does getting a divorce have to do with gays being able to get married?
Tell him that the people in this country are fed up with special interest groups changing the meaning of words to suit themselves. Marriage is between a man and a woman. Period. He is perfectly free to marry a woman, he just chooses not to. Therefore he is not being discriminated against.
"Go forth and be fruitful" doesn't mean what he thinks it does.
If he's going to look at it from a strictly non-religious point of view -- ask him how he can procreate without outside help? It isn't natural -- Adam and Steve cannot bring forth life.
Tell him if we allow gays to marry, then where do we stop?? The perv men loving little boys are already breathing down our necks, waiting for us to allow gay marriage so they can step in and ask for their perverted rights. Then you'll have the freaks who love animals asking for their right to marry their goat, etc. Pandoras box, slippery slope......
Given your description of this guy, I can't understand why you'd even think that any kind of reasoned argument would have the slightest impact. "Pearls before swine" and all that. Besides which, if you present a logical argument which pisses him off, he's likely to go to the DA and have you prosecuted for a "hate crime".
Just look ar "sexual design" and if one is smart logic reveals the truth.
Marriage is about one thing only, procreation. Why would a gay person want to participate in anything that has the mission of supporting procreation?
There is a fundamental difference in the nature of straight and gay relationships.
To wit:
If there were no heterosexuals, there would be no gay people (or any other kind of people).
If there were no gay people, there would still be people.
Therefore, it seems completely reasonable to treat the two types of relationships differently.
If you're gay, thank a heterosexual.
Because their lifestyle is deviant.
Marriage is a religious thing. If you're going to define legal a union between two people for some reason, the only involvement the state should have is to regulate next-of-kin, inheritance and tax status - and you shouldn't have to be married to define any of those things between two people.
So the whole 'gay marriage' thing is a bit pointless. Anyone can get 'married' under whatever defines their belief system - but it has no legal weight. For the government to demand that a particular religious definition applies to a class of legal relationships, you've got your church/state UNION happening right there. You may as well move to Iran and have done with it if that's what you want.