Coyote:
Are your questions meant to be examples of what you predict will happen once same-sex marriage is legalized?
OK--let's assume you are correct. Now, please explain the likely consequence to society.
GAY BROTHERS: How many gay brothers do you suppose there are in our country? If they ALL decided to marry, what adverse consequence do you anticipate occurring?
ADOPTIONS: If a gay couple provides a loving, caring, nurturing home -- why is that a problem for you?
INSURANCE and RETIREMENT: Won't the gay enrollee pay the same premium or costs involved as a straight enrollee?
MILITARY: If your hypothetical two gay soldiers married, why would their marriage be more troublesome than a straight couple in the military who marry?
MONKEY: Any monkey you know asking to marry a human or vice versa?
Why just couples?
So why don't you address polygamy?
So, you would permit gay brothers or sisters to marry. Thank you for being clear. Now, how about a father and son? Father and 18 year old daughter? Please state your reasons why or why not in each case.
Why would that be fair. Do smokers pay the same rates for life insurance as nonsmokers? Gay employees are more likely to have AIDS and other illnesses. They should pay more, not expect everyone else to subsidize them.
GAY BROTHERS: How many gay brothers do you suppose there are in our country? If they ALL decided to marry, what adverse consequence do you anticipate occurring?
A lot of lonely sisters in West Virginia & Arkansas.
ADOPTIONS: If a gay couple provides a loving, caring, nurturing home -- why is that a problem for you?
Two words: Michael Jackson.
INSURANCE and RETIREMENT: Won't the gay enrollee pay the same premium or costs involved as a straight enrollee?
Not with the cost of AIDS treatments, etc. which will likely be spread over all insurance customers--making the gay man pay premiums high enough to pay for estimated health expenses would be "discriminatory", you know.
MILITARY: If your hypothetical two gay soldiers married, why would their marriage be more troublesome than a straight couple in the military who marry?
Gay marriages seem to last a far shorter time than straight marriages (notice some of the gay couples in MA and CA who were married in the summer are ALREADY divorcing) and the resultant upheaval could be detrimental to unit cohesion.
Not to mention the promiscuity of homosexuals and resultant blood-borne diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis, not to mention tuberculosis in immunocompromised individuals...all of these pose a number of health risks for people who may be required to donate blood and / or live in close proximity.
And before you troll back, recall that one can have and transmit HIV before antibodies show up in the blood.
MONKEY: Any monkey you know asking to marry a human or vice versa?
Read up on Professor Peter Singer at Princeton, who advocates "doggie style" in more ways than one...
Think about it for a second. Sexual tensions between soldiers? Not a good thing. Which is one of the reasons why women should not be allowed to serve in the military, either.