Posted on 11/09/2004 7:17:10 PM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
Within the next 4-5 years almost every state within America will have their Constitution changed to ban same-sex marriage. This is the right path to take. Alas though, federal courts, being driven forward by radical homosexual organizations, most certainly will seek to overturn the overwhelming will of the people.
We, as a society, must not allow this to happen. The foundation of American society is built upon the fact that marriage is indissoluably the union of one man and one woman. To change this to suit the whims of radical gays will most certainly undermine this nation in which we live, and the following facts support this premise.
1.) Few homosexual relationships last longer than two years, but in a study of 156 males in homosexual relationships lasting from 1-37 years, "all couples with a relationship lasting more than five years have incorporated some provision for sexual activity outside of their relationships." (David P. McWhirter and Andrew M. Mattison, The Male Couple: How Relationships Develop, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1984, pp. 252, 253
2.) Clinicians Mattison and Mcwhirter studied 156 long-term homosexual relationships, but found that not one couple was able to maintain sexual fidelity for more than five years. most maintained a monogamous relationship for less than one year. (The Male Couple: How Relationships Develop)
3.)In a study of 2,583 older homosexuals, "the model range for number of sexual partners was 101-500 (Paul Van de Ven "A Comparative Demographic and Sexual Profile of Older Hoimosexually Active Men," Journal of Sex Research 34 (1997): 354)
4. According to the Centers For Disease Control, 50% of male homosexuals had over 500 sexual partners (Rotello, G. (1997). Sexual Ecology: AIDS and the Destiny of Gay Men. NY: Dutton)
5.)For homosexual men, the term "monogamy" doesn't necessarily mean sexual exclusivity. The term "open relationship" has for a great many homosexual men come to have one specific definition: A relationship in which the partners have sex on the outside often, put away their resentment and jealously, and discuss their outside sex with each other, or share sex partners. (Michelangelo Signorile, Life Outside (New York: Harper Collins, 1997), p. 213)
6.) "Even 'committed' homosexual relationships display a fundamental incapacity for the faithfulness and committment that is axiomatic to the institution of marriage" (Timothy J. Dailey, Homosexual Parenting: Placing Children at Risk, ) http://www.frc.org/get/is01j3.cfm
7.) "Homosexuals model a poor view of marriage to children by teaching that marital relationships are transitory and mostly sexual in nature, sexual relationships are primarilly for pleasure rather than for procreation, and monogamy in marriage is not the norm and should be discoiuraged if one wasnts a good 'marital' relationship." (Bradley P. Hayton, "To Marry or Not: The Legalization of Marriage and Adoption of Homosexual Couples," Newport Beach: The Pacific Policy Institute, 1993, p.9)
8.) Among heterosexual couples, 75% of husbands and 90% of wives claim never to have had extramarital sex. (Robert T. Michael, Sex in America: A Definitive Survey, Boston, Brown & Company, 1994) Other studies confirm the percentage of faithful spouses between 75-81% for husbands and 85-88% for wives. (Michael W. Widerman, "Extramarital Sex: Prevelance and Correlated in a National Survey," Journal of Sex Research 34 [1977], p.2)
9.) Studies of previous civilizations reveal that when a society strays from the sexual ethic of marriage (a union between a male and a female), it deteriorates and eventually disintegrates. (J.D. Unwin, Sexual Regulatiuons and Human Behavior (London: Williams & Norgate, 1933)
10.) Paula Ettelbrick, former leagl director of the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, has stated "Being queer is more than setting up house, sleeping with a person of the same gender, and seeking state approval for doing so...Being queer means pushing the parameters of sex, sexuality and family, and in the process transforming the very fabric of society." (Paula Ettelbrick, quoted in William B. Rubenstein, "Since When Is Marriage a Path to Liberation?" Lesbains, Gay Men, and the Law, (New York: The New Press, 1993), pp. 398, 400)
11.) According to homosexual writer and activist Michelangelo Signorile, the goal of homosexuals is : "To fight for same-sex marriage and its benefits, and then, once granted, redefine the institution of marriage completely, to demad the right to marry not as a way of adhering to society's moral codes but rather to debunk a myth and rdaically alter an archaic institution...the most subversive action lesbian and gay men can underatke...is to transform the notion of 'family' entirely." (Michelangelo Signorile, "Bridal wave," Out, Dec 1994)
Taking all of these studies into account, it is relatively clear that homosexuals will certainly ballon the incidence of divorce in America as the study of the high rate of divorce found already in Norway and Sweden among homosexuals shows. This will further weaken the institution of marriage in America. http://www.imapp.org
As well, homosexuals do not show the faithfulness that is axiomatic to the institution of marriage. Homosexuals have a strange and twisted notion of what a committed relationship truly is.
Finally, as Dr. Unwin noted in his studies of numerous past civilization, to stray from the true concept of marraige, one man and one woman, will certainly deteriorate and disintegrate our society as well...sooner or later.
When someone saks you how two gays getting married could possibly affect you, show them these facts.
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Those same-sex couples who have been allowed to marry in certain European countries(Norway and sweden) have already shown a divorce rate 1.57 to 2.56 times higher than heterosexual couples.
This data was compiled from 1995-2002.
http://www.imapp.org
I can guarantee you with a high degree of certitude that the same will happen here as well. The divorce rate would balloon and the institution of marriage would be further weakened.
No. I wrote this.
Well, there's plenty of good reasons for Little Ron here why homosexuals shouldn't be allowed to marry.
Excellent.
Excellent post. To sum up the thread topic which I posted, the effects that same-sex marriage would have upon American culture would most certainly be micro at first, macro later, and quite negative.
Our culture is the key.
No problem.
When conservatives present facts such as these as to why same-sex marriage should not be allowed, the situation is reversed and they are the ones left backpedalling. It's hard to argue with facts.
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13) Gomorrah
Thank you very much for the compliment. Took a while to arrange all of this.
Hopefully factual truths like these will become more and more known to society. They have to if we are to win the cultural war over this topic.
Fascinating. However, the study that cites Among heterosexual couples, 75% of husbands and 90% of wives claim never to have had extramarital sex. I think that's bunk. That can't be for the total population. I've read that up to 60% of men and 40% of women cheat on their spouses.
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You state that the verifiavle facts which I have presented are simply not true?
Hmmmm...I see no verifiable facts presented by you which sufficiently rebut even one of the scientific studies which I have presented.
Secondly, am I and others to take your OPINION of the matter, an opinion without a shred of proof to back it up, as fact?
Looks like you are the one who is 'flaming away'.
Good post. Yes, ancient Grecians considered insertive anal intercourse an abomination. It was outlawed, in fact.
Well, #8 in the list of studies shows that multiple studies confirm that the overwhelming majority of heterosexual spouses do, in fact, not cheat on their mates.
Regardless, homosexual couples, in comparison to heterosexual couples, are far more likely to not be committed to their mates.
As I said...ballooning divorce rates would happen were they allowed to marry. Studies in Norway and Sweden on the higher divorce rates of homosexuals confirm this.
http://www.imapp.org
This would just be one of the many negative impacts that same-sex marriage would have on American culture and society.
That's 60% of men who subscribe to Hustler and 40% of women who are members of NOW.
Since Greeks, Italians and Japanese still exist, I would not call their societies "extinct." American society is much different than it was in 1776, that doesn't mean that it somehow became "extinct."
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