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To: A. Goodwin
I see no moral objection to gay marriage, and neither I nor society in general are harmed by it. In fact, I favor it - if our system is providing a benefit to one segment of society then it had better have a darn good reason to deny the benefit to another segment.

You are just posting homosexual agenda propaganda talking points. There is no benefit being denied -the homosexuals choose to deny themselves heterosexual marriage -they choose this just as they choose the various sexual activities they engage in...

Thank God the morally devoid and innately flawed opinion you espouse will remain what it is -objectively flawed and disgusting no matter how often it dressed up and taken out for a spin by you and others...

135 posted on 11/16/2005 12:30:20 PM PST by DBeers (†)
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To: DBeers
"There is no benefit being denied"

I disagree - our society has recognized marriage as a legal relationship, and conferred certain privileges and benefits on that relationship, in the belief that the institution of marriage returns certain benefits to society as a whole. However, most if not all of the benefits provided to society are not gender specific - arguments in favor of marriage apply equally well to gay marriages as well as straight ones. Accordingly, there is no valid reason for our society to privilege one type of relationship over another.

you will say that homosexuality is immoral - I don't agree and it doesn't matter anyway; our legal structure should not be in the business of decreeing morality and our legal code should not be based on what a segment of society (even a majority) believes is or is not moral. The only valid reason I could see for opposing gay marriage is if gay relationships caused a positive harm to our society (they don't) or if gay relationships provided none of the societal benefits of straight ones (they do).

When I boil it all down I find that all objections to homosexuality and gay marriage are of two types: 'that's yucky' and 'it's against my religion'. Neither of those carries any weight with me, and neither should be the basis for government action. Call it morally devoid if you like, but I consider equal and fair treatment of all citizens to be a high moral imperative.

142 posted on 11/16/2005 1:31:25 PM PST by A. Goodwin
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